Ankara (electoral districts) explained

Ankara
Entity:Turkey
Map:Ankara in Turkey.svg
Created:1923
Voters:3,904,585
Seats:36
Subdistricts:1st district
2nd district
3rd district
Historical Seats:32 (2017)
31 (2011)
29 (2002–2007)
Party1:Justice and Development Party (Turkey)
Party1 Seats:15
Party2:Republican People's Party
Party2 Seats:10
Party3:Nationalist Movement Party
Party3 Seats:5
Party4:Good Party
Party4 Seats:5
Party5:Peoples' Democratic Party (Turkey)
Party5 Seats:1

Ankara is a Turkish province divided into three electoral districts of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects thirty-six 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. Ankara is the second largest province in Turkey and saw an increase in its seat allocation ahead of the 2011 election to 31 members, with the first district electing 16 MPs while the second district electing 15 MPs per district.

The province's administrative districts (ilçe) are divided among two electoral districts as follows:[1]

General elections

June 2015

PartyVotes%
AK PartyJustice and Development Party1,320,517
CHPRepublican People's Party943,550
MHPNationalist Movement Party577,418
HDPPeoples' Democratic Party167,654
SPFelicity Party59,728
VPPatriotic Party15,712
Other119,932
Total3,204,511
Turnout86.53
source: YSK

November 2015

PartyVotes%
AK PartyJustice and Development Party1,618,972
CHPRepublican People's Party1,022,500
MHPNationalist Movement Party471,092
HDPPeoples' Democratic Party134,449
SPFelicity Party14,155
VPPatriotic Party10,365
Other46,293
Total3,317,826
Turnout88.63
source: YSK

2018

PartyVotes%
AK PartyJustice and Development Party1,351,790
CHPRepublican People's Party899,730
MHPNationalist Movement Party447,397
IYIGood Party421,747
HDPPeoples' Democratic Party208,792
SPFelicity Party51,734
VPPatriotic Party7,364
Other51,736
Total3,440,290
Turnout88.11
source: YSK

Presidential elections

2014

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Allocation of Turkey's parliamentary MPs by province. 2011 general election literature. Supreme Electoral Commission of Turkey. 30 December 2012.