Election Name: | 2009 İstanbul mayoral elections |
Country: | Turkey |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2004 İstanbul mayoral elections |
Previous Year: | 2004 |
Next Election: | 2014 Istanbul mayoral election |
Next Year: | 2014 |
Election Date: | 29 March 2009 |
1Blank: | Popular vote |
2Blank: | Percentage |
Candidate1: | Kadir Topbaş |
Party1: | Justice and Development Party (Turkey) |
Swing1: | 0.98% |
Popular Vote1: | 3,105,555 |
Percentage1: | 44.71% |
Candidate2: | Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu |
Party2: | Republican People's Party |
Swing2: | 7.88% |
Popular Vote2: | 2,568,710 |
Percentage2: | 36.98% |
Map Size: | 300px |
Mayor | |
Before Election: | Kadir Topbaş |
Before Party: | Justice and Development Party (Turkey) |
After Election: | Kadir Topbaş |
After Party: | Justice and Development Party (Turkey) |
The 2009 Istanbul mayoral election for the office of mayor of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (Turkish: İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediye Başkanlığı) was held on 29 March 2009 and was won by the Justice and Development Party candidate, the incumbent Kadir Topbaş.
The closely fought contest was noticeable in that it helped launch the national political career of Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, who would go on to assume the leadership of his party.