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Turkey's opposition leads based on initial results in Istanbul re-run

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19:30 - 23/06/2019 Pazar
Update: 19:32 - 23/06/2019 Pazar
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Ekrem Imamoglu, mayoral candidate of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), speaks as he arrives to cast his ballot at a polling station in Istanbul, Turkey, June 23, 2019. REUTERS/Huseyin Aldemir
Ekrem Imamoglu, mayoral candidate of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), speaks as he arrives to cast his ballot at a polling station in Istanbul, Turkey, June 23, 2019. REUTERS/Huseyin Aldemir

Turkey's main opposition was leading with 53.6% of votes versus 45.4% for President Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party in Istanbul's high-stakes re-run mayoral election, with nearly 95% of the city's ballots opened, CNN Turk said on Sunday.

The Istanbul mayoral candidate for the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party Binali Yıldırım on Sunday congratulated his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu for his lead in the election as results started trickling in.

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