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
| 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% | — | — |