Batman (electoral district) explained

Batman
Entity:	Turkey
Map:	Batman in Turkey.svg
Created:	1991
Voters:	270,392
Turnout:	83.82%^[1]
Seats:	5
Party1:	Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party
Party1 Seats:	3
Party2:	Justice and Development Party (Turkey)
Party2 Seats:	1
Party3 Seats:	1
Party3:	Free Cause Party

Batman is an electoral district of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects four 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. Batman became an electoral district for the 1991 general election and has continuously elected four MPs.

MPs for Batman, 2002 onwards^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5]
Election
Election
MP	width=1px style="background-color: "	Afif Demirkıran AK Party	width=1px style="background-color: "	Mehmet Emin Ekmen AK Party	width=1px style="background-color: "		Ziver Özdemir AK Party		width=1px style="background-color: "	Ataullah Hamidi AK Party	width=1px style="background-color: "
MP	width=1px style="background-color: "	Ahmet İnal AK Party		width=1px style="background-color: "		Mehmet Şimşek AK Party	width=1px style="background-color: "	Ali Atalan HDP	width=1px style="background-color: "	Mehmet Ali Aslan HDP	width=1px style="background-color: "
MP	width=1px style="background-color: "	Mehmet Ali Suçin AK Party	width=1px style="background-color: "	Ayla Akat Ata Independent		Ayla Akat Ata HDP	width=1px style="background-color: "	Saadet Becerekli HDP		width=1px style="background-color: "
MP	width=1px style="background-color: "	Mehmet Nezir Nasıroğlu CHP	width=1px style="background-color: "	Bengi Yıldız Independent		Bengi YıldızHDP	width=1px style="background-color: "	Ayşe Acar Başaran HDP		width=1px style="background-color: "

General elections

June 2015

		Party	Votes
	HDP	Peoples' Democratic Party	191,310
	AKP	Justice and Development Party	47,921
	HÜDA-PAR	Free Cause Party	14,551
	MHP	Nationalist Movement Party	2,752
	CHP	Republican People's Party	2,083
		Other	4,986
Total			263,604
Turnout			90.25
source: YSK

November 2015

		Party	Votes
	HDP	Peoples' Democratic Party	177,129
	AKP	Justice and Development Party	73,775
	CHP	Republican People's Party	3,101
	MHP	Nationalist Movement Party	1,654
		Other	4,254
Total			259,913
Turnout			85.84
source: YSK

2018

		Party	Votes
	HDP	Peoples' Democratic Party	180,318
	AKP	Justice and Development Party	67,789
	HÜDA-PAR	Free Cause Party	15,998
	SP	Felicity Party	8,971
	CHP	Republican People's Party	3,740
	IYI	Good Party	3,127
	MHP	Nationalist Movement Party	2,833
		Other	1,284
Total			284,060
Turnout			85.67
source: YSK

Presidential elections

2014

References

37.8333°N 79°W

Notes and References

Web site: Archived copy . 2015-01-10 . 2015-04-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402103909/http://www.ysk.gov.tr/ysk/docs/2011MilletvekiliSecimi/KesinSonuclar/batman.pdf . dead .
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 .
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 .
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 .
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 .