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Among the 61.4 million people in Turkey registered to vote in the local elections on March 31, more than a million will be casting their votes for the first time, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Friday, citing data from Turkey’s Supreme Board of Elections (YSK).
According to the YSK, 1,032,610 youngsters in Turkey have reached the age of 18 since the general election in May 2023, becoming eligible to cast votes in the upcoming local elections.
The data showed that out of 61,441,882 voters, 50.59 percent were women and 49.41 percent were men.
Registered voters numbered 60,771,236 in the presidential runoff that was held on May 28, 2023.
Voters who have died, lost their citizenship, enlisted in the military or received a sentence for a crime as of March 23, 2024 will have a note stating “ineligible to vote” marked next to their names on the electoral rolls, Anadolu said.
The upcoming polls will see the election of mayors for all 81 provinces, 973 districts and 390 towns, along with 50,336 neighborhood heads (mukhtars). Additionally, elections for provincial general assembly membership and municipal council membership will also take place.
