İzmir (electoral districts) explained

İzmir is a Turkish province divided into two electoral districts of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects twenty-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. İzmir is the third largest province in Turkey and saw an increase in its seat allocation ahead of the 2011 election to 26 members, 13 per district.

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

General elections

June 2015

PartyVotes%
CHPRepublican People's Party1,202,151
AK PartyJustice and Development Party694,282
MHPNationalist Movement Party363,065
HDPPeoples' Democratic Party273,209
Other114,657
Total2,647,364
Turnout85.8%
source: YSK

November 2015

PartyVotes%
CHPRepublican People's Party1,264,541
AK PartyJustice and Development Party839,079
MHPNationalist Movement Party307,057
HDPPeoples' Democratic Party233,653
Other59,976
Total2,704,306
Turnout87.1%
source: YSK

2018

PartyVotes%
CHPRepublican People's Party1,180,767
AK PartyJustice and Development Party776,243
HDPPeoples' Democratic Party319,815
IYIGood Party311,412
MHPNationalist Movement Party172,927
Other66,833
Total2,827,997
Turnout87.6%
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.
  2. Web site: Izmir 1st electoral district results. 2011 general election results. Supreme Electoral Commission of Turkey. 30 December 2012.
  3. Web site: Izmir 2nd electoral district results. 2011 general election results. Supreme Electoral Commission of Turkey. 30 December 2012.