The process of counting votes continues, Erdogan has a clear lead

According to the results so far, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has the lead in the final stage of the Turkish presidential election.

Voting in the final phase of the presidential election in Turkey continued from 8 am to 5 pm local time.

According to the Turkish media, the process of counting the votes after the polling is going on and so far 85.45 percent of the votes have been counted.

According to the results so far, President Erdoğan is leading with 53.15% of the votes, while the opposition candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu managed to get 46.85% of the votes.

According to the results so far, President Erdoğan has received 2 crore 35 lakh 2 thousand 589 votes, while the opposition candidate Kemal Kilic Daroglu has received 2 crore 7 lakh 17 thousand 317 votes.

It should be noted that the voter turnout in the presidential election held on May 14 in Turkey was 90%, but the president could not be decided as no candidate received 50% of the votes.

In the first phase, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan got a lead of 5 points over his opponent, but he could not get 50% of the votes, he managed to get 49.52% of the votes in the first phase. His opponent, the opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu, was second with 44.89 percent of the votes and Sinan Oghnan was third with 5.17 percent of the votes, while Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s coalition bloc won a clear majority in the parliamentary elections.