Turkey elections results tracker hopes to avoid 2019 fiasco
In 2019, Anadolu Agency failed to update election data beyond the 98.7 percent mark for more than 12 hours when it appeared the CHP candidate was on course to win the Istanbul mayoral election.
People accused the state news agency of favouring the AKP.
Officials at the agency told Middle East Eye that they are aiming to deliver up-to-the-minute results to the media after facing a deluge of criticism four years ago.
"We don't want to be a subject of the election debate, especially on the day of the vote," Yusuf Ozhan, the editor-in-chief at Anadolu, told MEE.
Founded more than 100 years ago, Anadolu is considered the main source of information on election results, with local TV channels, newspapers and popular news sites relying on the agency for the latest updates.
"Our total manpower is 2,500, that includes journalists, freelancers and administrative staff, who can cover 50,000 ballot boxes," Ozhan said.
"But we will have at least a journalist in all and every 765 provincial districts where the records would be merged from the smaller districts."
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Turkey elections results tracker hopes to avoid 2019 fiasco
