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1999 Turkish local elections
Majority party
Minority party
Third party
Leader
Bülent Ecevit
Devlet Bahçeli
Recai Kutan
Party
DSP
MHP
FP
Leader since
15 January 1989
6 July 1997
1998
Last election
8.75%, 23 mayors
7.95%, 118 mayors
19.14%, 329 mayors
Municipalities
189
499
488
Mayor ±
166
381
159
Popular vote^
5,885,132
5,401,597
5,185,831
Percentage
18.70%
17.17%
16.48%
Swing
9.95pp
9.22pp
2.66pp
Local elections were held in Turkey on April 18, 1999, on the same day with the parliamentary election.
Party Votes % Democratic Left Party 5,885,132 18.70 Nationalist Movement Party 5,401,597 17.17 Virtue Party 5,185,831 16.48 Motherland Party 4,730,711 15.03 True Path Party 4,157,262 13.21 Republican People's Party 3,487,483 11.08 People's Democracy Party 1,094,761 3.48 Great Unity Party 540,239 1.72 Democrat Turkey Party 292,224 0.93 Freedom and Solidarity Party 263,814 0.84 Nation Party 86,481 0.27 Peace Party 67,448 0.21 Workers' Party 66,175 0.21 Democratic Party 41,947 0.13 Liberal Democratic Party 30,314 0.10 Labour Party 29,499 0.09 Socialist Power Party 22,825 0.07 Rebirth Party 17,335 0.06 Democracy and Peace Party 6,593 0.02 Changing Turkey Party 3,143 0.01 Independents 56,879 0.18 Total 31,467,693 100.00
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