Opinion polling for the 2019 Turkish local elections
# Opinion polling for the 2019 Turkish local elections

In the run-up to the 2019 Turkish local elections held on 31 March, various pollsters conducted opinion polls to gauge voting intentions in Turkey's major cities. Additionally, a number of polls were gauged to predict overall vote shares in the local election. This page lists these polls conducted by city, listing the most recent studies first.

## Overall opinion polling

The below table shows nationwide opinion polls conducted to gauge overall vote shares.

| Date | Pollster | Sample | AKP | CHP | MHP | HDP | İYİ | Others | Lead |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 31 March 2019 | Local elections 2019 | – | 42.5 | 29.6 | 7.2 | 5.6 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 12.9 |
| 26 February 2019 | Konsensus | – | 40.7 | 33.6 | 6.4 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 10.5 | 7.1 |
| 28 Dec 2018 – 3 Jan 2019 | OPTIMAR | 252 | 45.5 | 28.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 3.1 | 16.9 |
| 7–13 Oct 2018 | ORC | 5,186 | 40.3 | 29.7 | 19.5 | 6.3 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 10.6 |
| 11 July 2016 | AKAM | 8,890 | 40.6 | 32.3 | 11.7 | 11.6 | — | 3.8 | 8.3 |
| 30 March 2014 | Local elections 2014 | 43,543,717 | 42.9 | 26.3 | 17.8 | 6.3 | — | 6.8 | 16.5 |

## By province

### Istanbul

| Date | Pollster | Sample size | Yıldırım | İmamoğlu | Others | Undecided | Lead |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 31 Mar 2019 | 2019 election (annulled) | – | 48.6 | 48.8 | 2.6 | – | 0.2 |
| 20-29 Mar 2019 | PİAR | 11,445 | 48.5 | 48.7 | | | 0.2 |
| 19 Mar 2019 | Optimar | 6,022 | 49.7 | 48.8 | – | – | 0.9 |
| 10–18 Mar 2019 | ADA | 16,500 | 48.4 | 49.2 | 2.4 | – | 0.8 |
| 18 March 2019 | Themis | 2,161 | 48.3 | 49.3 | 2.4 | - | 1.0 |
| 16–17 Mar 2019 | Gezici | – | 49.3 | 48.6 | 2.1 | – | 0.7 |
| 8 March 2019 | Avrasya | 2,440 | 48.5 | 50.1 | 1.4 | – | 1.6 |
| 26 Feb-4 Mar 2019 | ORC | 8,160 | 50.9 | 46.6 | 2.5 | – | 4.3 |
| 23–24 Feb 2019 | Gezici | – | 52.1 | 46.6 | 1.3 | – | 5.5 |
| 9–15 Feb 2019 | PollMark | 5,024 | 36.0 | 37.8 | – | 26.2 | 1.8 |
| 28 Jan-2 Feb 2019 | ORC | 5,950 | 43.6 | 39.7 | 2.8 | 13.9 | 3.9 |
| 28 Jan-2 Feb 2019 | Optimar | 3,012 | 45.9 | 41.6 | - | 12.5 | 4.3 |
| 16 January 2019 | Avrasya | - | 44.0 | 42.0 | - | 14.0 | 2.0 |
| 19–22 Dec 2018 | PIAR | 3,120 | 36.5 | 33.0 | - | 30.5 | 3.5 |
| Alliance | Alliance | Alliance | People's AKP + MHP | Nation CHP + İYİ | None | N/A | N/A |
| Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | Mevlüt Uysal AKP | Mevlüt Uysal AKP | Mevlüt Uysal AKP | Mevlüt Uysal AKP | Mevlüt Uysal AKP |

### Ankara

| Date | Pollster | Sample size | Özhaseki | Yavaş | Others | Undecided | Lead |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 31 Mar 2019 | 2019 election | – | 47.1 | 50.9 | 2.0 | – | 3.8 |
| 16–17 Mar 2019 | Gezici | - | 47.7 | 49.8 | 2.5 | – | 2.1 |
| 8 March 2019 | PIAR | – | 44.6 | 54.1 | 1.3 | – | 9.5 |
| 8 March 2019 | Avrasya | 1,940 | 45.6 | 51.6 | 2.8 | – | 5.0 |
| 23–24 Feb 2019 | Gezici | – | 51.8 | 46.3 | 1.9 | – | 5.5 |
| 8–24 Feb 2019 | AREA | – | 45.5 | 51.2 | 3.3 | – | 5.7 |
| 10–16 Feb 2019 | PollMark | 5,040 | 32.0 | 42.1 | – | 25.9 | 10.1 |
| 31 Jan-2 Feb 2019 | PIAR | – | 35.8 | 41.7 | – | 22.5 | 5.9 |
| 17–31 Jan 2019 | ORC | – | 36.8 | 41.9 | 2.3 | 19.0 | 5.1 |
| 26–27 Jan 2019 | Gezici | – | 52.2 | 47.8 | – | – | 4.4 |
| 19–28 Sep 2018 | SAROS | 1,620 | 44.3 | 54.1 | 1.6 | – | 9.8 |
| Alliance | Alliance | Alliance | People's AKP + MHP | Nation CHP + İYİ | None | N/A | N/A |
| Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | Mustafa Tuna AKP | Mustafa Tuna AKP | Mustafa Tuna AKP | Mustafa Tuna AKP | Mustafa Tuna AKP |

### Adana

| Date | Pollster | Sample size | Sözlü | Karalar | Others | Undecided | Lead |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 31 Mar 2019 | 2019 election | – | 42.8 | 53.6 | 3.6 | – | 10.8 |
| 16–17 Mar 2019 | Gezici | – | 54.1 | 45.4 | 0.5 | – | 8.7 |
| 8 March 2019 | Avrasya | 1,510 | 47.0 | 51.5 | 1.5 | – | 4.5 |
| 4 March 2019 | Avrasya | – | 46.1 | 51.9 | 2.0 | – | 5.8 |
| 23–24 Feb 2019 | Gezici | – | 56.1 | 43.2 | 0.7 | – | 12.9 |
| 10–17 Feb 2019 | Avrasya | – | 37.4 | 40.6 | – | 22.0 | 3.2 |
| 26–27 Jan 2019 | Gezici | – | 57.7 | 42.3 | – | – | 15.4 |
| Alliance | Alliance | Alliance | People's MHP + AKP | Nation CHP + İYİ | None | N/A | N/A |
| Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | Hüseyin Sözlü MHP | Hüseyin Sözlü MHP | Hüseyin Sözlü MHP | Hüseyin Sözlü MHP | Hüseyin Sözlü MHP |

### Bursa

| Date | Pollster | Sample size | Aktaş | Bozbey | Others | Undecided | Lead |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 31 Mar 2019 | 2019 election | – | 49.8 | 47.0 | 3.2 | – | 2.8 |
| 16–17 Mar 2019 | Gezici | - | 46.6 | 52.9 | 0.5 | – | 6.3 |
| 8–12 Mar 2019 | Metropoll | 3,122 | 45.1 | 52.4 | 2.6 | – | 7.3 |
| 8 March 2019 | Avrasya | 1,440 | 49.8 | 49.0 | 1.2 | – | 0.8 |
| 23–24 Feb 2019 | Gezici | – | 46.8 | 52.7 | 0.5 | – | 5.9 |
| 17–31 Jan 2019 | ORC | – | 35.2 | 36.5 | 2.8 | 25.5 | 1.3 |
| 26–27 Jan 2019 | Gezici | – | 51.2 | 48.8 | – | – | 2.4 |
| Alliance | Alliance | Alliance | People's AKP + MHP | Nation CHP + İYİ | None | N/A | N/A |
| Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | Alinur Aktaş AKP | Alinur Aktaş AKP | Alinur Aktaş AKP | Alinur Aktaş AKP | Alinur Aktaş AKP |

### Eskişehir

| Date | Pollster | Sample size | Sakallı | Büyükerşen | Others | Undecided | Lead |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 31 Mar 2019 | 2019 election | – | 45.1 | 52.3 | 2.6 | – | 7.2 |
| 28 March 2019 | ORC | – | 48.5 | 49.2 | 2.3 | – | 1.1 |
| 8 March 2019 | PIAR | – | 41.0 | 57.2 | 1.8 | – | 16.2 |
| 2–4 Mar 2019 | ORC | 1,425 | 48.5 | 49.6 | 1.9 | – | 1.1 |
| 17–31 Jan 2019 | ORC | – | 40.2 | 39.8 | 1.6 | 18.4 | 0.4 |
| Alliance | Alliance | Alliance | People's AKP + MHP | Nation CHP + İYİ | None | N/A | N/A |
| Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | Yılmaz Büyükerşen CHP | Yılmaz Büyükerşen CHP | Yılmaz Büyükerşen CHP | Yılmaz Büyükerşen CHP | Yılmaz Büyükerşen CHP |

### Antalya

| Date | Pollster | Sample size | Türel | Böcek | Others | Undecided | Lead |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 31 Mar 2019 | 2019 election | – | 46.3 | 50.6 | 3.1 | – | 4.3 |
| 8 March 2019 | Avrasya | 1,560 | 44.4 | 54.3 | 1.3 | – | 9.9 |
| 4 March 2019 | PIAR | – | 44.5 | 53.1 | 2.4 | – | 8.6 |
| 2–4 Mar 2019 | ORC | 2,596 | 48.9 | 46.7 | 1.9 | – | 1.1 |
| 23–24 Feb 2019 | Gezici | – | 52.2 | 47.1 | 0.7 | – | 5.1 |
| 17–31 Jan 2019 | ORC | – | 38.7 | 40.5 | 2.4 | 18.4 | 1.8 |
| Alliance | Alliance | Alliance | People's AKP + MHP | Nation CHP + İYİ | None | N/A | N/A |
| Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | Menderes Türel AKP | Menderes Türel AKP | Menderes Türel AKP | Menderes Türel AKP | Menderes Türel AKP |

### Hatay

| Date | Pollster | Sample size | Güler | Savaş | Others | Undecided | Lead |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 31 Mar 2019 | 2019 election | – | 42.8 | 55.2 | 2.0 | – | 12.4 |
| 16–17 Mar 2019 | Gezici | – | 51.1 | 47.8 | 1.1 | – | 3.3 |
| 8 March 2019 | Avrasya | 1,060 | 42.0 | 56.1 | 1.9 | – | 14.1 |
| 4 March 2019 | PIAR | – | 42.1 | 56.0 | 1.9 | – | 13.9 |
| 3–4 Mar 2019 | EMAX | 1,650 | 43.7 | 40.8 | 0.9 | 14.6 | 2.9 |
| 23–24 Feb 2019 | Gezici | – | 55.8 | 43.3 | 0.9 | – | 12.5 |
| Alliance | Alliance | Alliance | People's AKP + MHP | Nation CHP + İYİ | None | N/A | N/A |
| Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | Lütfü Savaş CHP | Lütfü Savaş CHP | Lütfü Savaş CHP | Lütfü Savaş CHP | Lütfü Savaş CHP |

### Balıkesir

| Date | Pollster | Sample size | Yılmaz | Ok | Others | Undecided | Lead |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 31 Mar 2019 | 2019 election | – | 47.8 | 46.5 | 5.7 | – | 1.3 |
| 16–17 Mar 2019 | Gezici | – | 53.1 | 45.8 | 1.1 | – | 7.3 |
| 23–24 Feb 2019 | Gezici | – | 55.8 | 42.4 | 1.8 | – | 13.4 |
| 17–21 Jan 2019 | ORC | 1,420 | 48.5 | 46.6 | 4.9 | – | 1.9 |
| Alliance | Alliance | Alliance | People's AKP + MHP | Nation İYİ + CHP | None | N/A | N/A |
| Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | Zekai Kafaoğlu AKP | Zekai Kafaoğlu AKP | Zekai Kafaoğlu AKP | Zekai Kafaoğlu AKP | Zekai Kafaoğlu AKP |

### Denizli

| Date | Pollster | Sample size | Zolan | Bahtiyar | Others | Undecided | Lead |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 31 Mar 2019 | 2019 election | – | 50.6 | 43.9 | 5.5 | – | 6.7 |
| 14–20 Mar 2019 | PIAR | 7,022 | 47.1 | 49.1 | 3.8 | – | 2.0 |
| 8 March 2019 | Avrasya | 1,060 | 48.0 | 49.7 | 2.3 | – | 1.7 |
| 12–13 Feb 2019 | ORC | 1,524 | 39.4 | 41.3 | 2.1 | 17.2 | 1.9 |
| 17–31 Jan 2019 | ORC | – | 38.7 | 37.0 | 1.8 | 22.5 | 1.7 |
| Alliance | Alliance | Alliance | People's AKP + MHP | Nation İYİ + CHP | None | N/A | N/A |
| Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | Osman Zolan AKP | Osman Zolan AKP | Osman Zolan AKP | Osman Zolan AKP | Osman Zolan AKP |

### Şanlıurfa

| Date | Pollster | Sample size | Beyazgül | Cevheri | Others | Undecided | Lead |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 31 Mar 2019 | 2019 election | – | 60.8 | 36.4 | 2.8 | – | 24.4 |
| 1–6 Mar 2019 | PIAR | 8,260 | 49.0 | 50.8 | 0.2 | – | 1.8 |
| 2–3 Mar 2019 | EMAX | 1,481 | 45.2 | 37.6 | 0.8 | 16.4 | 7.6 |
| Alliance | Alliance | Alliance | People's AKP + MHP | None SP | None | N/A | N/A |
| Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | Nihat Çiftçi AKP | Nihat Çiftçi AKP | Nihat Çiftçi AKP | Nihat Çiftçi AKP | Nihat Çiftçi AKP |
