Gaziantep (electoral district)

Gaziantep is an electoral district of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects four 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.

Gaziantep
electoral district
for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Gaziantep shown within Turkey
ProvinceGaziantep
Electorate1,003,541
Current electoral district
Created1923
Seats12
Turnout at last election84.09%[1]
AK Party
6 / 12
MHP
2 / 12
CHP
2 / 12
HDP
2 / 12

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. Gaziantep is a district growing in population, with its number of seats increasing from 9 to 12 from 1999-2011.

MPs for Gaziantep, 1999 onwards[2][3][4][5]
Election 1999 (21st parliament) 2002 (22nd parliament) 2007 (23rd parliament) 2011 (24th parliament) June 2015 (25th parliament)
MP Mustafa Rüştü Taşar
ANAP
Ömer Abuşoğlu
AK Party
Mehmet Erdoğan
AK Party
MP Ali Ilıksoy
DSP
Mahmut Durdu
AK Party
Abdullah Necat Koçer
AK Party
MP Mustafa Yılmaz
DSP
Nurettin Aktaş
AK Party
İbrahim Halil Mazıcıoğlu
AK Party
Abdulhamit Gül
AK Party
MP İbrahim Konukoğlu
DYP
Mehmet Sarı
AK Party
Mehmet Şimşek
AK Party
MP Nurettin Aktaş
Virtue
Kürşad Tüzmen
AK Party
Özlem Müftüoğlu
AK Party
Şamil Tayyar
AK Party
MP Mehmet Bedri İncetahtacı
Virtue
Fatma Şahin
AK Party
Canan Candemir Çelik
AK Party
MP Mehmet Ay
MHP
Ahmet Uzer
AK Party
Mehmet Şimşek
AK Party
Derya Bakbak
AK Party
Celal Doğan
HDP
MP Mehmet Hanifi Tiryaki
MHP
Abdulkadir Ateş
CHP
Yaşar Ağyüz
CHP
Hüseyin Çelik
AK Party
Mahmut Toğrul
HDP
MP Ali Özdemir
MHP
Mustafa Yılmaz
CHP
Akif Ekici
CHP
Ali Şahin
AK Party
Ümit Özdağ
MHP
MP No seat Ahmet Yılmazkaya
CHP
Hasan Özdemir
MHP
Edip Semih Yalçın
MHP
Ertuğrul Tolga Orhan
MHP
MP No seat Mehmet Şeker
CHP
MP No seat Ali Serindağ
CHP
Mehmet Gökdağ
CHP

General elections

2011

General Election 2011: Gaziantep[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
AK Party 510,923 61.69 2.43
CHP 159,961 19.31 1.75
MHP 77,836 9.40 1.99
Independent 44,610 5.39 0.33
Felicity 8,270 1.00 0.42
BBP 7,828 0.95 0.95
HAS Party 6,779 0.82 0.82
Democrat 5,341 0.64 1.75
DSP 2,085 0.25 N/A
HEPAR 1,556 0.19 0.19
TKP 1,336 0.16 0.09
Nation 1,188 0.14 0.14
Nationalist Conservative 528 0.06 0.06
Liberal Democrat No candidates 0 0.00 0.00
Labour No candidates 0 0.00 0.00
DYP No candidates 0 0.00 0.00
Total votes 828,241 100.00
Rejected ballots 18,193 2.16 0.42
Turnout 843,849 84.09 3.18
AK Party hold Majority 350,962 42.37 0.68

June 2015

Abbr. Party Votes %
AKP Justice and Development Party 428,451 47%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 163,967 18%
CHP Republican People's Party 149,170 16.4%
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 138,678 15.2%
SP Felicity Party 18,827 2.1%
Other 13,237 1.5%
Total 912,330
Turnout 82.44
source: YSK

November 2015

Abbr. Party Votes %
AKP Justice and Development Party 581,085 61.7%
CHP Republican People's Party 153,075 16.2%
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 98,516 10.5%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 90,142 9.6%
SP Felicity Party 5,852 0.6%
Other 13,535 1.4%
Total 942,205
Turnout 83.96
source: YSK

2018

Abbr. Party Votes %
AKP Justice and Development Party 515,715 50.6%
CHP Republican People's Party 152,163 14.9%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 128,473 12.6%
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 119,393 11.7%
IYI Good Party 68,450 6.7%
SP Felicity Party 12,257 1.2%
HÜDA-PAR Free Cause Party 8,703 0.9%
Other 14,372 1.4%
Total 1,019,525
Turnout 85.58
source: YSK

Presidential elections

2014

Presidential Election 2014: Gaziantep[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
AK Party Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 475,535 60.44
Independent Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu 228,148 29.00
HDP Selahattin Demirtaş 83,076 10.56
Total votes 786,759 100.00
Rejected ballots 14,297 1.78
Turnout 801,056 73.10
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win

References

  1. http://www.ysk.gov.tr/ysk/docs/2011MilletvekiliSecimi/KesinSonuclar/gaziantep.pdf
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 5, 2015. Retrieved January 10, 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 5, 2015. Retrieved January 10, 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 5, 2015. Retrieved January 10, 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 5, 2015. Retrieved January 10, 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. http://www.ysk.gov.tr/ysk/docs/2011MilletvekiliSecimi/KesinSonuclar/gaziantep.pdf
  7. http://www.sabah.com.tr/gundem/2011/04/29/iste.milletvekili.kesin.aday.listeleri?paging=40
  8. http://www.ysk.gov.tr/ysk/content/conn/YSKUCM/path/Contribution%20Folders/HaberDosya/CB-AdayOylari-ilBazında-2014.pdf

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