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1999 Turkish local elections

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April 18, 1999 (1999-04-18)

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All 3,215 district municipalities and 16 metropolitan municipalities of Turkey

	Majority party	Minority party	Third party

Leader	Bülent Ecevit	Devlet Bahçeli	Recai Kutan
Party	DSP	MHP	FP
Leader since	15 January 1989	6 July 1997	1998
Last election	8.75%, 23 mayors	7.95%, 118 mayors	19.14%, 329 mayors
Municipalities	189	499	488
Mayor ±	166	381	159
Popular vote^	5,885,132	5,401,597	5,185,831
Percentage	18.70%	17.17%	16.48%
Swing	9.95pp	9.22pp	2.66pp

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Local elections were held in Turkey on April 18, 1999, on the same day with the parliamentary election.