Ardahan (electoral district)

Ardahan is an electoral district of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects two 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.

Ardahan
electoral district
for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Ardahan shown within Turkey
ProvinceArdahan
Electorate69,160
Current electoral district
Created1995
Seats2
Turnout at last election84.22%[1]
AK Party
1 / 2
CHP
1 / 2

Members

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. As one of the smallest electoral districts, Ardahan has consistently elected two MPs since 1999.

MPs for Ardahan, 2002 onwards[2][3][4][5]
Election 2002 (22nd parliament) 2007 (23rd parliament) 2011 (24th parliament) June 2015 (25th parliament) Nov 2015 (26th Parliament)
MP Kenan Altun
AK Party		 Ertekin Çolak
AK Party		 Orhan Atalay
AK Party
MP Ensar Öğüt
CHP		 Metin Arifağaoğlu
CHP		 Ensar Öğüt
CHP		 Taşkın Aktaş
HDP		 Öztürk Yılmaz
CHP

General elections

2011
General Election 2011: Ardahan[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
AK Party 22,831 40.22 0.38
CHP 17,476 30.78 1.51
Independent 7,089 12.49 3.21
MHP 5,651 9.95 3.87
BBP 1,666 2.93 2.93
Democrat 439 0.77 2.42
DSP 395 0.70 N/A
HAS Party 309 0.54 0.54
Felicity 259 0.46 0.40
TKP 197 0.35 1.07
Nation 186 0.33 0.33
DYP 128 0.23 0.23
Nationalist Conservative 101 0.18 0.18
Liberal Democrat 45 0.08 0.11
HEPAR No candidates 0 0.00 0.00
Labour No candidates 0 0.00 0.00
Total votes 56,772 100.00
Rejected ballots 1,631 2.80 1.73
Turnout 58,249 84.22 2.05

June 2015
Abbr. Party Votes %
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 17,096 30.4%
CHP Republican People's Party 12,494 22.2%
AKP Justice and Development Party 14,759 26.2%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 4,393 7.8%
SP Felicity Party 561 1%
Other 6,981 12.4%
Total 56,284
Turnout 83.90
source: YSK

November 2015
Abbr. Party Votes %
AKP Justice and Development Party 19,916 36.5%
CHP Republican People's Party 15,850 29%
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 12,113 22.2%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 4,857 8.9%
SP Felicity Party 147 0.3%
Other 1,713 3.1%
Total 54,596
Turnout 81.07
source: YSK

2018
Abbr. Party Votes %
AKP Justice and Development Party 20,431 36.1%
CHP Republican People's Party 14,688 25.9%
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 13,358 23.6%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 3,746 6.6%
IYI Good Party 2,900 5.1%
SP Felicity Party 569 1%
Other 982 1.7%
Total 56,674
Turnout 84.81
source: YSK

Presidential elections

2014
Presidential Election 2014: Ardahan[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
AK Party Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 20,567 40.69
Independent Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu 18,313 36.23
HDP Selahattin Demirtaş 11,671 23.09
Total votes 50,551 100.00
Rejected ballots 1,122 2.17
Turnout 51,673 73.11
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win

References
  1. http://www.ysk.gov.tr/ysk/docs/2011MilletvekiliSecimi/KesinSonuclar/ardahan.pdf
  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. http://www.ysk.gov.tr/ysk/docs/2011MilletvekiliSecimi/KesinSonuclar/bilecik.pdf
  7. http://www.ysk.gov.tr/ysk/content/conn/YSKUCM/path/Contribution%20Folders/HaberDosya/CB-AdayOylari-ilBazında-2014.pdf

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