Bitlis (electoral district)

Bitlis is an electoral district of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects three members of parliament (deputies) to represent the province of the same name for a four-year term by the D'Hondt method, a party-list proportional representation system.

Bitlis
electoral district
for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Bitlis highlighted in red on a beige political map of Turkeym
Bitlis shown within Turkey
ProvinceBitlis
Electorate176,597
Current electoral district
Created1923
Seats3
Historical
  • 4 (1999–2007)
Turnout at last election84.86%[1]
DEM
2 / 3
AK Party
1 / 3

Members edit

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. Bitlis elected four MPs between 1999 and 2007. In 2011, the province lost one seat and elected three MPs.

MPs for Bitlis, 1999 onwards[2][3][4][5]
Election 2002 (22nd Parliament) 2007 (23rd Parliament) 2011 (24th Parliament) June 2015 (25th Parliament) November 2015 (26th Parliament)
MP Abdurrahim Aksoy
AK Party
Cemal Taşer
AK Party
Vedat Demiröz
AK Party
MP Vahit Kilner
AK Party
Mizgin Irgat
HDP
MP Zeki Ergezen
AK Party
Hüsamettin Zenderlioğlu
Independent
Mahmut Celadet Gaydalı
HDP
MP Edip Safder Gaydalı
Independent
Mehmet Nezir Karabaş
Independent
No seat

General elections edit

2011 edit

2011 general election: Bitlis[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AK Party
2 elected                               1
  • 1. Vedat Demiröz  Y
    2. Vahit Kiler  Y
    3. Mehmet Zeki Peker  N
74,058 50.70  8.12
Independent
1 elected                               1
  • Edip Safder Gaydalı  Y
    Husamettin Zenderlioğlu  N
58,748 40.22  18.44
MHP
None elected
  • 1. Davut Day  N
    2. Coşkun Gündüz  N
    3. Faik Er  N
4,641 3.18  2.55
CHP
None elected
  • 1. Hasan Dalkıran  N
    2. Erol Çiriş  N
    3. Zübeyir Yaşar  N
2,511 1.72  6.93
Büyük Birlik
None elected
  • 1. Cengiz Ekin  N
    2. Zübeyir Uysal  N
    3. Abdullah Çalık  N
1,986 1.36  1.36
HAS Party
None elected
  • 1. Müfit Yüksel  N
    2. Ekrem Tatlıcıoğlu  N
    3. Metin Özlük  N
1,108 0.76  0.76
DSP
None elected
  • 1. Bülent Yazıcı  N
    2. Bedri Aydın  N
    3. Rasim Cayhan  N
929 0.64 N/A
SAADET
None elected
  • 1. Ziya Kalmaci  N
    2. Cahit Uluğ  N
    3. Bşlal Kaçar  N
796 0.54  1.06
DP
None elected
  • 1. Hasan Taşkın  N
    2. Halit Albay  N
    3. Abdul Cemil Üner  N
583 0.40  1.35
Communist_Party_of_Turkey_(today)
None elected
  • 1. Kader Sucuk  N
    2. Hüseyin Ağçal  N
    3. Gülseren Ercan  N
416 0.28  0.02
DYP
None elected
  • 1. Arif Üçer  N
    2. Şenol Çolak  N
    3. Hüseyin Ayas  N
124 0.08  0.08
Nationalist Conservative
None elected
  • 1. Bahar Bölükbaşı  N
    2. Ahmet Tüylüoğlu  N
    3. Serkan Özaltın  N
106 0.07  0.07
MP
None elected
  • 1. İbrahim Karaca  N
    2. Hatice Koçak  N
    3. Saynur Vural  N
72 0.05  0.05
Liberal Democrat No candidates 0 0.00  0.07
Labour No candidates 0 0.00  0.00
HEPAR No candidates 0 0.00  0.00
Total votes 146,078 100.00
Rejected ballots 4,077 2.72  1.05
Turnout 149,854 84.86  0.44
AK Party hold
Majority
15,310 10.48  26.56

June 2015 edit

Abbr. Party Votes %
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 93,263 60.4%
AKP Justice and Development Party 47,788 30.9%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 6,049 3.9%
CHP Republican People's Party 2,072 1.3%
HÜDA-PAR Free Cause Party 1,709 1.1%
Other 3,655 2.4%
Total 154,536
Turnout 84.62
source: YSK

November 2015 edit

Abbr. Party Votes %
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 73,786 49.4%
AKP Justice and Development Party 65,370 43.8%
CHP Republican People's Party 4,112 2.8%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 2,902 1.9%
Other 3,071 2.1%
Total 149,241
Turnout 80.97
source: YSK

2018 edit

Abbr. Party Votes %
AKP Justice and Development Party 70,488 44.2%
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 69,110 43.3%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 6,242 3.9%
IYI Good Party 5,142 3.2%
CHP Republican People's Party 3,583 2.2%
HÜDA-PAR Free Cause Party 1,809 1.1%
SP Felicity Party 1,767 1.1%
Other 1,377 0.9%
Total 159,518
Turnout 83.41
source: YSK

Presidential elections edit

2014 edit

2014 presidential election: Bitlis[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
AK Party Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 72,139 52.06
HDP Selahattin Demirtaş 60,583 43.72
Independent Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu 5,849 4.22
Total votes 138,571 100.00
Rejected ballots 2,538 1.80
Turnout 141,109 75.38
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-01-10. Retrieved 2015-01-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "TBMM 24.Dönem Milletvekili Listesi". Archived from the original on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  3. ^ "TBMM 23.Dönem Milletvekili Listesi". Archived from the original on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  4. ^ "TBMM 22.Dönem Milletvekili Listesi". Archived from the original on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  5. ^ "TBMM 21.Dönem Milletvekili Listesi". Archived from the original on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  6. ^ Cumhurbaşkanlığı Seçimi İl Bazında Oy Dağılımı 2014 ysk.gov.tr (in Turkish) [dead link]

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