Ekrem İmamoğlu was winning the election by more than 24,000 votes at the time of the blackout .
The Istanbul mayoral election , where CHP candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu defeated AKP candidate and former Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım by just under 14,000 votes ( 0.17 % ) , remained disputed for two weeks after the vote .
2019 Turkish local elections