Turkey › Malatya › Battalgazi › Istiklal Istiklal · Battalgazi · Malatya Highlights Latest Parliament (MP) (2023): AK PARTİ most votes · 46.5% Latest Metropolitan Mayor (2024): AK PARTİ most votes · 50.4% Latest District Municipality (2024): AK PARTİ most votes · 52.6% 31 MARCH 2024 METROPOLITAN MAYOR 2024-03-31 · 7 ballot boxes · 2,456 voters · 62.0% turnout · 1,460 valid votes
Party/Candidate Votes Percent AK PARTİ 736 50.4% CHP 534 36.6% YENİDEN REFAH 134 9.2% İBRAHİM GEZER 12 0.8% İYİ PARTİ 8 0.6% ZAFER PARTİSİ 7 0.5% MEMLEKET 6 0.4% HÜDA PAR 6 0.4% BTP 3 0.2% DEM Parti 3 0.2% HKP 2 0.1% DP 1 0.1%
31 MARCH 2024 MUNICIPAL COUNCIL 2024-03-31 · 7 ballot boxes · 2,456 voters · 62.4% turnout · 1,447 valid votes
Party/Candidate Votes Percent AK PARTİ 746 51.5% CHP 387 26.7% YENİDEN REFAH 210 14.5% ZAFER PARTİSİ 26 1.8% SAADET 19 1.3% İYİ PARTİ 19 1.3% BÜYÜK BİRLİK 14 1.0% DEM Parti 8 0.6% HÜDA PAR 5 0.3% BTP 3 0.2% TKH 2 0.1% SOL PARTİ 2 0.1%
31 MARCH 2024 DISTRICT MAYOR 2024-03-31 · 7 ballot boxes · 2,456 voters · 62.3% turnout · 1,436 valid votes
Party/Candidate Votes Percent AK PARTİ 755 52.6% CHP 335 23.3% YENİDEN REFAH 259 18.0% ZAFER PARTİSİ 28 1.9% İYİ PARTİ 18 1.2% SAADET 15 1.0% DEM Parti 9 0.6% HÜDA PAR 6 0.4% HKP 3 0.2% BAĞIMSIZ 2 0.1% TİP 2 0.1% BTP 2 0.1%
28 MAY 2023 PRESIDENT (Round 2) 2023-05-28 · 7 ballot boxes · 2,556 voters · 70.9% turnout · 1,786 valid votes
Party/Candidate Votes Percent RECEP TAYYİP ERDOĞAN 1,409 78.9% KEMAL KILIÇDAROĞLU 377 21.1%
14 MAY 2023 28. TERM MP 2023-05-14 · 7 ballot boxes · 2,554 voters · 72.4% turnout · 1,816 valid votes
Party/Candidate Votes Percent AK PARTİ 842 46.5% MHP 305 16.8% CHP 293 16.2% YENİDEN REFAH 165 9.1% İYİ PARTİ 83 4.6% ZAFER PARTİSİ 49 2.7% BBP 37 2.0% YEŞİL SOL PARTİ 15 0.8% MEMLEKET 12 0.7% ANAP 4 0.2% MİLLET 2 0.1% SOL PARTİ 1 0.1%
14 MAY 2023 PRESIDENT (Round 1) 2023-05-14 · 7 ballot boxes · 2,554 voters · 72.5% turnout · 1,815 valid votes
Party/Candidate Votes Percent RECEP TAYYİP ERDOĞAN 1,361 75.0% KEMAL KILIÇDAROĞLU 350 19.3% SİNAN OĞAN 93 5.1% MUHARREM İNCE 11 0.6%
31 MARCH 2019 MUNICIPAL COUNCIL 2019-03-31 · 9 ballot boxes · 3,086 voters · 72.3% turnout · 2,138 valid votes
Party/Candidate Votes Percent AK PARTİ 1,438 67.3% İYİ PARTİ 330 15.4% BBP 219 10.2% SAADET 101 4.7% HDP 22 1.0% VATAN PARTİSİ 16 0.8% BTP 7 0.3% TKP 5 0.2%
31 MARCH 2019 DISTRICT MAYOR 2019-03-31 · 9 ballot boxes · 3,086 voters · 72.3% turnout · 2,136 valid votes
Party/Candidate Votes Percent AK PARTİ 1,533 71.8% İYİ PARTİ 439 20.6% SAADET 72 3.4% BBP 56 2.6% HDP 24 1.1% BTP 12 0.6%
31 MARCH 2019 METROPOLITAN MAYOR 2019-03-31 · 9 ballot boxes · 3,086 voters · 72.2% turnout · 2,140 valid votes
Party/Candidate Votes Percent AK PARTİ 1,631 76.2% CHP 337 15.8% SAADET 136 6.4% HDP 17 0.8% VATAN PARTİSİ 5 0.2% DP 5 0.2% DSP 4 0.2% BTP 2 0.1% ŞERİF DEMİREL 2 0.1% TKP 1 0.1%
24 JUNE 2018 27. TERM MP 2018-06-24 · 9 ballot boxes · 3,285 voters · 83.3% turnout · 2,695 valid votes
Party/Candidate Votes Percent AK PARTİ 1,474 54.8% MHP 618 23.0% CHP 308 11.4% İYİ PARTİ 165 6.1% HDP 76 2.8% SAADET 40 1.5% VATAN PARTİSİ 5 0.2% HÜDA PAR 4 0.1%
24 JUNE 2018 PRESIDENT 2018-06-24 · 9 ballot boxes · 3,285 voters · 83.2% turnout · 2,679 valid votes
Party/Candidate Votes Percent RECEP TAYYİP ERDOĞAN 2,035 76.0% MUHARREM İNCE 426 15.9% MERAL AKŞENER 152 5.7% TEMEL KARAMOLLAOĞLU 33 1.2% SELAHATTİN DEMİRTAŞ 25 0.9% DOĞU PERİNÇEK 8 0.3%
16 APRIL 2017 REFERENDUM 2017-04-16 · 9 ballot boxes · 3,369 voters · 84.2% turnout · 2,794 valid votes
Party/Candidate Votes Percent EVET 2,047 73.3% HAYIR 747 26.7%
01 NOVEMBER 2015 26. TERM MP 2015-11-01 · 10 ballot boxes · 3,590 voters · 84.1% turnout · 2,980 valid votes
Party/Candidate Votes Percent AK PARTİ 2,159 72.5% MHP 443 14.9% CHP 240 8.1% HDP 75 2.5% BBP 21 0.7% SAADET 15 0.5% HAK-PAR 7 0.2% DP 6 0.2% VATAN PARTİSİ 5 0.2% BTP 4 0.1% KP 2 0.1% HKP 2 0.1%
07 JUNE 2015 25. TERM MP 2015-06-07 · 10 ballot boxes · 3,618 voters · 83.8% turnout · 2,954 valid votes
Party/Candidate Votes Percent AK PARTİ 1,784 60.4% MHP 521 17.6% CHP 340 11.5% HDP 121 4.1% SAADET 75 2.5% BAĞIMSIZ ADAY 2 71 2.4% BTP 12 0.4% DP 7 0.2% VATAN PARTİSİ 6 0.2% HAK-PAR 3 0.1% HKP 3 0.1% KP 3 0.1%
10 AUGUST 2014 PRESIDENT 2014-08-10 · 10 ballot boxes · 3,626 voters · 76.0% turnout · 2,704 valid votes
Party/Candidate Votes Percent RECEP TAYYİP ERDOĞAN 1,998 73.9% EKMELEDDİN MEHMET İHSANOĞLU 640 23.7% SELAHATTİN DEMİRTAŞ 66 2.4%
30 MARCH 2014 METROPOLITAN MAYOR 2014-03-30 · 12 ballot boxes · 3,633 voters · 85.5% turnout · 2,978 valid votes
Party/Candidate Votes Percent AK PARTİ 1,896 63.7% SAADET 445 14.9% MHP 344 11.6% CHP 239 8.0% HDP 18 0.6% BBP 12 0.4% BTP 6 0.2% MİLLET 5 0.2% İP 5 0.2% HAK-PAR 3 0.1% YÜKSEL AKMERCAN 3 0.1% DSP 1 0.0%
30 MARCH 2014 DISTRICT MAYOR 2014-03-30 · 12 ballot boxes · 3,633 voters · 85.4% turnout · 2,955 valid votes
Party/Candidate Votes Percent AK PARTİ 1,901 64.3% MHP 298 10.1% SAADET 251 8.5% CHP 238 8.1% BAĞIMSIZ 198 6.7% BTP 22 0.7% HDP 22 0.7% BBP 19 0.6% İP 6 0.2%
30 MARCH 2014 MUNICIPAL COUNCIL 2014-03-30 · 12 ballot boxes · 3,633 voters · 85.5% turnout · 2,961 valid votes
Party/Candidate Votes Percent AK PARTİ 1,937 65.4% MHP 352 11.9% CHP 270 9.1% SAADET 242 8.2% ÖDP 37 1.2% BBP 35 1.2% BAĞIMSIZ 29 1.0% BTP 28 0.9% HDP 24 0.8% İP 6 0.2% TKP 1 0.0%
How Istiklal votes At the 2023 parliamentary election Istiklal had 2,554 registered voters, placing it 26th among the 104 localities of Battalgazi.
AK Parti took 842 of the 1,816 valid votes cast in the neighborhood at that election (46.4%). That puts the neighborhood 5.8 points below the party's district average. In the presidential runoff Recep Tayyip Erdoğan took 78.9% here — essentially the district average. At the 2017 referendum 73.3% of the neighborhood voted 'yes' — 2.7 points below the district average.
The picture has not changed since 2014: AK Parti has finished first in all of the last 13 elections. Turnout at the 2023 parliamentary election was 72.4%, 8.2 points below the district average. AK Parti stood at 60.4% at the 2015 parliamentary election and fell to 46.4% by 2023. The electorate shrank from 3,618 registered voters in 2015 to 2,554 in 2023 — a change of about 29 percent.