Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan congratulated opposition candidate Ekrem Imamoğlu on Sunday for winning Istanbul's re-run mayoral election according to unofficial results, APA reports quoting anews.
"I congratulate Ekrem Imamoğlu, who has won the election based on preliminary results," Erdoğan said on Twitter.
The High Electoral Board is yet to announce the formal results but Imamoğlu is set for a comfortable victory over his rival Binali Yıldırım, from the ruling AK Party, with 54 percent of votes after more than 99 percent of the ballot boxes opened.
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