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| Turkey election: Erdogan leads in early results | |
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| Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan is ahead in the presidential election with a fifth of votes counted, state media report. | |
| Mr Erdogan has 59%, and his closest rival, Muharrem Ince, is on 27%. | |
| If Mr Erdogan wins more than 50% of the overall vote, he will be declared the winner and avoid the need for a second round of voting. | |
| As well as the presidency, voters are also choosing members of parliament. Mr Erdogan's party is ahead in that poll. | |
| His AK Party leads with 55% of the votes counted so far, state media report. The main opposition CHP is on 14%. | |
| Voter turnout is almost 87%, the state broadcaster says. | |
| Turkey remains under a state of emergency imposed in the aftermath of a failed coup in July 2016. | |
| These elections were originally scheduled for November 2019 but were brought forward by Mr Erdogan. | |
| He is seeking a second term as president, and would govern under a new constitution which grants the president new powers. | |
| Mr Erdogan was prime minister for 11 years before becoming president in 2014. |