Ardahan (electoral district)

Ardahan 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.

Ardahan
electoral district
for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Ardahan highlighted in red on a beige political map of Turkeym
Ardahan shown within Turkey
ProvinceArdahan
Electorate69,160
Current electoral district
Created1995
Seats2
Turnout at last election84.22%[1]
AK Party
1 / 2
CHP
1 / 2

Members

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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, Ardahan has consistently elected two MPs since 1999.

MPs for Ardahan, 2002 onwards[2][3][4][5]
Election 2002 (22nd Parliament) 2007 (23rd Parliament) 2011 (24th Parliament) June 2015 (25th Parliament) November 2015 (26th Parliament)
MP Kenan Altun
AK Party
Ertekin Çolak
AK Party
Orhan Atalay
AK Party
MP Ensar Öğüt
CHP
Metin Arifağaoğlu
CHP
Ensar Öğüt
CHP
Taşkın Aktaş
HDP
Öztürk Yılmaz
CHP

General elections

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2011

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2011 general election: Ardahan[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AK Party
1 elected                               0
  • 1. Orhan Atalay  Y
    2. Orhan Gökdemir  N
22,831 40.22  0.38
CHP
1 elected                               0
  • 1. Ensar Öğüt  Y
    2. Metin Demir  N
17,476 30.78  1.51
Independent
None elected
  • Yüksel Avşar  N
    Süleyman Koç  N
7,089 12.49  3.21
MHP
None elected
  • 1. Sebahattin Sarıçam  N
    2. Övün Çabak  N
5,651 9.95  3.87
Büyük Birlik
None elected
  • 1. Abdullah Topcu  N
    2. Sinan Yıldırım  N
1,666 2.93  2.93
DP
None elected
  • 1. Emin Üstün  N
    2. Mehmet Baş  N
439 0.77  2.42
DSP
None elected
  • 1. Fehim Gündüz  N
    2. İbrahim Sayan  N
395 0.70 N/A
HAS Party
None elected
  • 1. Ayhan Akay  N
    2. Berkant Ezer  N
309 0.54  0.54
SAADET
None elected
  • 1. Mevlüt Çalışkan  N
    2. Fatih Yılmaz  N
259 0.46  0.40
TKP
None elected
  • 1. Ulaş Erdoğan  N
    2. Ayfer Aktemur  N
197 0.35  1.07
MP
None elected
  • 1. Ayhan Uğurer  N
    2. Rahim Aktaş  N
186 0.33  0.33
DYP
None elected
  • 1. Ekrem Şahin  N
    2. Ferhat Bindik  N
128 0.23  0.23
Nationalist Conservative
None elected
  • 1. Zeyni Ejder  N
    2. Zühal Kalkan  N
101 0.18  0.18
Liberal Democrat
None elected
  • 1. Döndü İnaldır  N
    2. Nihat Müştü  N
45 0.08  0.11
HEPAR No candidates 0 0.00  0.00
Labour No candidates 0 0.00  0.00
Total votes 56,772 100.00
Rejected ballots 1,631 2.80  1.73
Turnout 58,249 84.22  2.05

June 2015

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Abbr. Party Votes %
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 17,096 30.4%
CHP Republican People's Party 12,494 22.2%
AKP Justice and Development Party 14,759 26.2%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 4,393 7.8%
SP Felicity Party 561 1%
Other 6,981 12.4%
Total 56,284
Turnout 83.90
source: YSK

November 2015

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Abbr. Party Votes %
AKP Justice and Development Party 19,916 36.5%
CHP Republican People's Party 15,850 29%
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 12,113 22.2%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 4,857 8.9%
SP Felicity Party 147 0.3%
Other 1,713 3.1%
Total 54,596
Turnout 81.07
source: YSK

2018

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Abbr. Party Votes %
AKP Justice and Development Party 20,431 36.1%
CHP Republican People's Party 14,688 25.9%
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 13,358 23.6%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 3,746 6.6%
IYI Good Party 2,900 5.1%
SP Felicity Party 569 1%
Other 982 1.7%
Total 56,674
Turnout 84.81
source: YSK

Presidential elections

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2014

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2014 presidential election: Ardahan[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
AK Party Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 20,567 40.69
Independent Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu 18,313 36.23
HDP Selahattin Demirtaş 11,671 23.09
Total votes 50,551 100.00
Rejected ballots 1,122 2.17
Turnout 51,673 73.11
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win

References

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  1. ^ a b "2011 milletvekili kesin sonuçlar" (PDF). ysk.org.tr (in Turkish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  2. ^ "TBMM 24.Dönem Milletvekili Listesi". Archived from the original on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  3. ^ "TBMM 23.Dönem Milletvekili Listesi". Archived from the original on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  4. ^ "TBMM 22.Dönem Milletvekili Listesi". Archived from the original on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  5. ^ "TBMM 21.Dönem Milletvekili Listesi". Archived from the original on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  6. ^ "2014 aday oyları il bazinda" (PDF). ysk.org.tr (in Turkish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2023.

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