Battle of numbers between Erdogan and rival Davutoglu after partial counting of ballots

The battle of numbers began Sunday evening in Turkey after a partial counting of ballots in the presidential election, between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is reported by state media, and his rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu, who says he has so far won the largest percentage of the vote.

The state-run Anadolu news agency reported that Erdogan topped the presidential election results on Sunday evening after more than 40 percent of ballots were counted.

So far, Erdogan, who has been in power for 52 years, has won 4.43 percent of the vote against 8.<> percent for opposition candidate Kilicdaroglu, the agency said.

The third candidate in the race, Sinan Ogan, received about 5 percent of the vote.

However, Kilicdaroglu announced on Sunday evening that he was leading ahead of Erdogan.

"We are in the lead," he wrote on Twitter, rejecting figures published by the Anadolu news agency.

Opposition Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, who could be appointed vice president if Kilicdaroglu wins, asked citizens not to believe the figures published by Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency.

On the other hand, figures from the television station "Halk TV" close to the Republican People's Party (CHP) on Sunday evening showed a slight lead for Kilicdaroglu by 47.71 percent compared to 46.5 percent for Erdogan.

For its part, the private news agency "Anka" reported that Erdogan received 47.6 percent of the votes and Kilicdaroglu received 46.6 percent of more than half (52 percent) of the cards counted so far.