Ankara (electoral districts)

Ankara
electoral district
for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Ankara highlighted in red on a beige political map of Turkeym
Ankara shown within Turkey
ProvinceAnkara
Electorate3,904,585
Current electoral district
Created1923
Seats36
Historical
  • 32 (2017)
    31 (2011)
    29 (2002–2007)
Subdistricts1st district
2nd district
3rd district
AK Party
15 / 36
CHP
10 / 36
MHP
5 / 36
İYİ
5 / 36
HDP
1 / 36

Ankara is a Turkish province divided into three electoral districts of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects thirty-six 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.

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. Ankara is the second largest province in Turkey and saw an increase in its seat allocation ahead of the 2011 election to 31 members, with the first district electing 16 MPs while the second district electing 15 MPs per district.

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

The three electoral districts of Ankara, 2017 boundaries
  First electoral district (13 MPs)
  Second electoral district (11 MPs)
  Third electoral district (12 MPs)
The two electoral districts of Ankara, 2015 boundaries
  First electoral district (18 MPs)
  Second electoral district (14 MPs)
The two electoral districts of Ankara, 2011 boundaries
  First electoral district (16 MPs)
  Second electoral district (15 MPs)
2018–current
1st district 2nd district 3rd district
Until 2018
1st district 2nd district

General elections

2011

2011 general election: Ankara
Party Candidates standing Votes Seats won
1st 2nd Total Number % swing 1st 2nd Total elected ±
AK Party
16
15
31
1,466,446
49.24
Increase1.73
8
9
17 / 31
Increase1
CHP
16
15
31
935,688
31.30
Increase3.34
6
4
10 / 31
Increase1
MHP
16
15
31
436,883
14.62
Decrease0.54
2
2
4 / 31
Steady0
BBP
16
15
31
33,162
1.11
Increase1.11
0
0
0 / 31
Steady0
Independents
6
4
10
29,852
1.00
Decrease0.25
0
0
0 / 31
Steady0
HAS Party
16
15
31
22,310
0.75
Increase0.75
0
0
0 / 31
Steady0
Felicity
16
15
31
20,275
0.68
Decrease0.53
0
0
0 / 31
Steady0
Democrat
16
15
31
13,023
0.44
Decrease2.40
0
0
0 / 31
Steady0
HEPAR
15
16
31
6,710
0.22
Increase0.22
0
0
0 / 31
Steady0
Democratic Left
15
16
31
4,911
0.16
N/A
0
0
0 / 31
Steady0
Communist
15
16
31
4,289
0.14
Decrease0.07
0
0
0 / 31
Steady0
Nation
15
16
31
4,253
0.14
Increase0.14
0
0
0 / 31
Steady0
DYP
15
16
31
3,127
0.10
Increase0.10
0
0
0 / 31
Steady0
Nationalist Conservative
15
16
31
1,772
0.06
Increase0.06
0
0
0 / 31
Steady0
Liberal Democrat
15
16
31
920
0.03
Decrease0.03
0
0
0 / 31
Steady0
Labour
0
0
0
0
0.00
Steady0.00
0
0
0 / 31
Steady0
Total
2,989,046
100.00
Steady
15
16
31
Increase2
Rejected ballots
52,768
1.74
Increase0.08
3,032,519
88.93
Increase3.30
AK Party hold
Majority
536,183
18.04
Decrease1.51

June 2015

Abbr. Party Votes %
AK Party Justice and Development Party 1,320,517 41.2%
CHP Republican People's Party 943,550 29.4%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 577,418 18%
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 167,654 5.2%
SP Felicity Party 59,728 1.9%
VP Patriotic Party 15,712 0.5%
Other 119,932 3.7%
Total 3,204,511
Turnout 86.53
source: YSK

November 2015

Abbr. Party Votes %
AK Party Justice and Development Party 1,618,972 48.8%
CHP Republican People's Party 1,022,500 30.8%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 471,092 14.2%
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 134,449 4.1%
SP Felicity Party 14,155 0.4%
VP Patriotic Party 10,365 0.3%
Other 46,293 1.4%
Total 3,317,826
Turnout 88.63
source: YSK

2018

Abbr. Party Votes %
AK Party Justice and Development Party 1,351,790 39.3%
CHP Republican People's Party 899,730 26.2%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 447,397 13%
IYI Good Party 421,747 12.3%
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 208,792 6.1%
SP Felicity Party 51,734 1.5%
VP Patriotic Party 7,364 0.2%
Other 51,736 1.5%
Total 3,440,290
Turnout 88.11
source: YSK

Presidential elections

2014

2014 presidential election: Ankara[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
AK Party Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 1,405,856 51.31
Independent Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu 1,239,264 45.23
HDP Selahattin Demirtaş 95,033 3.47
Total votes 2,740,153 100.00
Rejected ballots 45,155 1.62
Turnout 2,785,308 77.14
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win

References

  1. ^ "Allocation of Turkey's parliamentary MPs by province" (PDF). 2011 general election literature. Supreme Electoral Commission of Turkey. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  2. ^ Aday oylari. Il bazinda. 2014 YSK. (in Turkish) [dead link]