Voting for expats starts tomorrow

Expatriates will start going to the polls tomorrow for the 28th term presidential and parliamentary elections to be held on Sunday, May 14, 2023.

By the Supreme Electoral Council (YSK), polling committees were established in 73 countries and 156 foreign representations. Voting procedures, which will start tomorrow for foreign voters, will continue until May 9 at foreign representative offices.

The voting process will begin tomorrow at the customs gates prepared for those registered in the foreign electoral registry to vote. Voting at the customs gates will end on Sunday, May 14, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. Voters registered on the electoral roll abroad may vote for 24 hours, including holidays.

THERE ARE ABOUT 3.5 MILLION VOTERS

There are 3,416,098 registered voters abroad. The number of voters who will cast their vote abroad for the first time is 277,646. For these voters, 4,671 customs ballot boxes were established at customs.

Voting in foreign representations can be carried out between 09:00 and 21:00 local hours from Monday to Friday and on weekends, within the range of dates announced for that representation, and between 09:00 and 18:00 local hours in affiliated cities to the consulates general.

Foreign voters may vote at any of the designated representations or at any customs checkpoint where the ballot boxes are installed, and no prior appointment will be necessary for this procedure.

The YSK, which installed ballot boxes in countries where Turks live, brought ballot boxes to Belarus, Brazil, Estonia, Morocco, Montenegro, Republic of Korea, Libya, Lithuania, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Portugal, Slovakia and Tanzania for the first time. this year.

COUNTRY COUNTRY NUMBER OF VOTERS

According to YSK data, the country with the highest number of voters was Germany with 1,501,152. Germany was followed by France with 397,086 voters and the Netherlands with 286,753 registered voters.

Due to the high number of voters in Germany, it will be possible to vote in 26 representative offices.

In the United States (USA), where 134 thousand 246 voters will cast their vote, they will be able to vote in 9 representations.

According to the data, the country with the lowest number of voters was Brazil with 581, while Nigeria, where ballot boxes will be installed for the first time in this election, was the second country with the lowest number of voters with 584 voters.

In France, which is determined to be the country with the second highest number of Turkish voters after Germany with 397,086 registered voters, it will be possible to vote in 9 representations. It will be possible to vote in Austria, 6 representations and 3 representations in Azerbaijan and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

On the other hand, if the Presidential Elections reach the second round, votes may be cast from May 20 to 24 at the representative offices designated for the second round to be held on Sunday, May 28.

After the end of the overseas voting process, the votes will be brought to Turkey by diplomatic couriers under high security, using the methods determined by the YSK. These votes will be stored in the secure area at the ATO Congress Fair Center in Ankara by the Presidency of the Overseas District Electoral Board.

The counting and issuance of foreign votes will be carried out under the supervision of the Presidency of the District Electoral Board Abroad.

In Turkey, on Sunday May 14 at 5:00 p.m., after the end of the voting process, it will be opened together with the rest of the ballot boxes.

In the presidential election, the votes cast abroad and at customs are directly reflected in the overall votes of the candidates. These votes are added to the total votes received by the candidates in Turkey.

Valid overseas votes are distributed proportionally to provincial constituencies, based on the number of voters in Turkey’s provinces and the votes received by parties in parliamentary elections.

The 73 countries where the polls will be established and the number of voters in these countries are as follows:
1- Germany: 1,501,152
2- USA: 134,246
3- Albania: 1,416
4- Australia: 53,902
5- Austria: 111,659
6- Azerbaijan: 11,036
7- Bahrain: 1,359
8- Belarus: 643
9- Belgium: 153,443
10 – United Arab Emirates: 12,757
11 – Bosnia and Herzegovina: 2,946
12- Brazil: 581
13- Bulgaria: 6,391
14- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: 127,281
15- Algeria: 2,280
16- Czech Republic: 3,018
17- China: 4,337
18- Denmark: 36,725
19- Estonia: 776
20- Morocco: 685
21-Finland: 6,791
22-France: 397,086
23- South Africa: 1,561
24- Georgia: 2,306
25-Netherlands: 286,753
26- Iraq: 5,738
27- Iran: 1,592
28 Ireland: 6,770
29-Spain: 7,430
30- Israel: 5,088
31- Sweden: 42,773
32-Switzerland: 105,820
33- Italy: 20,148
34- Japan: 5,672
35 Canada: 40,418
36- Montenegro: 1,704
37- Qatar: 10,868
38- Kazakhstan: 6,101
39- Kyrgyz Republic: 3,118
40- Korea: 866
41- Kosovo: 2,192
42- Kuwait: 4,725
43- TRNC 140.111
44- North Macedonia: 4,107
45- Libya: 1,132
46- Lithuania: 795
47- Lebanon: 8,325
48- Luxembourg: 1,507
49-Hungary: 3,887
50- Malaysia: 711
51- Malta: 2,808
52- Egypt: 2,327
53- Moldova: 861
54-Nigeria: 584
55- Norway: 10,391
56- Uzbekistan: 3,182
57- Pakistan: 1,233
58- Poland: 10,457
59- Portugal: 1,484
60- Romania: 10,172
61- Russia: 14,357
62- Serbia: 2,311
63- Singapore: 1,020
64- Slovak Republic: 642
65- Saudi Arabia: 23,005
66- Tanzania: 865
67- Thailand: 1,278
68-Turkmenistan: 635
69- Ukraine: 2,608
70- Sultanate of Oman: 1,395
71- Jordan: 3,030
72- New Zealand: 1,115
73- Greece: 11,714

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