Abroad, the Turkish presidential election ended last night. In Austria, a new participation record was set. The day before, with 63,626 votes, participation in the first round of elections (62,349 votes) was surpassed, according to data released by the Turkish Embassy in Austria. Voter turnout was also higher. As of Wednesday night, 1,839,488 Turks living abroad had voted.
Incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan and opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu will face each other in the second round. The results will be announced after the vote in Turkey on May 28. Around 108,000 Turkish citizens were able to vote in Austria. You can vote since Saturday. As in the first round of voting, voting was not only possible in the three consulates general in Vienna, Salzburg and Bregenz, but also in specially set up polling stations in Linz, Graz and Innsbruck.
Erdogan is the favorite in the poll. In the first round on May 14, he was some 4.5 percent ahead of CHP’s Kilicdaroglu, but missed the required absolute majority. Overseas Turks voted in the first poll with 57.70 percent for the incumbent. Kilicdaroglu won nearly 40% of the vote. According to preliminary data, almost 72% of voters in Austria voted for Erdogan. The holder fared particularly well in an international comparison.