Kars (electoral district)

Kars
electoral district
for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Kars highlighted in red on a beige political map of Turkeym
Kars shown within Turkey
ProvinceKars
Electorate185.196
Current electoral district
Created1920
Seats3
Historical
  • 4 (1995-1999)
    5 (1991-1995)
    6 (1983-1991)
    8 (1973-1983)
    9 (1961-1973)
    7 (1961-1969)
    12 (1957-1961)
    10 (1954-1957)
MPs
List
Turnout at last election79.56%
DEM
1 / 3
AK Party
1 / 3
CHP
1 / 3

Kars 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.

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 a small electoral district, Kars's seat allocation has always been low. It was last reduced to three MPs in 1999.

MPs for Kars, 1999 onwards
Seat 1999 (21st parliament) 2002 (22nd parliament) 2007 (23rd parliament) 2011 (24th parliament) June 2015 (25th parliament) November 2015 (26th parliament) 2018 (27th parliament)
1 İlhan Aküzüm
Motherland 		Zeki Karabayır
AK Party 		Ahmet Arslan
AK Party 		Mehmet Uçum
AK Party 		Ahmet Arslan
AK Party
2 Çetin Bilgir
DSP 		Yusuf Selahattin Beyribey
AK Party 		Mahmut Esat Güven
AK Party 		Yunus Kılıç
AK Party 		Ayhan Bilgen
HDP 		Yusuf Selahattin Beyribey
AK Party 		Yunus Kılıç
AK Party
3 Arslan Aydar
MHP 		Selami Yiğit
CHP 		Gürcan Dağdaş
MHP 		Mülkiye Birtane[1]
Independent (BDP) 		Şafak Özanli
HDP 		Ayhan Bilgen
HDP

General elections

2011

General Election 2011: Kars[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AK Party
2 elected                              Steady0
  • 1. Ahmet Arslan Green tickY
    2. Yunus Kılıç Green tickY
    3. Suat Doğan Red XN
 61,196 42.56 Increase1.37
Independent
None elected                       Increase1
  • Mülkiye Birtane Green tickY
 27,629 19.21 Increase3.59
MHP
None elected                       Decrease1
  • 1. 1. Umut Yılmazel Red XN
    2. Harun Yenice Red XN
    3. İrfan Topçu Red XN
 24,744 17.21 Decrease2.82
CHP
None elected
  • 1. Naif Alibeyoğlu Red XN
    2. Cengiz Daşdemir Red XN
    3. Saffet Özdemir Red XN
 24,009 16.70 Increase3.32
Büyük Birlik
None elected
  • 1. Selaattin Yıldız Red XN
    2. Muhittin Timur Red XN
    3. Gürkan Işık Red XN
 1,647 1.15 Increase1.15
DSP
None elected
  • 1. Serap Gençler Red XN
    2. Müzeyyen Demirkaya Red XN
    3. Erkan Tek Red XN
 1,027 0.71 N/A
HAS Party
None elected
  • 1. Mukayil Demir Red XN
    2. Taner Çetin Red XN
    3. Muhammet Ali Gökçek Red XN
 935 0.65 Increase0.65
DP
None elected
  • 1. Erkan Güneş Red XN
    2. Ekrem Polat Red XN
    3. Gencay Aytaş Red XN
 683 0.47 Decrease3.60
SAADET
None elected
  • 1. Piyami Aksu Red XN
    2. Mevlüt Ayçiçek Red XN
    3. Süleyman Turan Red XN
 630 0.44 Decrease0.88
TKP
None elected
  • 1. İlhan Akalın Red XN
    2. Emine Özmen Red XN
    3. Banu Bedirman Soykan Red XN
 399 0.28 Decrease0.27
DYP
None elected
  • 1. Alaattin Yıldırım Red XN
    2. Fatma Fidan Red XN
    3. Hüseyin Ali Tıraş Red XN
 279 0.19 Increase0.19
MP
None elected
  • 1. İsmail Can Red XN
    2. Halit Şirin Red XN
    3. İsmail Yiğit Red XN
 205 0.14 Increase0.14
HEPAR
None elected
  • 1. Bora İzkübarlas Red XN
    2. Cemal Gökce Red XN
    3. Mahir Yeke Red XN
 178 0.12 Increase0.12
Nationalist Conservative
None elected
  • 1. Serkan Ögel Red XN
    2. İzzet Altun Red XN
    3. Tuna Işık Red XN
 165 0.11 Increase0.11
Liberal Democrat
None elected
  • 1. Harika Özovalı Red XN
    2. Feride Dayanç Red XN
    3. Zerin Şık Red XN
 107 0.07 Decrease0.18
Labour No candidates 0 0.00 Steady0.00
Total votes 143,791 100.00
Rejected ballots 3,518 2.39 Increase1.07
Turnout 146,953 79.28 Increase5.95
AK Party hold
Majority
 33,567 23.34 Increase2.19

June 2015

Abbr. Party Votes %
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 64,315 44%
AK Party Justice and Development Party 38,950 26.6%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 20,507 14%
CHP Republican People's Party 17,485 12%
Other 4,930 3.4%
Total 146,187
Turnout 81.25
source: YSK

November 2015

Abbr. Party Votes %
AK Party Justice and Development Party 50,267 35.6%
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 48,625 34.5%
CHP Republican People's Party 21,315 15.1%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 17,579 12.5%
Other 3,275 2.3%
Total 141,061
Turnout 78.57
source: YSK

2018

Abbr. Party Votes %
AK Party Justice and Development Party 52,791 36.9%
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 46,285 32.4%
CHP Republican People's Party 20,207 14.1%
IYI Good Party 10,597 7.4%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 10,145 7.1%
Other 3,026 2.1%
Total 143,051
Turnout 81.13
source: YSK

2023

Abbr. Party Votes %
YSGP Party of Greens and the Left Future 40.710 27.6%
AK Party Justice and Development Party 37.662 25.6%
CHP Republican People's Party 24.090 16.3%
IYI Good Party 21.728 14.7%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 14.211 9.6%
Other 7.683 5.2%
Total 147.343
Turnout 79.56%
source: YSK

Presidential elections

2014

Presidential Election 2014: Kars[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
AK Party Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 53,350 42.52
HDP Selahattin Demirtaş 41,266 32.89
Independent Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu 30,856 24.59
Total votes 125,472 100.00
Rejected ballots 1,775 1.39
Turnout 127,247 68.97
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win

References

  1. ^ Ran in 2011 as an independent candidate and joined the BDP afted being elected.
  2. ^ Milletvekili kesin aday listeleri Sabah, 29 April 2011. (in Turkish) [dead link‍]
  3. ^ [1] Turkish electoral commission
  4. ^ 2014 il bazında aday oyları Yüksek Seçim Kurulu (in Turkish) [dead link‍]

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