{ "data": { "id": "turkey-presidential-2028-r2", "country": "TR", "country_name": "Turkey", "level": "national", "subdivision": null, "subdivision_name": null, "date": "2028-05-21", "date_status": "tentative", "kind": "runoff", "conditional": "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.", "timezone": "Europe/Istanbul", "status": "scheduled", "last_verified_at": "2026-10-02T12:00:00Z", "stale": false, "stale_reason": null, "provenance": { "from": "researcher agent 2026-10-02: Constitution arts. 77, 79, 101, 116; Law 6271 arts. 3, 4, 20; Law 298 arts. 89, 130 (mevzuat.gov.tr PDFs); Resmî Gazete issue index 1 Jun 2023 (resmigazete.gov.tr); YSK decision 2023/1269 (lexpera.com.tr excerpt); NTV 15 and 29 May 2023; ysk.gov.tr", "licence": "CC BY 4.0 (Election Index)" }, "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/turkey-presidential-2028-r2", "races": [ { "id": "president", "key": "turkey-presidential-2028-r2/president", "name": "President of the Republic (second round)", "body": "head-of-state", "seats": null, "seats_provisional": false, "polls_close_utc": "2028-05-21T14:00:00Z", "authority": { "id": "tr-ysk", "name": "Supreme Election Council", "name_local": "Yüksek Seçim Kurulu", "role": "electoral-commission", "homepage": "https://www.ysk.gov.tr/", "results_index": "https://sonuc.ysk.gov.tr/", "open_data": null }, "status": "scheduled", "expected_stage_now": null, "observed": false, "final_observed": null, "final_expected": { "from": "2028-05-22T21:00:00Z", "by": "2028-06-04T20:59:59Z", "confidence": "precedent", "basis": "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." }, "last_final": null, "previous": null, "stages": [ { "stage": "election-night", "from": "2028-05-21T14:00:00Z", "by": "2028-05-22T20:59:59Z", "replacedAt": "2028-06-04T20:59:59Z", "confidence": "estimate", "citation": "Voting 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.", "source": null, "observedAt": null, "observedSource": null }, { "stage": "final-result", "from": "2028-05-22T21:00:00Z", "by": "2028-06-04T20:59:59Z", "replacedAt": null, "confidence": "precedent", "citation": "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.", "source": null, "observedAt": null, "observedSource": null } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://sonuc.ysk.gov.tr/", "role": "results-live", "kind": "emb_home", "kindReason": "site root: cannot answer a results question", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "YSK 'Sandık Sonuçları ve Tutanaklar' service: results index for all elections, rendered by script; no page for this election yet. Provisional counts, not the YSK's final decision.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://www.ysk.gov.tr/tr/karar/liste", "role": "results-final", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "no election or results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "YSK decision archive. 2023 equivalent: YSK decision 2023/1269 of 1 Jun 2023 on the final results of the 28 May 2023 second round, Resmî Gazete 32208 (Mükerrer), resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2023/06/20230601M1-1.pdf.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://www.mevzuat.gov.tr/mevzuat?MevzuatNo=6271&MevzuatTur=1&MevzuatTertip=5", "role": "timetable", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "no election or results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "Law 6271 on Presidential Elections: art. 3(3) polling day of the first round (last Sunday before the five-year terms expire, counted from the 14 May 2023 joint election: 7 May 2028, tentative; see turkey-general-2028), art. 4(1) second round on the second Sunday after the first: 7 May + 14 days = Sun 21 May 2028 (2023: 14 May -> 28 May). Art. 20: final results announced by the YSK and published in the Resmî Gazete. Early-election risk: a renewal decision by the Assembly (three-fifths) or the President (Constitution art. 116; Law 6271 art. 3(4)) would move both rounds; none taken as of 2 Oct 2026.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://www.mevzuat.gov.tr/mevzuat?MevzuatNo=2709&MevzuatTur=1&MevzuatTertip=5", "role": "timetable", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "no election or results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "Constitution: arts. 77, 79, 101, 116.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Turkish_presidential_election", "role": "see-also", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "no election or results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "check": null }, { "url": "https://www.ysk.gov.tr/", "role": "authority-home", "kind": "emb_home", "kindReason": "site root: cannot answer a results question", "resolvable": false, "origin": "authority", "check": null } ], "page_activity": [], "government": null, "results": [], "live_count": null, "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/turkey-presidential-2028-r2#president" } ] }, "meta": { "dataset_version": "2026-10-02.be7d6f40", "built_at": "2026-10-02T15:42:24Z", "generated_at": "2026-10-02T18:15:51.519Z", "licence": "CC BY 4.0: credit \"Global Election Index (electionindex.org)\" and link to https://electionindex.org", "docs": "https://electionindex.org/docs" } }