He predicted the 2023 elections with pinpoint accuracy: Unprecedented gap between Erdoğan and İmamoğlu
HBS Research, which accurately predicted the 2023 presidential election results, has shared its latest survey for December with the public. The gap between AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the CHP's imprisoned presidential candidate in the survey drew attention.
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While discussions regarding early elections have remained on the agenda in Turkey for a long time, research companies continue to regularly publish public opinion polls.
HBS Research Company, which correctly predicted the outcome of the 2023 Presidential elections, has announced the results of its final Presidential poll for 2025.
According to the poll data, the CHP's imprisoned presidential candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu has risen to the first place, ahead of AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
It was observed that İmamoğlu has achieved a significant lead over Erdoğan.
In the year-end 2025 Presidential poll shared by HBS Research, the candidates' vote percentages were listed as follows:
Ekrem İmamoğlu: 53.7 percent
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan: 46.3 percent
On the other hand, CHP Chairman Özgür Özel, in his speech at the final rally of 2025, drew attention to the latest polls shared with the public before the new year, emphasizing that the CHP has pulled ahead of the AKP and describing this picture as a "New Year's gift to Erdoğan."