Edirne (electoral district)

Edirne 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.

Edirne
electoral district
for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Edirne shown within Turkey
ProvinceEdirne
Electorate300,609
Current electoral district
Created1923
Seats3
Turnout at last election89.40%[1]
CHP
2 / 3
AK Party
1 / 3

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. Edirne's seats were reduced from four to three in 2011.

MPs for Edirne, 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 Necdet Budak
CHP		 Bilgin Paçarız
CHP		 Kemal Değermendereli
CHP		 Erdin Bircan
CHP
MP Rasim Çakır
CHP		 Recep Gürkan
CHP		 Okan Gaytancıoğlu
CHP
MP Nejat Gencan
CHP		 Necdet Budak
AK Party		 Mehmet Müezzinoğlu
AK Party		 Şemsettin Emir
AK Party		 Rafet Sezen
AK Party
MP Ali Ayağ
AK Party		 Cemalettin Uslu
MHP		 No seat

General elections

2011
General Election 2011: Edirne[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CHP 136,532 51.70 15.87
AK Party 80,251 30.40 9.68
MHP 35,152 13.31 3.52
Democrat 2,486 0.94 8.63
Felicity 2,417 0.92 0.73
HEPAR 1,381 0.52 0.52
DSP 1,188 0.45 N/A
HAS Party 1,084 0.41 0.41
Labour 1,050 0.40 0.17
DYP 680 0.26 0.26
TKP 430 0.16 0.01
BBP 407 0.15 0.15
Nation 351 0.13 0.13
Independent 286 0.11 0.22
Nationalist Conservative 267 0.10 0.10
Liberal Democrat 144 0.05 0.05
Total votes 264,106 100.00
Rejected ballots 4,651 1.73 0.78
Turnout 268,747 89.40 1.39

June 2015
Abbr. Party Votes %
CHP Republican People's Party 140,848 53.8%
AKP Justice and Development Party 63,381 24.2%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 41,316 15.8%
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 6,955 2.7%
Other 9,470 3.6%
Total 261,970
Turnout 87.72%
source: YSK

November 2015
Abbr. Party Votes %
CHP Republican People's Party 149,278 57%
AKP Justice and Development Party 70,648 27%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 27,966 10.7%
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 5,405 2.1%
Other 8,595 3.3%
Total 261,892
Turnout 87.12%
source: YSK

2018
Abbr. Party Votes %
CHP Republican People's Party 123,252 46%
AKP Justice and Development Party 73,630 27.5%
IYI Good Party 42,614 15.9%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 13,104 4.9%
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 8,744 3.3%
Other 6,733 2.5%
Total 268,077
Turnout 88.59%
source: YSK

Presidential elections

2014
Presidential Election 2014: Edirne[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu 156,959 64.96
AK Party Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 77,768 32.18
HDP Selahattin Demirtaş 6,913 2.86
Total votes 241,640 100.00
Rejected ballots 4,465 1.81
Turnout 246,105 81.08
Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu win

References
  1. http://www.ysk.gov.tr/ysk/docs/2011MilletvekiliSecimi/KesinSonuclar/edirne.pdf
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-01-05. Retrieved 2015-01-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-01-05. Retrieved 2015-01-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-01-05. Retrieved 2015-01-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-01-05. Retrieved 2015-01-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. http://www.ysk.gov.tr/ysk/docs/2011MilletvekiliSecimi/KesinSonuclar/bolu.pdf
  7. http://www.ysk.gov.tr/ysk/content/conn/YSKUCM/path/Contribution%20Folders/HaberDosya/CB-AdayOylari-ilBazında-2014.pdf

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