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Erdogan Has Over 55% After 67% of Presidential Election Ballots Abroad Processed - Reports

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ANKARA (Sputnik) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has over 55% of the votes in the presidential election, while his main challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, has over 41% with more than 67% of ballots processed abroad, according to the tally from state-run broadcaster.
Earlier, TRT Haber reported that with 99.9% of the ballots counted, Erdogan had 49.34% of the votes, while Kilicdaroglu had 45%. Erdogan told his supporters in Ankara late on Sunday night that he still had hope of winning in the first round with over 50% since votes from abroad had not all been processed.
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According to the latest state TV tally, with 67.33% of the ballots processed from abroad, Erdogan, who was nominated by the ruling Justice and Development Party and its coalition partner, the Nationalist Movement Party, has 55.36%, while Kemal Kilicdaroglu, put forward by a six-party opposition alliance, has 41.26%.
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