Istanbul (electoral districts)

Istanbul is a Turkish province divided into three electoral districts of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects ninety-eight members of parliament (deputies) to represent the province of the same name for a five-year term by the D'Hondt method, a party-list proportional representation system.

Istanbul
electoral district
for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Istanbul highlighted in red on a beige political map of Turkeym
Istanbul shown within Turkey
ProvinceIstanbul
Electorate10,559,686
Current electoral district
Created1923
Seats98
Subdistricts1st district
2nd district
3rd district
AK Party
43 / 98
CHP
27 / 98
HDP
12 / 98
MHP
8 / 98
İYİ
8 / 98

The first district is situated on the Anatolian side of İstanbul on the east of the Bosphorus. The second and third electoral district are both on the European side, with the third situated to the west of the second. The first and third districts, electing 35 MPs, are the largest electoral districts of Turkey in terms of members elected.

Members

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Population reviews of each electoral district are conducted before each general election, which can lead to certain districts being granted a smaller or greater number of parliamentary seats. Istanbul has the largest number of allocated seats and also the largest number of electoral districts within its provincial boundaries.

The province's administrative districts (ilçe) are divided among three electoral districts as follows:[1]

 
The three electoral districts of Istanbul
1st district 2nd district 3rd district

General elections

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2011

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General Election 2011: İstanbul
Party Candidates standing Votes Seats won
1st 2nd 3rd Total Number % swing 1st 2nd 3rd Total elected change ±
AK Party
30
27
28
85
3,931,210
49.38
 4.22
16
15
15
46 / 85
 7
CHP
30
27
28
85
2,492,910
31.31
 4.32
11
9
9
29 / 85
 7
MHP
30
27
28
85
747,666
9.39
 1.05
2
2
3
7 / 85
 0
Independents
12
8
10
30
425,417
5.34
 0.53
1
1
1
3 / 85
 1
Felicity
30
27
28
85
129,030
1.62
 1.41
0
0
0
0 / 85
 0
HAS Party
30
27
28
85
57,399
0.72
 0.72
0
0
0
0 / 85
 0
BBP
30
27
28
85
50,023
0.63
 0.63
0
0
0
0 / 85
 0
Democrat
30
27
28
85
33,122
0.42
 2.66
0
0
0
0 / 85
 0
HEPAR
30
27
28
85
32,740
0.41
 0.41
0
0
0
0 / 85
 0
Democratic Left
30
27
28
85
19,489
0.24
N/A
0
0
0
0 / 85
 0
Communist
30
27
28
85
16,626
0.21
 0.01
0
0
0
0 / 85
 0
Nation
30
27
28
85
14,831
0.19
 0.19
0
0
0
0 / 85
 0
Nationalist Conservative
30
27
28
85
4,321
0.05
 0.05
0
0
0
0 / 85
 0
Liberal Democrat
30
27
28
85
3,364
0.04
 0.01
0
0
0
0 / 85
 0
DYP
30
0
0
30
2,759
0.03
 0.03
0
0
0
0 / 85
 0
Labour
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
 0.00
0
0
0
0 / 85
 0
Total
7,960,907
100.00
 
30
27
28
85
 15
Rejected ballots
175,733
2.17
 2.86
8,112,340
86.32
 4.33
AK Party hold
Majority
1,436,300
18.04
 0.13

June 2015

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Abbr. Party Votes %
AK Party Justice and Development Party 3,393,862 40.9%
CHP Republican People's Party 2,440,167 29.4%
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 1,030,808 12.4%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 918,540 11.1%
SP Felicity Party 177,713 2.1%
Other 334,488 4%
Total 8,295,578
Turnout 81.08
source: YSK

November 2015

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Abbr. Party Votes %
AK Party Justice and Development Party 4,381,816 48.7%
CHP Republican People's Party 2,736,490 30.4%
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 904,793 10.1%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 772,549 8.6%
SP Felicity Party 67,935 0.8%
Other 125,509 1.4%
Total 8,989,092
Turnout 87.17
source: YSK

2018

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Abbr. Party Votes %
AK Party Justice and Development Party 3,821,773 41.7%
CHP Republican People's Party 2,429,519 26.5%
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 1,146,449 12.5%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 745,268 8.1%
IYI Good Party 738,171 8.1%
SP Felicity Party 136,652 1.5%
Other 137,286 1.5%
Total 9,155,118
Turnout 86.70
source: YSK

Presidential elections

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2014

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Presidential Election 2014: İstanbul[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
AK Party Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 3,568,047 49.83
Independent Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu 2,941,207 41.08
HDP Selahattin Demirtaş 650,653 9.09
Total votes 7,159,907 100.00
Rejected ballots 104,409 1.44
Turnout 7,264,316 72.80
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win

2018

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Presidential Election 2018: İstanbul[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
AK Party Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 4,578,526 50.00
CHP Muharrem İnce 3,378,032 36.89
HDP Selahattin Demirtaş 661,774 7.23
İYİ Meral Akşener 435,549 4.76
SAADET Temel Karamollaoğlu 86,145 0.94
Patriotic Doğu Perinçek 16,683 0.18
Total votes 9,156,889 100.00
Rejected ballots 147,731 1.59
Turnout 9,304,620 88.11
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win

References

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  1. ^ "Allocation of Turkey's parliamentary MPs by province" (PDF). 2011 general election literature. Supreme Electoral Commission of Turkey. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  2. ^ 2014 il bazında aday oylarıYüksek Seçim Kurulu (in Turkish) Archived 2012-07-10 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "2018 Cumhurbaşkanlığı Seçimleri". Habertürk. Retrieved 1 April 2024.

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