2 0 1 4 ▁election ▁marked ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁a ▁ball ot ▁official ▁was ▁sent enced ▁to ▁prison ▁for ▁elect oral ▁fra ud , ▁having ▁been ▁caught ▁transfer ring ▁opposition ▁votes ▁to ▁the ▁r uling ▁A K P ▁candidate . ▁ ▁' F ake ▁vot ers ' ▁controvers y ▁The ▁pre lim inary ▁elect oral ▁roll ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁to ▁allow ▁vot ers ▁to ▁check ▁their ▁pol ling ▁districts ▁and ▁make ▁any ▁changes ▁during ▁a ▁' comp la int ▁period '. ▁Following ▁the ▁publication ▁of ▁vot er ▁lists , ▁many ▁opposition ▁polit icians ▁alleg ed ▁that ▁vot ers ▁had ▁been ▁deliber ately ▁switched ▁from ▁one ▁district ▁to ▁a ▁neighbour ing ▁district ▁as ▁a ▁means ▁of ▁t ipping ▁the ▁result ▁to ▁favour ▁a ▁certain ▁candidate . ▁Similar ▁alleg ations ▁have ▁been ▁made ▁in ▁the ▁run - up ▁to ▁elections ▁in ▁the ▁past . ▁ ▁On ▁ 6 ▁January , ▁the ▁Mayor ▁of ▁the ▁C HP - h eld ▁Ist an bul ▁district ▁of ▁Ad al ar ▁public ised ▁some ▁research ▁into ▁the ▁changes ▁in ▁his ▁district ' s ▁elect oral ▁roll ▁between ▁the ▁ 2 4 ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁elections ▁and ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁where ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁vot ers ▁substantial ly ▁increased ▁by ▁ 7 % ▁in ▁the ▁space ▁of ▁six ▁months . ▁The ▁research ▁found ▁that ▁up ▁to ▁ 5 0 0 ▁( 5 6 %) ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁vot ers ▁had ▁been ▁transferred ▁to ▁Ad al ar ▁from ▁neighbour