1994 Istanbul mayoral election

1994 Istanbul mayoral election

← 1989 27 March 1994 1999 →

Candidate Recep Tayyip Erdoğan İlhan Kesici Zülfü Livaneli Party RP AP SHP Popular vote 973,704 855,897 784,693 Percentage 25.19% 22.14% 20.30%   Candidate Bedrettin Dalan Necdet Özkan Party DYP DSP Popular vote 597,461 478,612 Percentage 15.46% 12.38%

Mayor before election Nurettin Sözen SHP Elected Mayor Recep Tayyip Erdoğan RP

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.