Middle East Eye: Erdogan is in a good position for the second round of elections.
In a report with a comparative analysis of the number of votes won by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in this election with the previous period in 2018, the Middle East Eye news site wrote that he is in a good position for the second round.
The English-language news site “Middle East Eye” wrote in a report yesterday (May 15) that the Turkish authorities and members of the “Justice and Development” party were not surprised by the result of the first round of the Turkish presidential election that was held on Sunday, and now Recep Tayyip Erdogan Based on the analysis of election data, it is in a good place among the second round of elections.
According to the report of “Al-Mayadin” network website, Middle East Eye wrote: Despite numerous public polls showing that Kılıçdaroğlu is the leading candidate and the polls were not good for the Justice and Development Party in the past weeks, different results were obtained.
According to seven polls conducted by the Justice and Development Party last month, the results showed that Erdogan has a margin of two to three percentage points over his rival. According to Middle East Eye, this result will probably be determined in the second round.
This website went on to mention that Turkish officials and sources close to Erdogan said they are “confident in his ability to easily win the second round”, and wrote: There are two main factors in the second round that give Erdogan a big advantage.
Middle East Eye considered the Parliament to be the first factor and explained: Compared to the last parliamentary elections in 2018, the Justice and Development Party had lost 8% of its support and managed to win 266 seats with only 35.4% of votes. . However, its ally, the National Movement Party, has lost only 1% compared to 2018 and now retains 10% of the votes; Step by step, Erdoğan maintains his majority in the parliament along with the National Movement Party.
