Ardahan (electoral district)

Ardahan
electoral district
for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey

Ardahan shown within Turkey
Province Ardahan
Electorate 69,160
Current electoral district
Created 1995
Seats 2
Turnout at last election 84.22%[1]
AKP
1 / 2
CHP
1 / 2

Ardahan is an electoral district of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects two 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. As one of the smallest electoral districts, Ardahan has consistently elected two MPs since 1999.

MPs for Ardahan, 1999 onwards[2][3][4][5]
Election 1999 (21st parliament) 2002 (22nd parliament) 2007 (23rd parliament) 2011 (24th parliament) 2015 (25th parliament)
MP Faruk Demir
DSP
Kenan Altun
AK Party
Ertekin Çolak
AK Party
Orhan Atalay
AK Party
MP Saffet Kaya
DYP
Ensar Öğüt
CHP
Metin Arifağaoğlu
CHP
Ensar Öğüt
CHP

General elections

2015

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

2011

General Election 2011: Ardahan[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AKP 22,831 40.22 Decrease0.38
CHP 17,476 30.78 Decrease1.51
Independent 7,089 12.49 Increase3.21
MHP 5,651 9.95 Increase3.87
BBP 1,666 2.93 Increase2.93
Democrat 439 0.77 Decrease2.42
Democratic Left 395 0.70 N/A
HAS Party 309 0.54 Increase0.54
Felicity 259 0.46 Decrease0.40
Turkish Communists 197 0.35 Decrease1.07
Nation 186 0.33 Increase0.33
DYP 128 0.23 Increase0.23
Nationalist Conservative 101 0.18 Increase0.18
Liberal Democrat 45 0.08 Decrease0.11
HEPAR No candidates 0 0.00 Steady0.00
Labour No candidates 0 0.00 Steady0.00
Total votes 56,772 100.00
Rejected ballots 1,631 2.80 Increase1.73
Turnout 58,249 84.22 Increase2.05

Presidential elections

2014

Presidential Election 2014: Ardahan[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
AKP Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 20,567 40.69
Independent Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu 18,313 36.23
HDP Selahattin Demirtaş 11,671 23.09
Total votes 50,551 100.00
Rejected ballots 1,122 2.17
Turnout 51,673 73.11
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win

References

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