Tekirdağ (electoral district)

Tekirdağ
Tekirdağ
electoral district; for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
	Tekirdağ shown within Turkey
Province	Tekirdağ
Electorate	582,567
Current electoral district
Created
Seats	6; Historical 5 (1995-2011); 4 (1961-1995); 6 (1954-1961);
MPs	List Faik Öztrak CHP; Candan Yüceer CHP; Emre Köprülü CHP; Tevfik Ziyaeddin Akbulut AKP; Özlem Yemişçi AKP; Bülent Belen MHP;
Turnout at last election	89,31%
	Representation
CHP	3 / 6
AKP	2 / 6
MHP	1 / 6
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Tekirdağ is an electoral district of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects 6 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. The number of seats allocated to Tekirdağ has hovered between four and six for the past sixty years.

MPs for Tekirdağ, 1999 onwards
Seat		1999 (21st parliament)	2002 (22nd parliament)	2007 (23rd parliament)	2011 (24th parliament)	June 2015 (25th parliament)
Seat		1999 (21st parliament)	2002 (22nd parliament)	2007 (23rd parliament)	2011 (24th parliament)	June 2015 (25th parliament)
MP		Ahmet Zamantılı DSP	Erdoğan Kaplan CHP	Faik Öztrak CHP
MP		Bayram Fırat Dayanıklı DSP	Enis Tütüncü CHP		Candan Yüceer CHP
MP	No seat				Emre Köprülü CHP
MP		Fevzi Aytekin DSP	Tevfik Ziyaeddin Akbulut AK Party			Mustafa Yel AK Party
MP		Enis Sülün Anavatan	Ahmet Kambur AK Party	Necip Taylan AK Party	Özlem Yemişçi AK Party	Ayşe Doğan AK Party
MP		Nihan İlgün DYP	Mehmet Nuri Saygun CHP	Kemalettin Nalcı MHP	Bülent Belen MHP

General elections[]

2011[]

2011 Turkish general election: Tekirdağ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CHP	Faik Öztrak, Candan Yüceer, Emre Köprülü	226,824	44.41
	AKP	Yevfik Ziyaeddin Akbulut, Özlem Yemişçi	183,548	35.94
	MHP	Bülent Belen	68,483	13.41
	Independent	Kerem Tosun^[2]	8001	1.57
	HAS Party	None elected	3935	0.77	N/A
	Democratic Party (Turkey, current)	None elected	3765	0.74
	HEPAR	None elected	3692	0.72
	Felicity	None elected	3373	1.66
	DSP	None elected	2998	0.59	^[3]
	BBP	None elected	2333	0.46
	Labour	None elected	1624	0.32
	Communist_Party_of_Turkey_(today)	None elected	967	0.19
	Nation	None elected	480	0.09
	Nationalist Conservative	None elected	478	0.09
	Liberal Democrat	None elected	231	0.051
	DYP	None elected	0
Turnout			510,732	89.31

June 2015[]

Abbr.		Party	Votes	%
	CHP	Republican People's Party	253,295	44.5%
	AKP	Justice and Development Party	177,458	31.2%
	MHP	Nationalist Movement Party	86,333	15.2%
	HDP	Peoples' Democratic Party	31,543	5.5%
		Other	20,750	3.6%
Total			569,379
Turnout			87.49%
source: YSK

November 2015[]

Abbr.		Party	Votes	%
	CHP	Republican People's Party	267,409	45.7%
	AKP	Justice and Development Party	217,582	37.2%
	MHP	Nationalist Movement Party	60,056	10.3%
	HDP	Peoples' Democratic Party	25,472	4.4%
		Other	14,961	2.6%
Total			585,480
Turnout			88.06%
source: YSK

2018[]

Abbr.		Party	Votes	%
	CHP	Republican People's Party	248,539	38.6%
	AKP	Justice and Development Party	216,811	33.6%
	IYI	Good Party	76,707	11.9%
	MHP	Nationalist Movement Party	47,860	7.4%
	HDP	Peoples' Democratic Party	40,274	6.2%
		Other	14,302	2.2%
Total			644,493
Turnout			89.24%
source: YSK

Presidential elections[]

2014[]

Presidential Election 2014: Tekirdağ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu	291,069	57.37
	AKP	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	193,905	38.22
	HDP	Selahattin Demirtaş	22,390	4.41
Total votes			507,364	100.00
Rejected ballots			7,580	1.47
Turnout			514,944	79.81
	Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu win

References[]

^ [1] High Electoral Commission of Turkey
^ Arslan, Ferit (10 April 2011). "BDP adaylarını açıkladı (BDP announces its candidates)". Radikal. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
^ DSP in 2011 is compared to CHP in 2007, under whose list it ran that year
^ http://www.ysk.gov.tr/ysk/content/conn/YSKUCM/path/Contribution%20Folders/HaberDosya/CB-AdayOylari-ilBazında-2014.pdf

Coordinates: 41°00′N 27°30′E / 41.000°N 27.500°E / 41.000; 27.500

[1] [1] High Electoral Commission of Turkey

[2] Arslan, Ferit (10 April 2011). "BDP adaylarını açıkladı (BDP announces its candidates)". Radikal. Retrieved 7 August 2012.

[3] DSP in 2011 is compared to CHP in 2007, under whose list it ran that year

[4] ttp://www.ysk.gov.tr/ysk/content/conn/YSKUCM/path/Contribution%20Folders/HaberDosya/CB-AdayOylari-ilBazında-2014.pdf

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See also: Elections in the Ottoman Empire

Tekirdağ
electoral district for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Tekirdağ shown within Turkey
Province	Tekirdağ
Electorate	582,567
Current electoral district
Created
Seats	6 Historical 5 (1995-2011) 4 (1961-1995) 6 (1954-1961)
MPs	List Faik Öztrak CHP Candan Yüceer CHP Emre Köprülü CHP Tevfik Ziyaeddin Akbulut AKP Özlem Yemişçi AKP Bülent Belen MHP
Turnout at last election	89,31%
Representation
CHP	3 / 6
AKP	2 / 6
MHP	1 / 6
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