2009 Istanbul mayoral election

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2009 İstanbul mayoral elections

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First party Second party   Candidate Kadir Topbaş Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu Party AK Party CHP Popular vote 3,105,555 2,568,710 Percentage 44.71% 36.98% Swing 0.98% 7.88%

Mayor before election Kadir Topbaş AK Party Elected mayor Kadir Topbaş AK Party

The 2009 Istanbul mayoral election for the office of mayor of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (Turkish: İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediye Başkanlığı) was held on 29 March 2009 and was won by the Justice and Development Party candidate, the incumbent Kadir Topbaş.^[1]

The closely fought contest was noticeable in that it helped launch the national political career of Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, who would go on to assume the leadership of his party.