Sunday night update: Runoff time

It's around 1.30am in Turkey and with 95 percent of the ballot boxes estimated by Anadolu to have been opened, the news agency is giving Erdogan 49.50 percent and Kilicdaroglu 44.79 percent.

With the outstanding votes expected to heavily favour the opposition candidate, that means we're almost certainly going to have a runoff between the two on 28 May.

Meanwhile, the AKP and MHP look set to retain their majority in parliament. They are projected to take 323 seats out of 600 with 89 percent of the vote counted.

Kilicdaroglu has made a statement, saying results were being impeded by objections and called on election authorities to “not block the people’s will”.

Erdogan is expected to speak within the hour.

It's been a pleasure to be with you this election night. Our blog will be up and running again tomorrow morning, and of course we'll be right here in two weeks' time for the sequel.

For now, read MEE's story on a historic day in Turkey. Thanks and goodnight.

Turkey set for runoff election as Erdogan and Kilicdaroglu fall short