ANKARA, April 6 -- Turkey has so far not declared the final results of the local elections held on March 31 as the ruling party contested the slim victory by the opposition in the country's largest city Istanbul and the capital Ankara.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signalled that his ruling party will pursue the matter in the court.
Unofficial results showed Ekrem Imamoglu, candidate of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) in Istanbul, took a narrow lead over the candidate of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Binali Yildirim, former prime minister and parliament speaker.
The CHP was leading by 25,000 votes in the city, according to initial results.
The AKP also lost its grip in Ankara for the first time since the party was founded in 2001. The opposition bloc's candidate Mansur Yavas won a clear victory in the capital city.
Actually, both parties have placed billboards claiming victory in Istanbul. On Wednesday, the opposition candidate Imamoglu visited the country's founder the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of Turkey and signed the official memorial book with the signature of "Mayor of Istanbul," a move which drew criticism from the ruling party AKP.
Meanwhile, the ruling party stepped up its challenge of the elections through a major vote recount in more than half of the districts of Ankara and Istanbul.
At a midnight meeting on Wednesday, the Turkish election watchdog paved the way for the recount of invalid votes in 15 of the 39 districts of the Istanbul metropolis, in addition to the already ongoing recount of all votes in three districts. The ruling party also pursued a recount in 12 out of Ankara's 25 districts.
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