23 May – 4 Jun 2028
Final result window, derived from the last election. Treat as final after Istanbul time.
- Polls close
- First count by
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- Supreme Election Council
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ysk.gov.tr
Turkey runoff 2028
Polling day Date not yet official. Counted by Supreme Election Council. Times are Istanbul time; hover for UTC.
Held only if no candidate wins an absolute majority of the valid votes in the first round on 7 May 2028 (itself a tentative date). The second round takes place on the second Sunday after the first ('bu oylamayı izleyen ikinci pazar günü', Constitution art. 101; Law 6271 art. 4(1)) between the two candidates with the most votes in the first round; if one of them drops out, the next-placed candidate takes the place, and if only one candidate remains the vote is held as a referendum (art. 101; Law 6271 art. 4(2)-(3)). If the first round is moved by a renewal decision, this date moves with it.
Count stages
21 May28 May4 Jun
Election-night count
Election-night count: Sun 21 May, 17:00 → Mon 22 May, 23:59, estimate.
Final result
Final result: Tue 23 May, 00:00 → Sun 4 Jun, 23:59, precedent.
Stage windows and their sources
- Election-night count→estimateVoting 08:00-17:00 local (Law 298 art. 89; the YSK may shift the hours with at least a week's notice); Turkey keeps UTC+3 all year, so 17:00 is 14:00 UTC. The window copies the 2023 first-round precedent, when the YSK chairman announced provisional results on the following afternoon (NTV, 15 May 2023); a two-candidate count is shorter, but no runoff-night precedent was read on the YSK's own site, so this is an ESTIMATE. The window closes at the end of Monday 22 May 2028 local. Provisional, not the YSK's final decision.
- Final result→precedentLaw 6271 art. 20(1): the final results 'Yüksek Seçim Kurulu tarafından Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi Başkanlığı ile Cumhurbaşkanlığı Makamına bildirilir, kamuoyuna ilân edilir ve Resmî Gazetede yayımlanır'; no deadline in the law. Objections to provincial tally sheets reach the YSK up to the third day after the sheet, 17:00 (Law 298 art. 130). Precedent: 2023 second round (28 May) - YSK decision 2023/1269 of Thu 1 Jun 2023, Resmî Gazete 32208 (Mükerrer), day 4; NTV (29 May 2023) reported in advance that the YSK would rule on objections and send the final result for publication on 1 Jun. The window closes at the end of day 14 (Sun 4 Jun 2028 local), well past precedent; the opening is an ESTIMATED floor. YSK decisions are final (Constitution art. 79): no court-validation stage.
Results sources
| URL | Role | Kind | Can answer a results question | Last check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sonuc.ysk.gov.tr | results-live | emb home | no | |
| ysk.gov.tr/tr/karar/liste | results-final | other | no | |
| mevzuat.gov.tr/mevzuat | timetable | other | no | |
| mevzuat.gov.tr/mevzuat | timetable | other | no | |
| en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Turkish_presidential_election | see-also | other | no | |
| ysk.gov.tr | authority-home | emb home | no |
Cite, embed, correct
Global Election Index, “Turkey runoff 2028”, https://electionindex.org/election/turkey-presidential-2028-r2, dataset 2026-10-02.be7d6f40. CC BY 4.0.
Embed code
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Questions and answers
- When is the Turkey runoff 2028?
- Polling day is 2028-05-21, not yet officially confirmed. Held only if no candidate wins an absolute majority of the valid votes in the first round on 7 May 2028 (itself a tentative date). The second round takes place on the second Sunday after the first ('bu oylamayı izleyen ikinci pazar günü', Constitution art. 101; Law 6271 art. 4(1)) between the two candidates with the most votes in the first round; if one of them drops out, the next-placed candidate takes the place, and if only one candidate remains the vote is held as a referendum (art. 101; Law 6271 art. 4(2)-(3)). If the first round is moved by a renewal decision, this date moves with it.
- When will the final result of the President of the Republic (second round) race be official?
- Expected between 2028-05-22T21:00:00Z and 2028-06-04T20:59:59Z (UTC), confidence precedent. Law 6271 art. 20(1): the final results 'Yüksek Seçim Kurulu tarafından Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi Başkanlığı ile Cumhurbaşkanlığı Makamına bildirilir, kamuoyuna ilân edilir ve Resmî Gazetede yayımlanır'; no deadline in the law. Objections to provincial tally sheets reach the YSK up to the third day after the sheet, 17:00 (Law 298 art. 130). Precedent: 2023 second round (28 May) - YSK decision 2023/1269 of Thu 1 Jun 2023, Resmî Gazete 32208 (Mükerrer), day 4; NTV (29 May 2023) reported in advance that the YSK would rule on objections and send the final result for publication on 1 Jun. The window closes at the end of day 14 (Sun 4 Jun 2028 local), well past precedent; the opening is an ESTIMATED floor. YSK decisions are final (Constitution art. 79): no court-validation stage.
- Where are the official President of the Republic (second round) results?
- No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Supreme Election Council (https://www.ysk.gov.tr/).