page_title: June 2019 Istanbul mayoral election
section_title: Election campaign and party stances
hierarchical_section_title: June 2019 Istanbul mayoral election / Election campaign and party stances
caption_attribution_description: English: Ekrem İmamoğlu's June 2019 Istanbul mayoral election campaign in Silivri. Spouse Dilek at left.
context_page_description: The June 2019 Istanbul mayoral election was held on 23 June 2019. It was a re-run of the March 2019 mayoral election, which was annulled by the Supreme Electoral Council on 6 May 2019. The original election had resulted in a narrow 0.2% margin of victory for opposition candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu, causing the governing Justice and Development Party to successfully petition for a re-run.
  The Nation Alliance fielded their initial candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu, who ran a positive campaign under the slogan Her Şey Çok Güzel Olacak. The governing People's Alliance re-nominated their initially unsuccessful candidate Binali Yıldırım. The non-aligned Peoples' Democratic Party did not field their own candidate and announced their support for İmamoğlu. The election featured a televised debate between the two main candidates, a first in Turkey since 2002. Campaigning focused highly on rival accusations of misconduct during and after the initial March 2019 election, during which both sides alleged that they had been a victim of the other's antics.
caption: Ekrem İmamoğlu and his spouse Dilek campaigning in Silivri.
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