Ankara (1st electoral district)

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

Ankara (I) shown within Turkey
Province Ankara
Electorate 1,775,508
Current electoral district
Created 1923
Seats

16

Parent district Ankara
Turnout at last election 88.52%[1]
AKP
8 / 16
CHP
4 / 16
MHP
2 / 16
ANAPAR
1 / 16
e-Party
1 / 16

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

Division

The first electoral district contains the following Ankara 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. Ankara's first district elected 15 MPs in 2002 and 2007. In 2011, this number increased to 16.

MPs for Ankara (I), 2002 onwards[3][4][5]
Election 2002 (22nd parliament) 2007 (23rd parliament) 2011 (24th parliament) 2015 (25th parliament)
MP Ali Babacan
AK Party
MP Cemil Çiçek
AK Party
Haluk Özdalga
AK Party
MP İsmail Alptekin
AK Party
Zeynep Dağı
AK Party
Reha Denemeç
AK Party
MP Bülent Gedikli
AK Party
MP Ersönmez Yarbay
AK Party
Burhan Kayatürk
AK Party
Tülay Selamoğlu
AK Party
MP Mehmet Zekai Özcan
AK Party
Yalçın Akdoğan
AK Party
MP Faruk Koca
AK Party
Fatih Şahin
AK Party
MP Remziye Öztoprak
AK Party
Nazmi Haluk Özdalga
AK Party
Ülker Güzel
AK Party
MP Önder Sav
CHP
Sencer Ayata
CHP
MP Eşref Erdem
CHP
Aylin Nazlıaka
CHP
MP Oya Arasli
CHP
Nesrin Baytok
CHP
Bülent Kuşoğlu
CHP
MP Yilmaz Ateş
CHP
Hakkı Suha Okay
CHP
Levent Gök
CHP
MP Ayşe Gülsün Bilgehan
CHP
Mehmet Emrehan Halıcı
CHP / e-Party
MP İsmail Değerli
CHP
Bekir Aksoy
MHP
Emine Ülker Tarhan
CHP / ANAPAR
MP Mehmet Tomanbay
CHP
Yıldırım Tuğrul Türkeş
MHP
MP No seat Zuhal Topçu
MHP
MP No seat
MP No seat

General elections

2015

General Election 2015: Ankara (I)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AKP
CHP
MHP
HDP
Patriotic
National Alliance
Total votes
Rejected ballots
Turnout

2011

General Election 2011: Ankara (I)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AKP 693,413 44.80 Increase1.66
CHP 550,710 35.58 Increase3.80
MHP 228,825 14.78 Decrease0.64
Independent 18,600 1.20 Decrease0.55
BBP 15,589 1.01 Increase1.01
HAS Party 11,039 0.71 Increase0.71
Felicity 9,422 0.61 Decrease0.56
Democrat 6,173 0.40 Decrease2.39
HEPAR 3,588 0.23 Increase0.23
Democratic Left 2,693 0.17 N/A
Turkish Communists 2,449 0.14 Decrease0.09
Nation 2,200 0.14 Increase0.14
DYP 1,585 0.10 Increase0.10
Nationalist Conservative 821 0.05 Increase0.05
Liberal Democrat 581 0.04 Decrease0.04
Labour No candidates 0 0.00 Steady0.00
Total votes 1,547,688 100.00
Rejected ballots 24,080 1.53 Decrease0.10
Turnout 1,571,768 88.52 Increase3.73
AKP hold
Majority
142,703 9.22 Decrease1.97

References