Turkey’s MHP to challenge poll results in Igdir

IGDIR, Turkey

Turkey’s opposition Nationalist Movement (MHP) Party will legally challenge the poll results in eastern Igdir province, the party’s provincial candidate said on Tuesday.

“We will deliver our documents including the evidence and petition of objection to the [Supreme] Election Council today,” Isa Yasar Tezel told reporters.

Tezel said they detected some irregularities during the election process in Igdir in March 31 local elections.

According to the unofficial results, opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) candidate Yasar Akkus was elected mayor of Igdir, bagging 50.07 percent votes, while Tezel got 46.70 percent votes.

Millions of Turkish voters cast their votes nationwide Sunday in elections to choose Turkey’s mayors, city council members, mukhtars (neighborhood officials) and members of elder councils for the next five years.

Turkey's AK Party is leading in 15 metropolitan municipalities (larger cities), with 24 cities claimed by AK Party candidates, according to unofficial results.

*Writing by Sibel Morrow