Bursa (electoral district)

Bursa
electoral district
for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey

Bursa shown within Turkey
Province Bursa
Electorate 1,876,748
Current electoral district
Created 1920
Seats

18

Turnout at last election 89.46%[1]
AKP
11 / 18
CHP
5 / 18
MHP
2 / 18

Bursa is an electoral district of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects eighteen 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.

MPs for Bursa, 1999 onwards[2][3][4][5]
Election 1999 (21st parliament) 2002 (22nd parliament) 2007 (23rd parliament) 2011 (24th parliament) 2015 (25th parliament)
MP Kenan Sönmez
ANAP
Abdulmecit Alp
AK Party
Hayrettin Çakmak
AK Party
Bedrettin Yıldırım
AK Party
MP Turhan Tayan
ANAP
Faruk Anbarcıoğlu
AK Party
Canan Candemir Çelik
AK Party
MP Ertüğrül Yalçınbayır
ANAP
Mehmet Altan Karapaşaoğlu
AK Party
Bülent Arınç
AK Party
MP Ali Arabacı
DSP
Faruk Çelik
AK Party
Hakan Çavuşoğlu
AK Party
MP Ali Rahmi Beyreli
DSP
Mustafa Dündar
AK Party
Ali Koyuncu
AK Party
Hüseyin Şahin
AK Party
MP Fahrettin Gülener
DSP
Şerif Birinç
AK Party
Ali Kul
AK Party
İsmail Aydın
AK Party
MP Hayati Korkmaz
DSP
Zafer Hıdıroğlu
AK Party
Mehmet Ocaktan
AK Party
İsmet Su
AK Party
MP Orhan Ocak
DSP
Sedat Kızılcıklı
AK Party
Mustafa Kemal Şerbetçioğlu
AK Party
MP Recep Önal
DSP
Şevket Orhan
AK Party
Mehmet Tunçak
AK Party
Mustafa Öztürk
AK Party
MP Oğuz Tezmen
DYP
Mehmet Emin Tutan
AK Party
Önder Matlı
AK Party
MP Teoman Özalp
DYP
Niyazi Pakyürek
AK Party
Ali Koyuncu
AK Party
Tülin Erkal Kara
AK Party
MP Faruk Çelik
Virtue
Ertüğrül Yalçınbayır
AK Party
Onur Başaran Öymen
CHP
Aykan Erdemir
CHP
MP Mehmet Altan Karapaşoğlu
Virtue
Kemal Demirel
CHP
İlhan Demiröz
CHP
MP Ahmet Sünnetçioğlu
Virtue
Ali Dinçer
CHP
Onur Başaran Öymen
CHP
Kemal Ekinci
CHP
MP Burhan Orhan
MHP
Mehmet Küçükaşık
CHP
Abdullah Özer
CHP
Sena Kaleli
CHP
MP Orhan Şen
MHP
Mustafa Özyurt
CHP
Hamza Hamit Homriş
MHP
Turban Tayan
CHP
MP No seat İsmet Büyükataman
MHP
MP No seat Necati Özansoy
MHP

General elections

2011

General Election 2011: Bursa[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AKP 875,380 52.97 Increase2.21
CHP 412,887 24.98 Increase6.57
MHP 238,137 14.41 Decrease0.07
Felicity 32,619 1.97 Decrease1.96
Independent 27,284 1.65 Increase0.58
HAS Party 15,145 0.92 Increase0.92
Democrat 14,545 0.88 Decrease4.74
HEPAR 10,867 0.66 Increase0.66
BBP 9,597 0.58 Increase0.58
Democratic Left 4,888 0.30 N/A
DYP 3,692 0.22 Increase0.22
Nation 3,271 0.20 Increase0.20
Turkish Communists 1,861 0.11 Decrease0.07
Nationalist Conservative 1,674 0.10 Increase0.10
Liberal Democrat 781 0.05 Decrease0.15
Labour No candidates 0 0.00 Steady0.00
Total votes 1,652,628 100.00
Rejected ballots 31,505 1.88 Decrease0.46
Turnout 1,678,968 89.46 Increase0.70
AKP hold
Majority
462,493 27.99 Decrease4.35

Presidential elections

2014

Presidential Election 2014: Bursa[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
AKP Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 848,694 54.88
Independent Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu 633,485 40.96
HDP Selahattin Demirtaş 64,294 4.16
Total votes 1,546,473 100.00
Rejected ballots 30,544 1.94
Turnout 1,577,017 79.31
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win

References

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