Artvin (electoral district)

Artvin
electoral district
for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey

Artvin shown within Turkey
Province Artvin
Electorate 123,790
Current electoral district
Created 1923
Seats 2
Turnout at last election 86.44%[1]
AKP
1 / 2
CHP
1 / 2

Artvin 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, Artvin has consistently elected two MPs since 1999.

MPs for Artvin, 1999 onwards[2][3][4][5]
Election 1999 (21st parliament) 2002 (22nd parliament) 2007 (23rd parliament) 2011 (24th parliament) 2015 (25th parliament)
MP Ergün Bayrak
DSP
Orhan Yıldız
AK Party
Ertekin Çolak
AK Party
İsrafil Kışla
AK Party
MP Hasan Ekinci
DYP
Yüksel Çorbacıoğlu
CHP
Metin Arifağaoğlu
CHP
Uğur Bayraktutan
CHP

General elections

2015

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

2011

General Election 2011: Artvin[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AKP 48,769 46.40 Increase8.62
CHP 37,180 35.37 Increase6.94
MHP 13,970 13.29 Increase2.32
Democrat 1,608 1.53 Decrease12.41
Felicity 1,238 1.18 Decrease0.72
HAS Party 496 0.47 Increase0.47
DYP 386 0.37 Increase0.37
Labour 327 0.31 Increase0.05
BBP 251 0.24 Increase0.24
Democratic Left 232 0.22 N/A
Turkish Communists 173 0.16 Decrease0.09
Independent 170 0.16 Increase0.11
Nationalist Conservative 118 0.11 Increase0.11
Nation 108 0.10 Increase0.10
Liberal Democrat 88 0.08 Decrease0.18
HEPAR No candidates 0 0.00 Steady0.00
Total votes 105,114 100.00
Rejected ballots 2,227 2.08 Increase1.07
Turnout 107,341 86.44 Increase2.17

Presidential elections

2014

Presidential Election 2014: Artvin[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
AKP Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 50,068 52.62
Independent Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu 42,756 44.94
HDP Selahattin Demirtaş 2,320 2.44
Total votes 95,144 100.00
Rejected ballots 2,361 2.42
Turnout 97,505 74.62
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win

References

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