Artvin (electoral district) explained

Artvin
Entity:	Turkey
Map:	Artvin in Turkey.svg
Created:	1923
Voters:	123,790
Turnout:	86.44%^[1]
Seats:	2
Party1:	Justice and Development Party (Turkey)
Party1 Seats:	1
Party2:	Republican People's Party
Party2 Seats:	1

Artvin is an electoral district of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects two 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. As one of the smallest electoral districts, Artvin has consistently elected two MPs since 1999.

MPs for Artvin, 2002 onwards^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5]
Election
MP	width=1px style="background-color: "		Orhan Yıldız AK Party	width=1px style="background-color: "		Ertekin Çolak AK Party	width=1px style="background-color: "		İsrafil Kışla AK Party					width=1px style="background-color: "
MP	width=1px style="background-color: "		Yüksel Çorbacıoğlu CHP	width=1px style="background-color: "		Metin Arifağaoğlu CHP	width=1px style="background-color: "		Uğur Bayraktutan CHP					width=1px style="background-color: "

General elections

June 2015

		Party	Votes	%
	AKP	Justice and Development Party	41,982
	CHP	Republican People's Party	33,528
	MHP	Nationalist Movement Party	24,820
	HDP	Peoples' Democratic Party	2,943
		Other	4,918
Total			108,191
Turnout			85.17%
source: YSK

November 2015

		Party	Votes	%
	AKP	Justice and Development Party	48,128
	CHP	Republican People's Party	37,670
	MHP	Nationalist Movement Party	14,372
	HDP	Peoples' Democratic Party	2,185
		Other	4,150
Total			106,505
Turnout			83.85%
source: YSK

2018

		Party	Votes	%
	AKP	Justice and Development Party	44,100
	CHP	Republican People's Party	36,105
	IYI	Good Party	11,600
	MHP	Nationalist Movement Party	11,269
	HDP	Peoples' Democratic Party	5,076
		Other	3,841
Total			111,991
Turnout			87.65%
source: YSK

Presidential elections

2014

References

37.8333°N 79°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Archived copy . 2015-01-10 . 2013-09-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130904003439/http://www.ysk.gov.tr/ysk/docs/2011MilletvekiliSecimi/KesinSonuclar/artvin.pdf . dead .
2. Web site: TBMM 24.Dönem Milletvekili Listesi . 10 January 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150105204123/http://secimanketi.tv/milletvekilleri/24-donem . 5 January 2015 .
3. Web site: TBMM 23.Dönem Milletvekili Listesi . 10 January 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150105203956/http://secimanketi.tv/milletvekilleri/23-donem . 5 January 2015 .
4. Web site: TBMM 22.Dönem Milletvekili Listesi . 10 January 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150105213127/http://secimanketi.tv/milletvekilleri/22-donem . 5 January 2015 .
5. Web site: TBMM 21.Dönem Milletvekili Listesi . 10 January 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150105204038/http://secimanketi.tv/milletvekilleri/21-donem . 5 January 2015 .