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Polls show that Erdogan is the leading election candidate

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 15 Apr 2023 18:20
2 Min Read

50.8% of the sampled voters in the polls were in favor of another term for Erdogan.

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  • Polls show that Erdogan is the leading election candidate
    People wait before Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the leader of the pro-secular, center-left Republican People's Party, or CHP, is nominated by a six-party alliance as its common candidate to challenge President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in Ankara, Turkey, March 6, 2023 (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

According to a pre-election poll conducted by the Areda Survey Center, the main opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu lags behind Erdogan by a 7.7-point margin, Turkish media reported.  

The survey, which involved 10,136 participants and was conducted from April 12 to April 14, showed that 50.8% were in favor of another term for Erdogan and 43.1% were in favor of Kilicdaroglu as president. 

4.5% were in favor of Homeland Party leader Muharrem Ince, and 1.6% were in favor of the ATA Alliance candidate Sinan Ogan. 

Read more: Kemal Kilicdaroglu announces pledges for first 100 days if elected

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Citigroup Inc. analysts now predict Turkey's key rate to conclude the following quarter at 40%. Bank of America Corp. expects the benchmark to peak at 50% before falling slightly in the final three months of the year.

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