Erdogan's support falls under 50%, runoff vote likely

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s support in a crucial election slipped under the 50-percent threshold needed to avoid a runoff on May 28, state media reported Sunday.

Erdogan was picking up 49.94 percent of the vote with 89.2 percent of the ballots counted, against 44.3 percent of the vote for opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the Anadolu state news agency said.