Good news for Turkiye and bad news for Erdogan.
Ince's 2% should benefit the other candidate (who is fiscally conservative and more secular).
Fresh blow for ErdoÄŸan, as rival pulls out of Turkey election amid sex tape scandal – POLITICO
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Turkish opposition candidate Muharrem İnce announced Thursday he was pulling out of the presidential race, in a surprise move just three days before the election.
İnce’s withdrawal is set to benefit the main opposition candidate, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, who is currently neck and neck with longtime President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the polls — and it could even allow Kılıçdaroğlu to claim outright victory in the first round.
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İnce, who is currently polling around 2 percent according to POLITICO’s Poll of Polls, has been diverting votes from the main opposition candidate, Kılıçdaroğlu, who is supported by a six-party coalition uniting parties from left and right against Erdoğan.
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Be nice to avoid a run-off.
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His withdrawal from the race could allow Kılıçdaroğlu, who is currently polling at 49 percent, to win the race in the first round.
Erdoğan, who is trailing in the polls with 46 percent of the vote, is facing the toughest reelection battle of his 20-year rule on Sunday, as Turkey grapples with double-digit inflation.
If neither candidate gets over 50 percent in the first round, the election will go to a runoff on May 28.
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