Bilecik (electoral district)

Bilecik 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.

Bilecik
electoral district
for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Bilecik shown within Turkey
ProvinceBilecik
Electorate142,789
Current electoral district
Created1923
Seats2
Turnout at last election92.00%[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, Bilecik has consistently elected two MPs since 1999.

MPs for Bilecik, 1999 onwards[2][3][4][5]
Election 2002 (22nd parliament) 2007 (23rd parliament) 2011 (24th parliament) June 2015 (25th parliament) Nov 2015 (26th parliament)
MP Fahrettin Poyraz
AK Party		 Halil Eldemir
AK Party
MP Yaşar Tüzün
CHP		 Bahattin Şeker
MHP		 Yaşar Tüzün
CHP

General elections

2011
General Election 2011: Bilecik[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
AK Party 54,936 42.59 2.62
MHP 35,117 27.23 9.34
CHP 32,741 25.38 2.14
Felicity 1,773 1.37 2.63
HAS Party 1,348 1.05 1.05
Democrat 966 0.75 6.94
BBP 387 0.30 0.30
DYP 362 0.28 0.28
HEPAR 339 0.26 0.26
Labour 302 0.23 0.07
DSP 251 0.19 N/A
Nationalist Conservative 146 0.11 0.11
Nation 127 0.10 0.10
TKP 127 0.10 0.02
Liberal Democrat 63 0.05 0.11
Total votes 128,985 100.00
Rejected ballots 2,388 1.82 0.83
Turnout 131,373 92.00 0.76

June 2015
Abbr. Party Votes %
AKP Justice and Development Party 49,172 37.3%
CHP Republican People's Party 38,833 29.5%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 34,006 25.8%
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 4,349 3.3%
SP Felicity Party 2,886 2.2%
Other 2,589 2%
Total 131,835
Turnout 90.48
source: YSK

November 2015
Abbr. Party Votes %
AKP Justice and Development Party 61,338 46.3%
CHP Republican People's Party 44,792 33.8%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 18,596 14%
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 3,219 2.4%
SP Felicity Party 1,216 0.9%
Other 3,283 2.5%
Total 132,444
Turnout 90.39
source: YSK

2018
Abbr. Party Votes %
AKP Justice and Development Party 58,110 42.3%
CHP Republican People's Party 38,807 28.3%
IYI Good Party 19,656 14.3%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 12,666 9.2%
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 4,040 2.9%
SP Felicity Party 1,539 1.1%
Other 2,396 2%
Total 137,214
Turnout 90.85
source: YSK

Presidential elections

2014
Presidential Election 2014: Bilecik[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
AK Party Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 62,087 50.90
Independent Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu 56,170 46.05
HDP Selahattin Demirtaş 3,710 3.04
Total votes 121,967 100.00
Rejected ballots 2,531 2.03
Turnout 124,498 84.15
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win

References
  1. http://www.ysk.gov.tr/ysk/docs/2011MilletvekiliSecimi/KesinSonuclar/bilecik.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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