Bitlis (electoral district)

Bitlis
electoral district
for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey

Bitlis shown within Turkey
Province Bitlis
Electorate 176,597
Current electoral district
Created 1923
Seats

3

Turnout at last election 84.86%[1]
AKP
2 / 3
HDP
1 / 3

Bitlis is an electoral district of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects three 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. Bitlis elected four MPs between 1999 and 2007. In 2011, the province lost one seat and elected three MPs.

MPs for Bitlis, 1999 onwards[2][3][4][5]
Election 1999 (21st parliament) 2002 (22nd parliament) 2007 (23rd parliament) 2011 (24th parliament) 2015 (25th parliament)
MP Edip Safter Gaydalı
ANAP
Abdurrahim Aksoy
AK Party
Cemal Taşer
AK Party
Vedat Demiröz
AK Party
MP Yahya Çevik
DYP
Vahit Kilner
AK Party
MP Zeki Ersezgin
Virtue
Zeki Ersezgin
AK Party
Hüsamettin Zenderlioğlu
Independent
MP İbrahim Halil Oral
MHP
Edip Safder Gaydalı
Independent
Mehmet Nezir Karabaş
Independent
No seat

General elections

2011

General Election 2011: Bitlis[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AKP 74,058 50.70 Decrease8.12
Independent 58,748 40.22 Increase18.44
MHP 4,641 3.18 Decrease2.55
CHP 2,511 1.72 Decrease6.93
BBP 1,986 1.36 Increase1.36
HAS Party 1,108 0.76 Increase0.76
Democratic Left 929 0.64 N/A
Felicity 796 0.54 Decrease1.06
Democrat 583 0.40 Decrease1.35
Turkish Communists 416 0.28 Decrease0.02
DYP 124 0.08 Increase0.08
Nationalist Conservative 106 0.07 Increase0.07
Nation 72 0.05 Increase0.05
Liberal Democrat No candidates 0 0.00 Decrease0.07
Labour No candidates 0 0.00 Steady0.00
HEPAR No candidates 0 0.00 Steady0.00
Total votes 146,078 100.00
Rejected ballots 4,077 2.72 Increase1.05
Turnout 149,854 84.86 Decrease0.44
AKP hold
Majority
15,310 10.48 Decrease26.56

Presidential elections

2014

Presidential Election 2014: Bitlis[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
AKP Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 72,139 52.06
HDP Selahattin Demirtaş 60,583 43.72
Independent Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu 5,849 4.22
Total votes 138,571 100.00
Rejected ballots 2,538 1.80
Turnout 141,109 75.38
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win

References

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