Erdogan's party definitely agrees with defeat in Istanbul, calls for annulment of elections there

The “Haberturk” news agency has reported that President Erdogan's party has demanded that the results be cancelled due to the presence of illegal voters on the lists of eligible voters, which, according to them, has affected the overall result.

This agency has announced that the party branch The AKP in Istanbul's Buyukcecemce neighbourhood has filed complaints at the regional election office and has called for the election outcome to be annulled. However, this requirement has been rejected by the regional election board.

The demand for annulment of the result in Istanbul came after the main opposition party's candidate had claimed to have won 18,742 votes more than his counter-Candidate from Erdogan's party.

In late hours Thursday, election officials decided to increase the number of Istanbul neighbourhoods where recounting of votes will take place, but it still remains unclear in which neighbourhood this process will develop.

From what I see, the whole process should be completed this weekend. The difference will be between 18 thousand and 20 thousand votes. These are very close numbers”, opposition party candidate Ekrem Imamoglu said, writes “Independent”