Batman (electoral district)

Batman 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.

For the Australian electoral division, see Division of Batman.
Batman
electoral district
for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Batman shown within Turkey
ProvinceBatman
Electorate270,392
Current electoral district
Created1991
Seats4
Turnout at last election83.82%[1]
HDP
3 / 4
AK Party
1 / 4

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. Batman became an electoral district for the 1991 general election and has continuously elected four MPs.

MPs for Batman, 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 Afif Demirkıran
AK Party		 Mehmet Emin Ekmen
AK Party		 Ziver Özdemir
AK Party		 Ataullah Hamidi
AK Party
MP Ahmet İnal
AK Party		 Mehmet Şimşek
AK Party		 Ali Atalan
HDP		 Mehmet Ali Aslan
HDP
MP Mehmet Ali Suçin
AK Party		 Ayla Akat Ata
Independent		 Ayla Akat Ata

HDP

 Saadet Becerekli
HDP
MP Mehmet Nezir Nasıroğlu
CHP		 Bengi Yıldız
Independent		 Bengi Yıldız

HDP

 Ayşe Acar Başaran
HDP

General elections

2011
General Election 2011: Batman[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 113,378 51.48 12.06
AK Party 81,778 37.13 9.28
CHP 14,754 6.70 2.79
BBP 3,282 1.49 1.49
Felicity 2,156 0.98 0.94
MHP 1,281 0.58 0.35
Democrat 930 0.42 5.34
HAS Party 873 0.40 0.40
DSP 720 0.33 N/A
TKP 460 0.21 0.12
DYP 188 0.09 0.09
Liberal Democrat 167 0.08 0.07
Nation 155 0.07 0.07
Nationalist Conservative 112 0.05 0.05
HEPAR No candidates 0 0.00 0.00
Labour No candidates 0 0.00 0.00
Total votes 220,234 100.00
Rejected ballots 6,774 2.99 1.37
Turnout 226,642 83.82 8.08
Independent gain from AK Party Majority 31,600 14.35 21.34

June 2015
Abbr. Party Votes %
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 191,310 72.6%
AKP Justice and Development Party 47,921 18.2%
HÜDA-PAR Free Cause Party 14,551 5.5%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 2,752 1%
CHP Republican People's Party 2,083 0.8%
Other 4,986 1.9%
Total 263,604
Turnout 90.25
source: YSK

November 2015
Abbr. Party Votes %
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 177,129 68.1%
AKP Justice and Development Party 73,775 28.4%
CHP Republican People's Party 3,101 1.2%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 1,654 0.6%
Other 4,254 1.6%
Total 259,913
Turnout 85.84
source: YSK

2018
Abbr. Party Votes %
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 180,318 63.5%
AKP Justice and Development Party 67,789 23.9%
HÜDA-PAR Free Cause Party 15,998 5.6%
SP Felicity Party 8,971 3.2%
CHP Republican People's Party 3,740 1.3%
IYI Good Party 3,127 1.1%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 2,833 1%
Other 1,284 0.5%
Total 284,060
Turnout 85.67
source: YSK

Presidential elections

2014
Presidential Election 2014: Batman[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
HDP Selahattin Demirtaş 134,370 60.00
AK Party Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 85,153 38.02
Independent Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu 4,424 1.98
Total votes 223,947 100.00
Rejected ballots 3,799 1.67
Turnout 227,746 75.71
Selahattin Demirtaş win

References
  1. http://www.ysk.gov.tr/ysk/docs/2011MilletvekiliSecimi/KesinSonuclar/Batman.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/batman.pdf
  7. http://www.sabah.com.tr/gundem/2011/04/29/iste-milletvekili-kesin-aday-listeleri?paging=16
  8. http://www.ysk.gov.tr/ysk/docs/2011MilletvekiliSecimi/KesinSonuclar/igdir.pdf

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