On the regular calendar, 2029 is a local election year. For publishers who want to make thousands of results readable in a single night, from metropolitan and district mayors to municipal councils, we explain 2029 preparation and what KEYDAL Seçim offers.
Under Constitution Art. 127, elections for local administrations are held every five years. The rule that sets the date is in Law No. 2972, Art. 8: in the fifth year of each electoral term, 1 January is the start date of the election, and the last Sunday of March of the same year is voting day.
The last local election was held on 31 March 2024. Under this rule, the election calendar starts on 1 January 2029 and the regular voting day is 25 March 2029. This date is calculated from the rule in the law; it becomes final when the YSK announces the election calendar.
A local election is not a single ballot. Under Law No. 2972, several offices and councils are elected on the same day, and each has a different electoral system:
| Elected office | System (Law No. 2972) | Not |
|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan mayor | Majority: the candidate with the most votes wins. | In the 30 provinces with metropolitan status (Law No. 6360). |
| Provincial and district mayors | Majority: the candidate with the most votes wins. | Separate results for each municipality. |
| Municipal council members | Proportional representation, 10 percent threshold (Art. 2, Art. 32). | Party-based seat distribution. |
| Provincial council members | Proportional representation, 10 percent threshold. | In non-metropolitan provinces; special provincial administrations were abolished in the 30 metropolitan provinces (Law No. 6360, Art. 1). |
| Neighborhood headman and council of elders | Majority system (Art. 31). | At neighborhood and village level. |
For a results site, this means having both person-based (mayor) and party-based (council) results, plus pages for many local units, ready on the same night.
In local elections, searches are made by province, district and municipality name, such as "Ortahisar election results". It takes time for so many pages to become visible in search engines; the 2019 and 2024 results pages start this clock today.
Readers want to know whether a municipality in a district changed hands. KEYDAL Seçim's local election archive (2009-2024) and analysis of provinces that changed hands present this comparison ready-made.
In local elections the official calendar starts about three months before voting day, on 1 January. Candidate introductions and election content also intensify in that period; the site needs to be ready before then.
Features described on the product page that are completed today:
Our other pages on election software and publishing election results:
KEYDAL Seçim is going through final pre-sale quality tests. Write to us to hear about the launch and early access.