#TURKEY: Close Presidential Vote Goes To Run-off May 28

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Turkey’s presidential election is headed for a run-off vote on May 28 after no candidate secured more than 50 percent of the vote.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took 49.5 percent of Sunday’s vote, with his main challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, getting 44.89 percent, Turkey’s Supreme Election Council said on Monday.

More than 64 million people were eligible to vote to elect a president and parliament for a five-year term.

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#LIBERIA: Supreme Court Rules Pres. Run-Off Election Can Move Forward; No "Re-Do" Of First Round

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Liberia's Supreme Court announced Thursday that the runoff round between the top two vote-getters of October's poll will go ahead and that there will be no rerun of the first round. That means current Vice President Joseph Boakai and perennial challenger, former football star and current Senator George Weah will face each other in a national poll.

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#ECUADOR: Leftist Pres. Candidate Leads, But April Run-Off Required

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Ecuador will hold a run-off presidential election in April after a hard fought and inconclusive first round. The nation could be the latest Leftist-run nation to shift toward the Right. The ruling party's leftist candidate Lenin Moreno finished first, but fell short of the margin needed to avoid a run-off. He will face his conservative rival Guillermo Lasso April 2. Moreno, a former vice president under Pres. Rafael Correa, garnered 39% of the votes, against 28% for Lasso, a former banker, the National Electoral Council said.

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