Kırklareli (electoral district)

Kırklareli 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.

Kırklareli
electoral district
for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Kırklareli shown within Turkey
ProvinceKırklareli
Electorate254,455
Current electoral district
Created1920
Seats3
MPs
Turnout at last election90.78%
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. Kırklareli's seat allocation has been three seats since 1999.

MPs for Kırklareli, 1999 onwards
Seat 1999 (21st parliament) 2002 (22nd parliament) 2007 (23rd parliament) 2011 (24th parliament) June 2015 (25th parliament)
1 Necdet Tekin
DSP		 Mehmet Siyam Kesimoğlu
CHP		 Tansel Barış
CHP		 Mehmet Siyam Kesimoğlu
CHP		 Türabi Kayan
CHP
2 Nural Karagöz
DSP		 Yavuz Altınorak
CHP		 Turgut Dibek
CHP		 Vecdi Gündoğdu
CHP
3 Cemal Özbilen
Anavatan		 Ahmet Gökhan Sarıçam
AK Party		 Şenol Gürşan
AK Party		 Hamdi Irmak
AK Party

General elections

2011
General Election 2011: Kırklareli[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CHP 119,598 52.53 12.41
AK Party 62,445 27.43 7.26
MHP 37,638 16.53 0.66
Democrat 1,708 0.75 8.25
DSP 928 0.41 N/A[3]
Felicity 880 0.39 0.39
Labour 854 0.38 0.23
HEPAR 839 0.37 0.38
HAS Party 835 0.37 0.37
DYP 511 0.22 0.22
Independent 368 0.16 0.03
BBP 293 0.13 0.13
TKP 263 0.12 0.01
Nationalist Conservative 205 0.09 0.09
Nation 202 0.09 0.09
Liberal Democrat 106 0.05 0.11
Total votes 227,673 100.00
Rejected ballots 4,006 1.76 0.88
Turnout 230,993 90.78 0.29
CHP hold Majority 57,153 25.10 5.32

June 2015
Abbr. Party Votes %
CHP Republican People's Party 115,951 50.1%
AKP Justice and Development Party 53,399 23.1%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 49,487 21.4%
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 5,342 2.3%
Other 7,075 3.1%
Total 231,254
Turnout 88.99%
source: YSK

November 2015
Abbr. Party Votes %
CHP Republican People's Party 129,440 55.7%
AKP Justice and Development Party 64,270 27.7%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 28,776 12.4%
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 4,212 1.8%
Other 5,593 2.4%
Total 232,291
Turnout 88.81%
source: YSK

2018
Abbr. Party Votes %
CHP Republican People's Party 116,179 48.1%
AKP Justice and Development Party 62,148 25.8%
IYI Good Party 40,069 16.6%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 11,367 4.7%
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 7,123 3%
Other 4,461 1.8%
Total 241,347
Turnout 90.37%
source: YSK

Presidential elections

2014
Presidential Election 2014: Kırklareli[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu 144,558 67.95
AK Party Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 63,328 29.77
HDP Selahattin Demirtaş 4,861 2.28
Total votes 212,747 100.00
Rejected ballots 3,226 1.49
Turnout 215,973 82.54
Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu win

References
  1. http://www.sabah.com.tr/gundem/2011/04/29/iste.milletvekili.kesin.aday.listeleri?paging=54
  2. Turkish electoral commission
  3. The Democratic Left Party (DSP) fielded joint candidates under the CHP party list in 2007.
  4. http://www.ysk.gov.tr/ysk/content/conn/YSKUCM/path/Contribution%20Folders/HaberDosya/CB-AdayOylari-ilBazında-2014.pdf

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