The 1994 Istanbul mayoral election took place on 27 March 1994 in order to elect the Mayor of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. Additionally, each of the 27 districts of Istanbul elected a district municipal mayor on the same day. The election was held as part of nationwide local elections held on the same day.

The winner of the metropolitan mayoral race was Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the candidate of the Islamist-oriented Welfare Party, who served until his imprisonment in 1998. Erdoğan later went on to become Prime Minister of Turkey in 2003 and President of Turkey in 2014.

Results

The full results of the election are shown in the table below. CandidatePartyVotesPercentage(%)Recep Tayyip Erdoğan RP 973,704 25.19 İlhan Kesici ANAP 855,897 22.14 Zülfü Livaneli SHP 784,693 20.30 Bedrettin Dalan DYP 597,461 15.46Necdet Özkan DSP 478,612 12.38 Ahmet Vefik Alp MHP 72,121 1.87 Ertuğrul Günay CHP 54,028 1.40 Ahmet Hamdi Turgut BBP 13,662 0.35Ferit Edibali MP 12,294 0.32 Hasan Celal Güzel HDP 7,979 0.21Arslan Başer Kafaoğlu SBP 7,075 0.18Arslan Kılıç İP 5,215 0.13 Independents 2,385 0.06 Total 3,865,126 100.00

By district +Results of the 1994 Istanbul mayoral election by districtDistrictRecep Tayyip Erdoğan RPİlhan Kesici ANAPZülfü Livaneli SHPBedrettin Dalan DYPNecdet Özkan DSPOther candidatesTotal#%#%#%#%#%#%Adalar7356.7%4,48440.9%2,54123.2%2,58923.6%2652.5%3443.1%10,958Avcılar13,50116.0%24,88529.5%21,76325.8%12,62615.0%8,0159.5%3,5724.2%84,362Bağcılar62,91135.5%27,86515.7%29,61916.7%13,2117.5%33,79419.1%9,7715.5%177,171Bahçelievler51,78325.4%47,65723.3%47.65423.3%29,60414.5%18,8339.2%8,6284.2%204,159Bakırköy9,7387.7%41,58732.7%31,38624.6%31,35124.8%9,2037.2%4,0153.2%127,280Bayrampaşa35,45728.9%24,68920.1%13,73411.2%24,39319.9%18,68515.2%5,7924.7%122,750Beşiktaş11,5339.3%35,82928.8%33,60827.1%28,94923.3%10,4048.4%3,8293.1%124,152Beykoz23,89829.4%20,73225.5%11,00113.6%10,29912.7%11,55914.2%3,6684.5%81,157Beyoğlu37,73531.0%22,32118.3%23,31219.2%18,71215.4%13,97711.5%5,6644.7%121,721Eminönü8,00127.3%6,81723.3%5,77919.7%3,38611.5%2,5258.6%2,8159.6%29,323Esenler43,27136.0%21,74918.1%16,45013.7%12,31410.3%20,34416.9%5,9765.0%120,104Eyüpsultan30,28525.9%23,77720.3%21,52618.4%18,48915.8%17,98715.4%4,8064.1%116,870Fatih69,44828.0%57,10923.0%36,34214.6%47,68819.2%27,55611.1%10,1924.1%248,335Gaziosmanpaşa74,87033.6%41.45518.6%30,09313.5%32,08714.4%34,31015.4%10,1284.5%222,943Güngören32,69225.9%31,05024.6%24,00719.0%17,72114.1%14,05611.1%6,5835.2%126,109Kadıköy61,69915.0%103,82425.3%112,57227.5%89,88521.9%28,4897.0%13,4443.3%409,913Kağıthane50,46033.8%31,70521.3%28,08218.8%14,5349.7%18,47512.46,0014.0%149,257Kartal40,02328.2%30,52421.5%36,91426.0%15,11110.6%13,4619.56,0404.3%142,073Küçükçekmece38,87119.4%35,77517.9%32,28816.2%30,91115.5%52,03526.0%10,0175.0%199,897Maltepe32,34520.5%39,33224.9%43,13527.4%23,98615.2%12,0427.6%6,9194.4%157,759Pendik42,24631.6%23,85717.8%24,92118.6%14,93811.2%17,96313.4%9,8517.4%133,776Sarıyer23,66024.0%22,13122.5%23,41823.8%11,00511.2%14,15814.4%4,1264.2%98,498Şişli20,95514.6%34,85124.3%34,06923.7%26,96718.8%21,41114.9%5,2353.6%143,488Tuzla9,50328.2%6,84420.3%7,46722.1%4,47013.3%3,66010.9%1,7875.3%33,731Ümraniye55,89038.7%20,35814.1%33,24323.0%13,2169.1%12,2008.4%9,6516.7%144,558Üsküdar68,46628.9%53,61422.6%45,06419.0%35,53915.0%22,3639.4%12,0985.1%237,144Zeytinburnu23,72824.3%21,07621.6%14,70515.1%13,30013.6%20,83721.3%3,9924.1%97,638Total973,70425.19%855,89722.14%784,69320.30%597,46115.46%478,61212.38%174,7594.52%3,865,126

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