Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan walks out of a voting booth at a polling station to vote in the presidential and parliamentary elections, in Istanbul, on May 14, 2023. (Photo by UMIT BEKTAS / POOL / AFP)
Ankara, Turkiye: Turkiye's state-run news agency says voter support for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has dipped below the majority required to win reelection outright, making a May 28 runoff presidential election more likely.
With over 91% of ballot boxes counted, Erdogan had 49.76% of the vote, according to the Anadolu Agnecy. His main challenger, opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu, had 44.49% as the gap between the two shrank.
Votes from Sunday's election are still getting counted across Turkey.
