2024 İzmir mayoral election

Local elections took place in İzmir, the third largest city of Turkey, on 31 March 2024, as part of nationwide local elections. A metropolitan municipal mayor was elected alongside mayors and councillors for the districts of İzmir.

2024 İzmir mayoral elections

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Part of the 2024 Turkish local elections
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Metropolitan Municipality
 
Candidate Cemil Tugay Hamza Dağ
Party CHP AK Party
Alliance N/A People's Alliance
Popular vote 1,292,118 977,895
Percentage 48.97% 37.06%
District Municipalities

All 30 municipal districts of İzmir
Party Seats +/–
CHP

28 +4
AK Party

1 −3
MHP

1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Mayor before Mayor after
Tunç Soyer
CHP
Cemil Tugay
CHP

The governing People's Alliance, formed of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), fielded AK Party Member of Parliament Hamza Dağ as their candidate. Incumbent Mayor Tunç Soyer, from the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), was not nominated to stand for re-election. Soyer claimed that the decision was politically motivated as he had backed Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu for CHP party leader instead of the eventual winner Özgür Özel during the party's leadership convention in November 2023.[1] The CHP, which was not part of any electoral alliance, instead nominated Cemil Tugay, the District Mayor of Karşıyaka, one of İzmir's most populous and central districts.[2]

The result was a landslide victory for the Republican People's Party (CHP), for which İzmir has traditionally been seen as a stronghold. Tugay was elected with 49% of the vote compared to Dağ's 37%. Throughout İzmir's districts, the CHP won all but two mayoralties, with the AK Party and MHP each winning one.

Opinion polls

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Date Pollster Sample CHP AK PARTY İYİ DEM ZP Others Undecided Lead
29–30 Mar BETİMAR 3.722 40,9 40,6 6,6 5,3 3,0 3,6 0,3
27–28 Mar Özdemir 2.409 43,4 41,9 4,4 3,6 3,1 3,5 1,5
25–28 Mar ORC 3.220 44,9 36,2 10,6 3,8 4,5 8,7
23–26 Mar AREA 3.066 42,4 38,7 8 6,5 2,5 1,9 3,7
12–26 Mar Avrasya ? 50,4 32,1 17,5 18,3
21–25 Mar Areda Survey 2.473 43,7 37,6 9,1 4,8 2,7 2,1 6,1
9–17 Mar ASAL 2.000 45,5 35,8 6,9 5,3 2,2 4,3 9,7
12–16 Mar Piar 2.900 50,4 37,5 4,7 5,2 2,2 12,9
1–15 Mar ADA 1.500 42,4 38,8 6,5 7,2 5,1 3,6
11–13 Mar Özdemir 5.289 36,7 34,4 6,6 7,3 9,9 5,0 2,3
21 Şub-3 Mar MAK 3.550 48 31 7 4 2 4 4 17
28 Şub-3 Mar ORC 5.400 40,1 31,2 13,6 5,5 3,1 6,5 8,9
11–14 Feb ALF 2.200 40,7 32,3 7,1 4,6 2,2 2,5 10,6 8,4
1–3 Feb ORC 2.650 38,2 34,7 8,6 5,9 1,9 2,1 8,6 3,5
2024
15–19 Dec ALF 2.700 49,2 34,5 6,3 6,5 3,5 14,7
2023
31 Mar 2019 2019 elections 2.667.297 58,1 38,7 4,2 19,4

Results

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Metropolitan municipality mayoral election

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Overall result

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Cemil TugayRepublican People's Party1,292,11848.97
Hamza DağJustice and Development Party977,89537.06
Akın BirdalDEM Party110,6004.19
Ümit ÖzlaleGood Party96,1153.64
Naşit BirgüviVictory Party66,4362.52
Cemal ArıkanNew Welfare Party24,4280.93
Savaş SarıCommunist Party of Turkey9,3920.36
Mustafa ErduranFelicity Party9,2830.35
Burcu BostancıoğluDemocrat Party9,2410.35
Cüneyt OğuzHomeland Party8,9890.34
Yüksel OdabaşıIndependent Turkey Party7,8200.30
Serap KaraosmanoğluDemocracy and Progress Party6,0680.23
Kemal KöroğluLabour Party4,1930.16
Serhan BollukPatriotic Party2,7730.11
Kemal Cem PültenDemocratic Left Party2,7190.10
Özler ÇakırPeople's Liberation Party1,9010.07
Deniz ÇelikCommunist Movement of Turkey1,5700.06
Ali SungurMotherland Party1,5390.06
Sait DemirRights and Freedoms Party1,1900.05
Hüseyin HanAnatolian Unity Party1,1280.04
Ayperi KöseoğluJustice Unity Party1,1110.04
Barış ÜrkmeyenIndependent4330.02
Ege ÖncüIndependent4100.02
Yasin DemirkıranIndependent3960.02
Umut CesurerIndependent2970.01
Menderes BozkurtIndependent2350.01
Cüneyt AkerIndependent2320.01
Total2,638,512100.00
Valid votes2,638,51296.50
Invalid/blank votes95,5953.50
Total votes2,734,107100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,459,97079.02

References

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  1. ^ "İzmir için aday gösterilmeyen Tunç Soyer'den ilk açıklama - Son Dakika Türkiye Haberleri | NTV Haber". ntv.com.tr. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
  2. ^ Habertürk. "İzmir Büyükşehir Belediye Başkanı Cemil Tugay, mazbatasını aldı | Video". haberturk.com. Retrieved 2024-04-07.