Turkey election board head confirms runoff to be held on May 28

The head of Turkey's High Election Board (YSK) confirmed on Monday that the presidential election will go to a runoff between President Tayyip Erdogan and his main rival on May 28 as neither can reach the 50% threshold to win outright.

YSK Chairman Ahmet Yener told reporters that with around 35,000 votes left to be counted, Erdogan had 49.51% support and his rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu had 44.88%.