1994 Istanbul mayoral election

1994 Istanbul mayoral election

27 March 1994

Candidate Recep Tayyip Erdoğan İlhan Kesici Zülfü Livaneli Party RP AP SHP Popular vote 973,704 855,897 784,693 Percentage 25.19% 22.14% 20.30%   Candidate Bedrettin Dalan Necdet Özkan Party DYP DSP Popular vote 597,461 478,612 Percentage 15.46% 12.38%

Mayor before election Nurettin Sözen SHP Elected Mayor Recep Tayyip Erdoğan RP

The 1994 Istanbul mayoral election took place on 27 March 1994 in order to elect the Mayor of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. Additionally, each of the 27 districts of Istanbul elected a district municipal mayor on the same day. The election was held as part of nationwide local elections held on the same day.

The winner of the metropolitan mayoral race was Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the candidate of the Islamist-oriented Welfare Party, who served until his imprisonment in 1998. Erdoğan later went on to become Prime Minister of Turkey in 2003 and President of Turkey in 2014.

Results

The full results of the election are shown in the table below.

Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage (%)
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	RP	973,704	25.19
İlhan Kesici	ANAP	855,897	22.14
Zülfü Livaneli	SHP	784,693	20.30
Bedrettin Dalan	DYP	597,461	15.46
Necdet Özkan	DSP	478,612	12.38
Ahmet Vefik Alp	MHP	72,121	1.87
Ertuğrul Günay	CHP	54,028	1.40
Ahmet Hamdi Turgut	BBP	13,662	0.35
Ferit Edibali	MP	12,294	0.32
Hasan Celal Güzel	HDP	7,979	0.21
Arslan Başer Kafaoğlu	SBP	7,075	0.18
Arslan Kılıç	İP	5,215	0.13
	Independents	2,385	0.06
Total		3,865,126	100.00