Local elections in Turkey took place on 31 March 2019 and a re-run of the metropolitan mayoral election in Istanbul took place on 23 June 2019. The elections were held to elect Provincial and Municipal Councillors, Mayors of regular municipalities as well as Metropolitan municipalities, including Istanbul, Ankara and other large cities, as well as Mukhtars and members of Alderman Councils in villages and city neighbourhoods. The elections were observed by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe (hereafter: the Congress).