İstanbul (2nd electoral district)

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

İstanbul (II) shown within Turkey
Province İstanbul
Electorate 2,967,483
Current electoral district
Created 1923
Seats

27

Parent district İstanbul
Turnout at last election 85.94%[1]
AKP
15 / 27
CHP
8 / 27
MHP
2 / 27
HDP
1 / 27
Centre
1 / 27

İstanbul's second 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 twenty-seven 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 partially covers the European side of the Province of İstanbul, on the west of the Bosphorus. The third electoral district is situated to the west while the first electoral district occupies the Anatolian side of İstanbul on the east side 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 (II) gained 6 extra seats for the 2011 general election, thus electing 27 seats as opposed to 2q that it elected in 1999, 2002 and 2007.

MPs for İstanbul (II), 1999 onwards[3][4][5][6][7]
Election 1999 (21st parliament) 2002 (22nd parliament) 2007 (23rd parliament) 2011 (24th parliament) 2015 (25th parliament)
MP Sadettin Tantan
ANAP
Mehmet Ali Şahin
AK Party
Ayşenur Bahçekapılı
AK Party
MP Yılmaz Karakoyunlu
ANAP
Egemen Bağış
AK Party
Nimet Baş
AK Party
MP Nesrin Naş
ANAP
Murat Başesgioğlu
AK Party
Ahmet Baha Öğütken
AK Party
MP Ali Emre Kocaoğlu
ANAP
Burhan Kuzu
AK Party
MP Hüsamettin Özkan
DSP
Hüseyin Kansu
AK Party
Necat Birinci
AK Party
Volkan Bozkır
AK Party
MP Ziya Aktaş
DSP
Mustafa Baş
AK Party
Nimet Çubukçu
AK Party
İbrahim Yiğit
AK Party
MP Osman Kılıç
DSP
Alaattin Büyükkaya
AK Party
Ahmet Kutalmış Türkeş
AK Party
MP Tahir Köşe
DSP
Hayati Yazıcı
AK Party
İsmail Safi
AK Party
MP Hüseyin Mert
DSP
Ekrem Erdem
AK Party
Canan Kalsın
AK Party
Ekrem Erdem
AK Party
MP Zafer Güler
DSP
Recep Koral
AK Party
Türkan Dağoğlu
AK Party
MP Ahmet Güzel
DSP
Nimet Çubukçu
AK Party
Ömer Dinçer
AK Party
Hüseyin Bürge
AK Party
MP Perihan Doğan Yılmaz
DSP
Zeynep Karahan Uslu
AK Party
Osman Gazi Yağmurdereli
AK Party
Şirin Ünal
AK Party
MP Celal Adan
DYP
İbrahim Reyhan Özal
AK Party
Necla Arat
CHP
Sevim Savaşer
AK Party
MP Ismail Kahraman
Virtue
Mehmet Sevigen
CHP
Osman Aşkın Bak
AK Party
MP Mehmet Ali Şahin
Virtue
Bülent Hasan Tanla
CHP
Mustafa Özyürek
CHP
Ahmet Haldun Ertürk
AK Party
MP Nevzat Yalçıntaş
Virtue
Onur Öymen
CHP
Mithat Melen
MHP
Murat Başesgioğlu
MHP
MP Hüseyin Kansu
Virtue
Hasan Fehmi Güneş
CHP
Ümit Şafak
MHP
Celal Adan
MHP
MP Mustafa Baş
Virtue
Ersin Arıoğlu
CHP
Çetin Soysal
CHP
Sırrı Süreyya Önder
Independent / HDP
MP Bahri Zengin
Virtue
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu
CHP
MP Murat Sökmenoğlu
MHP
Bihlun Tamaylıgil
CHP
MP Nazif Okumuş
MHP
Memduh Hacioğlu
CHP
Süleyman Yağız
CHP
Mustafa Sezgin Tanrıkulu
CHP
MP No seat Aydın Ağan Ayaydın
CHP
MP No seat Sedef Küçük
CHP
MP No seat Ercan Cengiz
CHP / Centre
MP No seat Haluk Eyidoğan
CHP
MP No seat Aykut Erdoğdu
CHP
MP No seat Melda Onur
CHP

General elections

2011

General Election 2011: İstanbul (II)[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AKP 1,273,826 51.04 Increase5.67
CHP 733,388 29.39 Increase4.03
MHP 229,385 9.19 Decrease0.74
Independent 135,322 5.42 Decrease0.74
Felicity 49,338 1.98 Decrease1.75
HAS Party 18,131 0.73 Increase0.73
BBP 16,094 0.64 Increase0.64
Democrat 10,673 0.43 Decrease2.67
HEPAR 10,583 0.42 Increase0.42
Democratic Left 7,561 0.30 N/A
Turkish Communists 4,709 0.19 Decrease0.02
Nation 4,190 0.17 Increase0.17
Nationalist Conservative 1,233 0.05 Increase0.05
Liberal Democrat 1,148 0.05 Decrease0.03
DYP No candidates 0 0.00 Decrease0.00
Labour No candidates 0 0.00 Steady0.00
Total votes 2,495,581 100.00
Rejected ballots 54,774 2.15 Decrease3.22
Turnout 2,550,355 85.94 Increase4.64
AKP hold
Majority
540,438 21.66 Increase1.29

References


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