Batman (electoral district)

Batman
electoral district
for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey

Batman shown within Turkey
Province Batman
Electorate 270,392
Current electoral district
Created 1991
Seats 4
Turnout at last election 83.82%[1]
HDP
3 / 4
AKP
1 / 4

Batman is an electoral district of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects four 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. Batman became an electoral district for the 1991 general election and has continuously elected four MPs.

MPs for Batman, 2002 onwards[2][3][4][5]
Election 2002 (22nd parliament) 2007 (23rd parliament) 2011 (24th parliament) June 2015 (25th parliament) Nov 2015 (26th parliament)
MP Afif Demirkıran
AK Party		 Mehmet Emin Ekmen
AK Party		 Ziver Özdemir
AK Party		 Ataullah Hamidi
AK Party
MP Ahmet İnal
AK Party		 Mehmet Şimşek
AK Party		 Ali Atalan
HDP		 Mehmet Ali Aslan
HDP
MP Mehmet Ali Suçin
AK Party		 Ayla Akat Ata
Independent		 Saadet Becerekli
HDP
MP Mehmet Nezir Nasıroğlu
CHP		 Bengi Yıldız
Independent		 Ayşe Acar Başaran
HDP

General elections

2011

General Election 2011: Batman[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 113,378 51.48 Increase12.06
AKP 81,778 37.13 Decrease9.28
CHP 14,754 6.70 Increase2.79
BBP 3,282 1.49 Increase1.49
Felicity 2,156 0.98 Decrease0.94
MHP 1,281 0.58 Decrease0.35
Democrat 930 0.42 Decrease5.34
HAS Party 873 0.40 Increase0.40
Democratic Left 720 0.33 N/A
Turkish Communists 460 0.21 Decrease0.12
DYP 188 0.09 Increase0.09
Liberal Democrat 167 0.08 Increase0.07
Nation 155 0.07 Increase0.07
Nationalist Conservative 112 0.05 Increase0.05
HEPAR No candidates 0 0.00 Steady0.00
Labour No candidates 0 0.00 Steady0.00
Total votes 220,234 100.00
Rejected ballots 6,774 2.99 Increase1.37
Turnout 226,642 83.82 Increase8.08
Independent gain from AKP
Majority
 31,600 14.35 Increase21.34

Presidential elections

2014

Presidential Election 2014: Batman[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
HDP Selahattin Demirtaş 134,370 60.00
AKP Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 85,153 38.02
Independent Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu 4,424 1.98
Total votes 223,947 100.00
Rejected ballots 3,799 1.67
Turnout 227,746 75.71
Selahattin Demirtaş win

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ysk.gov.tr/ysk/docs/2011MilletvekiliSecimi/KesinSonuclar/Batman.pdf
  2. ↑ "TBMM 24.Dönem Milletvekili Listesi". Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "TBMM 23.Dönem Milletvekili Listesi". Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "TBMM 22.Dönem Milletvekili Listesi". Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "TBMM 21.Dönem Milletvekili Listesi". Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  6. ↑ http://www.ysk.gov.tr/ysk/docs/2011MilletvekiliSecimi/KesinSonuclar/batman.pdf
  7. ↑ http://www.sabah.com.tr/gundem/2011/04/29/iste-milletvekili-kesin-aday-listeleri?paging=16
  8. ↑ http://www.ysk.gov.tr/ysk/docs/2011MilletvekiliSecimi/KesinSonuclar/igdir.pdf

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

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