2000 Turkish Presidential Election

27 April 2000 to 5 May 2000 · Elected by the Assembly · two-round vote

Indirect presidential elections were held in Turkey on 27 April 2000 followed by a second round vote on 1 May and a third on 5 May. It occurred at the end of 9th president Süleyman Demirel's seven-year term in office.

An indirect vote of the Grand National Assembly, not a popular election.

President before

Süleyman Demirel

DYP

Elected President

Ahmet Necdet Sezer

Independent

Winning share

59.6%

second round

Turnout

96.9%

The result

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Ahmet Necdet Sezer

Independent · 281 votes

59.58%

second round

Nevzat Yalçıntaş

Virtue Party · 61 votes

12.52%

second round

Sadi Somuncuoğlu

Nationalist Movement Party · 58 votes

6.07%

second round

Rasim Zaimoğlu

True Path Party · 7 votes

0.57%

second round

Mehmet Mail Büyükerman

Democratic Left Party · 3 votes

0.38%

second round

Yıldırım Akbulut

Motherland Party · 56 votes

16.70%

second round

Doğan Güreş

True Path Party · 35 votes

4.17%

second round

Ahmet İyimaya

True Path Party · 10 votes

1.92%

first round

Agah Oktay Güner

Motherland Party · 5 votes

0.96%

first round

Oğuz Aygün

Democratic Left Party · 4 votes

0.77%

first round


Ahmet Necdet Sezer	Independent	281	54.04%	314	59.58%
Nevzat Yalçıntaş	Virtue Party	61	11.73%	66	12.52%
Sadi Somuncuoğlu	Nationalist Movement Party	58	11.15%	32	6.07%
Rasim Zaimoğlu	True Path Party	7	1.35%	3	0.57%
Mehmet Mail Büyükerman	Democratic Left Party	3	0.58%	2	0.38%
Yıldırım Akbulut	Motherland Party	56	10.77%	88	16.70%
Doğan Güreş	True Path Party	35	6.73%	22	4.17%
Ahmet İyimaya	True Path Party	10	1.92%	—	—
Agah Oktay Güner	Motherland Party	5	0.96%	—	—
Oğuz Aygün	Democratic Left Party	4	0.77%	—	—