Tunceli (electoral district)

Tunceli is an electoral district of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects 2 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.

Tunceli
electoral district
for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Tunceli shown within Turkey
ProvinceTunceli
Electorate57,623
Current electoral district
Created1920
Seats2
MPs
Turnout at last election81.96%
HDP
1 / 2
CHP
1 / 2

Members

A population review of every electoral district is conducted before each general election, which can lead to certain districts being granted a smaller or greater number of parliamentary seats. Tunceli has elected two members of parliament since 1961; previously, it elected three.

There are currently two sitting members of parliament representing Tunceli, both from the Republican People's Party (CHP).

MPs for Tunceli, 1999 onwards
Seat 1999 (21st parliament) 2002 (22nd parliament) 2007 (23rd parliament) 2011 (24th parliament) June 2015 (25th parliament)
MP Kamer Genç
DYP		 Sinan Yerlikaya
CHP		 Kamer Genç
Independent / CHP		 Alican Önlü
HDP
MP Bekır Gündoğan
Independent		 Hasan Gülyüldar
CHP		 Şerafettin Halis
Independent		 Hüseyin Aygün
CHP		 Edibe Şahin
HDP

General elections

2011
2011 Turkish general election: Tunceli [1]
List Candidates Votes % ±
CHP Kamer Genç, Hüseyin Aygün 26,804 57.53
Ferhat Tunç Yoslun (independent) Not elected 10,354 22.22
AK Party None elected 7339 15.75
MHP None elected 992 2.13
BBP None elected 322 0.69
Democrat None elected 212 0.46
DSP None elected 142 0.3 [2]
TKP None elected 119 0.26
Nation None elected 111 0.24
Felicity None elected 71 0.15
HAS Party None elected 65 0.14 N/A
DYP None elected 29 0.06
Nationalist Conservative None elected 15 0.03
Liberal Democrat None elected 13 0.03
HEPAR None elected 0 0
İP None elected 0 0
Turnout 46,588 81.96

June 2015
Abbr. Party Votes %
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 32,281 60.9%
CHP Republican People's Party 10,906 20.6%
AKP Justice and Development Party 5,631 10.6%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 3,131 5.9%
Other 1,026 1.9%
Total 52,975
Turnout 84.43
source: YSK

November 2015
Abbr. Party Votes %
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 27,882 55.9%
CHP Republican People's Party 14,094 28.2%
AKP Justice and Development Party 5,837 11.7%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 1,292 2.6%
Other 815 1.6%
Total 49,920
Turnout 80.62
source: YSK

2018
Abbr. Party Votes %
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 28,219 52.1%
CHP Republican People's Party 14,358 26.5%
AKP Justice and Development Party 7,228 13.3%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 3,019 5.6%
IYI Good Party 849 1.6%
Other 521 1%
Total 54,194
Turnout 86.25
source: YSK

Presidential elections

2014
Presidential Election 2014: Tunceli[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
HDP Selahattin Demirtaş 21,746 52.25
Independent Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu 13,897 33.39
AK Party Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 5,979 14.36
Total votes 41,622 100.00
Rejected ballots 622 1.47
Turnout 42,244 67.17
Selahattin Demirtaş win

References
  1. High Electoral Commission of Turkey
  2. DSP in 2011 is compared to CHP in 2007, under whose list it ran that year
  3. http://www.ysk.gov.tr/ysk/docs/2011MilletvekiliSecimi/KesinSonuclar/igdir.pdf

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