İstanbul (1st electoral district)

İstanbul (I)
electoral district
for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey

İstanbul (I) shown within Turkey
Province İstanbul
Electorate 3,375,444
Current electoral district
Created 1923
Seats 30
Parent district İstanbul
Turnout at last election 87.16%[1]
AKP
15 / 30
CHP
11 / 30
MHP
2 / 30
HDP
1 / 30
Independent
1 / 30

İstanbul's first electoral district is one of three divisions of the İstanbul electoral district for the purpose of elections to Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects thirty members of parliament (deputies) to represent the district for a four-year term by the D'Hondt method, a party-list proportional representation system.

The district covers the entire Anatolian side of the Province of İstanbul, on the east of the Bosphorus.

Division

The first electoral district contains the following İstanbul administrative districts (ilçe):[2]

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. İstanbul (I) gained 6 extra seats for the 2011 general election, thus electing 30 seats as opposed to 24 that it elected in 1999, 2002 and 2007.

MPs for İstanbul (I), 1999 onwards[3][4][5][6]
Election 1999 (21st parliament) 2002 (22nd parliament) 2007 (23rd parliament) 2011 (24th parliament) 2015 (25th parliament)
MP Mehmet Ali İrtemçelik
ANAP
Kemal Unakıtan
AK Party
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
AK Party
MP Cavit Kavak
ANAP
İrfan Gündüz
AK Party
Egemen Bağış
AK Party
MP Suhan Özkan
ANAP
Tayyar Altikulaç
AK Party
İdris Güllüce
AK Party
MP Ediz Hun
ANAP
Mustafa Ataş
AK Party
MP Güneş Taner
ANAP
Mehmet Beyazit Denizolgun
AK Party
Erol Kaya
AK Party
MP Bülent Ecevit
DSP
Nusret Bayraktar
AK Party
Mihrimah Belma Satır
AK Party
MP Nami Cağan
DSP
Binali Yildirim
AK Party
Ertuğrul Günay
AK Party
Muhammed Çetin
AK Party / Independent
MP Ahmet Tan
DSP
Hüseyin Besli
AK Party
İsmet Uçma
AK Party
MP Süleyman Yağız
DSP
Gülseren Topuzlu
AK Party
Mesude Nursuna Memecan
AK Party
Alev Dedegil
AK Party
MP Erol Al
DSP
Gürsoy Erol
AK Party
Edibe Sözen
AK Party
Gürsoy Erol
AK Party
MP Sulhiye Serbest
DSP
Mehmet Sekmen
AK Party
Mehmet Domaç
AK Party
MP Cahit Savaş Yazıcı
DSP
Emin Şirin
AK Party
Özlem Piltanoğlu Türköne
AK Party
Osman Boyraz
AK Party
MP Yücel Erdemir
DSP
Ali İbiş
AK Party
Hasan Kemal Yardımcı
AK Party
Oktay Saral
AK Party
MP Fadlı Ağaoğlu
DSP
Muharrem Karslı
AK Party
Ayşe Jale Ağırbaş
CHP
Metin Külünk
AK Party
MP Hayri Kozakcıoğlu
DYP
Kemal Derviş
CHP
İlhan Kesici
CHP
Ahmet Berat Çonkar
AK Party
MP Aydın Menderes
Virtue
Algan Hacaloğlu
CHP
Muhammet Bilal Macit
AK Party
MP Süleyman Arif Emre
Virtue
Ali Kemal Kumkumoğlu
CHP
Durmuşali Torlak
MHP
Engin Alan
MHP
MP İrfan Gündüz
Virtue
Berhan Şimşek
CHP
Gündüz Suphi Aktan
MHP
Bülent Didinmez
MHP
MP Merve Kavakçı
Virtue
Ahmet Sirri Özbek
CHP
Mehmet Ufuk Uras
Independent
Sebahat Tuncel
Independent / HDP
MP Ali Oğuz
Virtue
Hasan Aydin
CHP
Fatma Nur Serter
CHP
MP Fuat Fırat
Virtue
Ali Topuz
CHP
Mehmet Akif Hamzaçebi
CHP
MP Mustafa Verkaya
MHP
Ömer Zülfü Livanelioğlu
CHP
Bayramali Meral
CHP
Gürsel Tekin
CHP
MP Bozkurt Yaşar Öztürk
MHP
Güldal Okuducu
CHP
Şinasi Öktem
CHP
Osman Taney Korutürk
CHP
MP Ahmet Çakar
MHP
Ali Riza Gülçiçek
CHP
Ahmet Tan
CHP
Ayşe Eser Danışoğlu
CHP
MP No seat Şafak Pavey
CHP
MP No seat İhsan Özkes
CHP
MP No seat Mahmut Tanal
CHP
MP No seat Müslüm Sarı
CHP
MP No seat Celal Dinçer
CHP
MP No seat Kadir Gökmen Öğüt
CHP
MP No seat

General elections

2011

General Election 2011: İstanbul (I)[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AKP 1,391,558 48.27 Increase4.20
CHP 969,038 33.62 Increase3.60
MHP 260,825 9.05 Decrease0.82
Independent 133,617 4.64 Decrease0.82
Felicity 44,390 1.54 Decrease1.42
HAS Party 21,341 0.74 Increase0.74
BBP 18,434 0.64 Increase0.64
HEPAR 11,093 0.38 Increase0.38
Democrat 10,756 0.37 Decrease2.71
Democratic Left 5,932 0.21 N/A
Turkish Communists 5,729 0.20 Decrease0.03
Nation 4,811 0.17 Increase0.17
DYP 2,759 0.10 Increase0.10
Nationalist Conservative 1,297 0.04 Increase0.04
Liberal Democrat 1,070 0.04 Decrease0.04
Labour No candidates 0 0.00 Steady0.00
Total votes 2,882,650 100.00
Rejected ballots 59,281 2.02 Decrease2.95
Turnout 2,941,931 87.16 Increase3.56
AKP hold
Majority
422,550 14.66 Increase0.61

References

Coordinates: 37°50′N 34°45′E / 37.833°N 34.750°E