Recep Tayyip Erdogan won a third presidential term after leading his rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu in the run-off elections by a clear margin according to preliminary results. Erdogan received 4.40 percent of the Turkish vote abroad, compared to 6.4 percent for his rival Kılıçdaroğlu.
About 53.8 million voters participated in the election with a turnout of close to 84% in Turkey, with about 700,54 votes canceled in this round, after Turks abroad had recorded a turnout close to 59%.