Local elections in Turkey

It seems like the democratic arena gets better with this elections. AKP, the religious party in power had 541 municipalities (12 of them being metropolitan areas and 46 of them province capitals). Current situtation indicates that the number of AKP municipalities will drop to 495 (10 metropolitan and 36 capital). 

On the other hand, the main opposition party CHP will increase its presence from 138 municipalities (2 metropolitan, 6 capital) to 183 (3 merto area, 10 capital).

Also a third party will emerge during the local elections: MHP (nationalist party). They double their presence from 76 to 135 municipalities. One of them is a metropolitan area municipality in the south of Turkey. It is ironic that the only nationalist metropolitan city is the home of Incirlik Air Base, that is used by the USA.