Mayoral elections were held in the Turkish province of Ankara as part of nationwide local elections on 31 March 2019. A total of 26 mayors, one for each of the 25 districts of Ankara and one for the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality, were elected.

Initial results suggested that opposition candidate Mansur Yavaş was elected with 50% of the vote, compared to the government candidate Mehmet Özhaseki's 47%. Although the AK Party challenged the results and forced recounts in several districts, they were unable to overturn Yavaş's majority. Yavaş's victory was confirmed on 8 April 2019, when he was officially inaugurated mayor.

Candidates On 27 November 2018, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) announced their metropolitan mayoral candidate to be Mehmet Özhaseki, the former mayor of Kayseri and former Minister of Environment and Urban Planning. Due to the People's Alliance agreement, Özhaseki has the support of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).

On 18 December, the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) announced their candidate to be Mansur Yavaş, their candidate in the previous election in 2014. Yavaş had narrowly lost the previous election to AKP candidate Melih Gökçek despite accusations of widespread electoral fraud, with many commentators arguing that Yavaş was the true winner of the election. Yavaş has the support of the Good Party and declared himself to be the 'Nation Alliance candidate'.

Opinion polling DatePollsterSample sizeÖzhasekiYavaşOthersUndecidedLead31 Mar 20192019 election– 2.0–16–17 Mar 2019Gezici-47.749.82.5–8 March 2019PIAR–44.654.11.3–8 March 2019Avrasya1,94045.651.62.8–23–24 Feb 2019Gezici–51.846.31.9–8–24 Feb 2019AREA–45.551.23.3–10–16 Feb 2019PollMark5,04032.042.1–25.931 Jan-2 Feb 2019PIAR–35.841.7–22.517–31 Jan 2019ORC–36.841.92.319.026–27 Jan 2019Gezici–52.247.8––19–28 Sep 2018SAROS1,62044.354.11.6–Alliance People's + Nation + None N/A N/AIncumbent Mustafa Tuna

Results

Metropolitan municipality mayoral election

Overall result

Results by district

District Mehmet Özhaseki (AK Party) Others Valid votes Voter turnout Registered electors# of votes % # of votes % # of votes % # of votes % # of votes % 4,892 23.8 15,119 73.5 565 2.7 20,576 95.4 21,566 90.3 23,891 73,930 36.1 126,706 61.9 4,173 2.0 204,809 96.4 212,354 83.9 253,248 6,098 48.1 6,416 50.6 155 1.2 12,669 97.6 12,976 94.3 13,756 9,831 39.5 14,690 59.0 396 1.6 24,917 96.3 25,881 88.6 29,218 15,567 48.9 15,717 49.4 543 1.7 31,827 96.9 32,838 89.8 36,558 2,372 21.0 8,760 77.7 142 1.3 11,274 96.4 11,691 93.4 12,521 437,982 76.9 121,982 21.4 9,610 1.7 569,574 98.1 580,704 85.4 680,264 13,745 25.3 39,149 72.1 1,405 2.6 54,299 96.3 56,412 88.8 63,536 14,937 51.7 13,255 45.9 685 2.4 28,877 96.8 29,821 91.4 32,614 185,654 55.3 143,285 42.7 6,880 2.0 335,819 97.4 344,913 85.1 405,522 956 36.0 1,662 62.6 39 1.5 2,657 95.7 2,776 88.9 3,124 35,580 46.6 38,806 50.8 1,946 2.5 76,332 97.0 78,728 87.5 89,967 2,740 34.6 5,080 64.1 101 1.3 7,921 96.7 8,193 91.6 8,945 10,002 36.3 16,193 58.8 1,362 4.9 27,557 94.6 29,139 89.6 32,521 11,211 35.2 20,045 62.9 608 1.9 31,864 96.0 33,203 90.1 36,841 3,316 34.9 6,032 63.5 146 1.5 9,494 95.3 9,966 93.3 10,679 231,671 44.1 282,801 53.9 10,503 2.0 524,975 96.7 542,744 84.0 646,023 6,848 28.5 16,706 69.5 486 2.0 24,040 96.7 24,863 91.5 27,183 187,044 50.2 179,659 48.2 6,090 1.6 372,793 97.2 383,503 85.6 448,084 8,554 44.3 10,356 53.7 386 2.0 19,296 95.9 20,121 89.6 22,455 33,784 47.8 35,516 50.2 1,392 2.0 70,692 96.6 73,183 84.1 87,070 20,362 25.0 59,066 72.6 1,886 2.3 81,314 96.5 84,229 86.4 97,446 101,864 34.8 184,608 63.0 6,480 2.2 292,952 96.3 304,051 85.0 357,827 8,347 41.6 11,323 56.4 411 2.0 20,081 94.4 21,261 83.3 25,516 234,922 57.7 165,478 40.7 6,639 1.6 407,039 97.5 417,525 86.9 480,320 1,662,209 50.9 1,538,410 47.1 63,029 1.9 3,263,648 97.1 3,362,641 85.7 3,925,129

District municipality mayoral elections

Akyurt

Altındağ

Ayaş

Bala

Beypazarı

Çamlıdere

Çankaya

Çubuk

Elmadağ

Etimesgut

Evren

Gölbaşı

Güdül

Haymana

Kahramankazan

Kalecik

Keçiören

Kızılcahamam

Mamak

Nallıhan

Polatlı

Pursaklar

Sincan

Şereflikoçhisar

Yenimahalle

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