| Election Name: | 1994 Istanbul mayoral election |
| Country: | Turkey |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1989 Istanbul mayoral election |
| Previous Year: | 1989 |
| Next Election: | 1999 Istanbul mayoral election |
| Next Year: | 1999 |
| Election Date: | 27 March 1994 |
| Candidate1: | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Colour1: | D87BB0 |
| Party1: | Welfare Party |
| Popular Vote1: | 973,704 |
| Percentage1: | 25.19% |
| Candidate2: | İlhan Kesici |
| Colour2: | FFE011 |
| Party2: | Motherland Party (Turkey) |
| Popular Vote2: | 855,897 |
| Percentage2: | 22.14% |
| Candidate3: | Zülfü Livaneli |
| Colour3: | E22C2C |
| Party3: | Social Democratic Populist Party (Turkey) |
| Popular Vote3: | 784,693 |
| Percentage3: | 20.30% |
| Candidate4: | Bedrettin Dalan |
| Colour4: | FF0000 |
| Party4: | True Path Party |
| Popular Vote4: | 597,461 |
| Percentage4: | 15.46% |
| Candidate5: | Necdet Özkan |
| Colour5: | 0EC8FF |
| Party5: | Democratic Left Party (Turkey) |
| Popular Vote5: | 478,612 |
| Percentage5: | 12.38% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | Nurettin Sözen |
| Before Party: | Social Democratic Populist Party (Turkey) |
| After Election: | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| After Party: | Welfare Party |
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.
The full results of the election are shown in the table below.[1]
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Percentage (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | RP | 973,704 | 25.19 | |
| 855,897 | 22.14 | |||
| 784,693 | 20.30 | |||
| 597,461 | 15.46 | |||
| Necdet Özkan | 478,612 | 12.38 | ||
| 72,121 | 1.87 | |||
| 54,028 | 1.40 | |||
| Ahmet Hamdi Turgut | 13,662 | 0.35 | ||
| Ferit Edibali | 12,294 | 0.32 | ||
| 7,979 | 0.21 | |||
| Arslan Başer Kafaoğlu | 7,075 | 0.18 | ||
| Arslan Kılıç | 5,215 | 0.13 | ||
| 2,385 | 0.06 | |||
| Total | 3,865,126 | 100.00 |