FOX News: Turkey election: Count shows President Erdogan under threshold needed to avoid runoff
Erdogan has governed Turkey as either prime minister or president for two decades
Early results for the closely watched presidential election in Turkey show that support for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan dipped below the majority required to win, signaling a likely runoff later this month.
With more than 90% of ballot boxes counted Sunday, Erdogan had just under 50% of the vote, according to the state-run Anadolu Agency.
His main challenger, opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu, had 44.4% as the gap between the two shrank.
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