Deputy Mayor election has started in Ataşehir Municipality

The election started in the Ataşehir Municipal Council, which convened at 10:00 by the decision of the Istanbul Governorship. AK Party Istanbul Provincial Chairman Abdullah Özdemir announced that the People's Alliance candidate is Serdar Orhan, with the joint decision of the AK Party and MHP groups.

As a result of the resignations before the deputy mayor election, there are 16 members of the AK Party, 17 members of the CHP, 2 members of the MHP and 3 independent members in the Ataşehir Municipal Council. Finally, CHP's number of seats dropped to 17 after CHP Council Member Ekrem Köse resigned from his party and announced that he became an independent member. 26 votes will be required for the candidate elected in the first two rounds.

The winning party in the vice mayoral election, which is held by secret ballot in accordance with Article 45 of the Municipality Law No. 5393, will be determined by the staggered round system. In order for candidates to be elected in the first two rounds of voting, a two-thirds majority of the total number of council members, that is, 26 votes for the selected candidate, will be required. If this majority is not reached in the first two rounds, the candidate who receives the absolute majority of the total number of council members, that is, at least 20 votes, in the 3rd round will be elected deputy chairman. If the absolute majority is not achieved in the third round, the two candidates with the most votes will advance to the 4th round and the candidate with the most votes in this last round will become the new deputy mayor of Ataşehir Municipality. In case of a tie in votes, the winner will be determined by drawing lots.

In the deputy mayor election held at Ataşehir Municipal Council, the voting process started with a single candidate after the CHP group decided not to come to the hall. In the session where 17 council members from CHP did not attend and 3 of these members had a restricted status, the required meeting quorum was achieved with 18 members of the People's Alliance and 3 independent members being present in the hall. Thus, as a result of the voting that started with a total of 21 council members in the hall, Serdar Orhan, the candidate of the People's Alliance, entered the election as the only candidate.