Şırnak (electoral district)

Şırnak 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.

Şırnak
electoral district for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Şırnak shown within Turkey
Province	Şırnak
Electorate	268,308
Current electoral district
Created	1991
Seats	4 Historical 3 (1991-2011)
Turnout at last election	87.05%
Representation
DEM	3 / 4
AK Party	1 / 4
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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. Şırnak became a province in 1990 and first sent members of parliament to Ankara - three of them - the following year. The seat allocation was increased to four ahead of the 2011 election.

There are currently four sitting members of parliament representing Şırnak, one of which is from the governing party. Şırnak was a district where the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) ran independent candidates in an attempt to overcome the 10 percent national electoral threshold. Three independent candidates were elected here in 2011; all have since joined the BDP.

General elections

Election results:

2011

Party		Votes	%	+/–
	Peace and Democracy Party	125,282	72.38	3
	Justice and Development Party	35,582	20.56	1
	Republican People's Party	5,139	2.97	–
	Nationalist Movement Party	2,029	1.17	–
	Other	5,065	2.93	–
Total		173,097	100.00	–
Valid votes		173,097	97.65
Invalid/blank votes		4,160	2.35
Total votes		177,257	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		203,942	86.92

June 2015

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Peoples' Democratic Party	188,012	85.32	new	4	+4
	Justice and Development Party	19,357	8.78	–11.26	0	–1
	Nationalist Movement Party	5,315	2.41	+1.30	–	–
	Republican People's Party	2,111	0.96	–1.99	–	–
	Free Cause Party	2,826	1.28		–	–
	Other	2,752	1.25		–	–
Total		220,373	100.00	–	4	–
Valid votes		220,373	98.40
Invalid/blank votes		3,572	1.60
Total votes		223,945	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		243,126	92.11

November 2015

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Peoples' Democratic Party	183,320	85.53	+0.21	4	0
	Justice and Development Party	23,822	11.11	+2.33	0	0
	Nationalist Movement Party	2,660	1.24	–1.17	–	–
	Republican People's Party	2,304	1.07	+0.11	–	–
	Other	2,221	1.04		–	–
Total		214,327	100.00	–	4	–
Valid votes		214,327	97.73
Invalid/blank votes		4,982	2.27
Total votes		219,309	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		243,425	90.09

2018

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Peoples' Democratic Party	162,969	71.88	–13.65	3	–1
	Justice and Development Party	38,523	16.99	+5.88	1	+1
	Nationalist Movement Party	8,721	3.85	+2.61	–	–
	Republican People's Party	5,048	2.23	+1.16	–	–
	Free Cause Party	4,847	2.14	+2.14	–	–
	Good Party	4,284	1.89	new	–	–
	Felicity Party	1,001	0.44		–	–
	Other	1,345	0.59		–	–
Total		226,738	100.00	–	4	–
Valid votes		226,738	97.08
Invalid/blank votes		6,827	2.92
Total votes		233,565	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		268,308	87.05

2023

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Party of Greens and the Left Future	170,695	64.43	3
	Justice and Development Party	54,283	20.49	1
	Republican People's Party	21,587	8.15	–
	Nationalist Movement Party	5,682	2.14	–
	Other	12,675	4.78	–
Total		264,922	100.00	4
Valid votes		264,922	96.51
Invalid/blank votes		9,594	3.49
Total votes		274,516	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		324,179	84.68

Presidential elections

2014

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Selahattin Demirtaş	People's Democratic Party	158,836	83.17
	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	Justice and Development Party	28,243	14.79
	Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu	Republican People's Party	3,891	2.04
Total			190,970	100.00
Valid votes			190,970	98.75
Invalid/blank votes			2,420	1.25
Total votes			193,390	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			235,390	82.16

2018

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Selahattin Demirtaş	People's Democratic Party	163,797	72.06
	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	Justice and Development Party	48,199	21.21
	Muharrem İnce	Republican People's Party	11,149	4.91
	Meral Akşener	Good Party	3,101	1.36
	Other	1,047	0.46
Total			227,293	100.00
Valid votes			227,293	97.30
Invalid/blank votes			6,315	2.70
Total votes			233,608	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			268,308	87.07