Balıkesir (electoral district)

Balıkesir is an electoral district of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects eight 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.

Balıkesir
electoral district
for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Balıkesir highlighted in red on a beige political map of Turkeym
Balıkesir shown within Turkey
ProvinceBalıkesir
Electorate866,739
Current electoral district
Created1920
Seats8
Historical
  • 9 (1999)
Turnout at last election90.16%[1]
AK Party
4 / 8
CHP
3 / 8
MHP
1 / 8

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. Balıkesir elected 9 MPs in 1999. The district has lost one seat since then and has elected 8 MPs since 2002.

MPs for Balıkesir, 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 Ali Aydınlıoğlu
AK Party
Ayşe Akbaş
AK Party
Ali Aydınlıoğlu
AK Party
MP Turhan Çömez
AK Party
Mehmet Cemal Öztaylan
AK Party
Sema Kırcı
AK Party
MP Ahmet Edip Uğur
AK Party
Mahmut Poyrazlı
AK Party
MP Ali Osman Sali
AK Party
Tülay Babuşcu
AK Party
Recep Çetin
MHP
Kasım Bostan
AK Party
MP Orhan Sür
CHP
Ahmet Duran Bulut
MHP
İsmail Ok
MHP
MP İsmail Özgün
AK Party
Ayşe Nedret Akova
CHP
Ahmet Akın
CHP
MP Ali Kemal Deveciler
CHP
Ergün Aydoğan
CHP
Haluk Ahmet Gümüş
CHP
Mehmet Tüm
CHP
MP Sedat Pekel
CHP
Hüseyin Pazarcı
CHP
Namık Havutça
CHP

General elections

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2011

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2011 general election: Balıkesir[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AK Party
4 elected                               1
  • 1. Ahmet Edip Uğur  Y
    2. Mehmet Cemal Öztaylan  Y
    3. Tülay Babuşçu  Y
    4. Ali Aydınlıoğlu  Y
    5. Mehmet Akif Okur  N
    6. Emin Mehmet Karatan  N
    7. Ekrem Yavaş  N
    8. Hilal Demirözer  N
356,649 46.50  5.04
CHP
3 elected                               1
  • 1. Namık Havutça  Y
    2. Ayşe Nedret Akova  Y
    3. Haluk Ahmet Gümüş  Y
    4. Ahmet Akın  N
    5. Hasan İşgüzar  N
    6. Hüsnü Erol  N
    7. İrfan Barış  N
    8. Ömür Mustafa Boyuer  N
259,104 33.78  9.46
MHP
1 elected                               0
  • 1. Ahmet Duran Bulut  Y
    2. Rafet Çetinel  N
    3. Ahmet Keskin  N
    4. Ruşen Aşkın Akçay  N
    5. Kemal Girgin  N
    6. Zakir Yılmaz  N
    7. Yılmaz Uçak  N
    8. Uğur Söğüt  N
106,663 13.91  1.93
DP
None elected
  • 1. İlhan Erdinç  N
    2. Ata Selçuk  N
    3. Elif Zeynep Eken  N
    4. Mehmet Efe  N
    5. Ali Rıza Deniz  N
    6. Mehmet Bakir Arslan  N
    7. Sabir Arslan  N
    8. Halil İbrahim Akkoca  N
9,145 1.19  7.66
SAADET
None elected
  • 1. Bayram Ali Ayyıldız  N
    2. Murat Sali  N
    3. Ömer Taşkın  N
    4. Abdullah Özlen  N
    5. Lütfi Çelik  N
    6. Mehmet Filiz  N
    7. Zülfer Erol  N
    8. Ahmet Pınar  N
8,724 1.14  0.91
Independent
None elected
  • Turan Cengiz  N
    Kartal Cemil Demir  N
    Serap Yeşiltuna  N
6,785 0.88  0.17
HAS Party
None elected
  • 1. Cengiz Yücel Özek  N
    2. Nevzat Kulaoğlu  N
    3. Necdet Debre  N
    4. Tanju Akçe  N
    5. Şükran Karaboğa  N
    6. Hakan Demirtaş  N
    7. Nejla Caner  N
    8. Faruk Kulaksızoğlu  N
4,583 0.60  0.60
Büyük Birlik
None elected
  • 1. Zekai Çakır  N
    2. Barış Aybaşlı  N
    3. Hüseyin Karagöz  N
    4. Zeki Akın  N
    5. Şeref Kafa  N
    6. İsmail Şılmaz  N
    7. Cemalettin Ateş  N
    8. Ahmet Duman  N
2,887 0.38  0.38
HEPAR
None elected
  • 1. Aysel Kökener  N
    2. Çağlayan Yaşar  N
    3. Esra Öztürkler  N
    4. Hüseyin Uçar  N
    5. Emrah Eruysal  N
    6. Kazım Aka  N
    7. Mehmet Gökhan Erten  N
    8. Mehmet İlem  N
2,504 0.33  0.33
DYP
None elected
  • 1. Eser Özaçıkgöz  N
    2. Cem Erdeveciler  N
    3. Mustafa Yalazı  N
    4. Adem Dimici  N
    5. Murat Aksakal  N
    6. Burçak Çolak  N
    7. Şahin Erbay  N
    8. Murat Deringöl  N
2,465 0.32  0.32
DSP
None elected
  • 1. Ahmet Aydoğdu  N
    2. Ümit Ayhan  N
    3. Metin Özyurt  N
    4. Muharrem Yavuz  N
    5. Süleyman Palalı  N
    6. Ali Bozdak  N
    7. İsmail Çalışkan  N
    8. Hüseyin Kadıoğlu  N
2,448 0.32 N/A
Labour
None elected
  • 1. Zeynep Henza Çalışkan  N
    2. Ayten Çetin  N
    3. Rıfat Ada  N
    4. Cemil Tosunoğlu  N
    5. Ferhat Gürkan  N
    6. Zeynel Altan  N
    7. Yetiş Yılmaz Şentürk  N
    8. Elif Özer  N
2,113 0.28  0.27
TKP
None elected
  • 1. Selami Kıymaç  N
    2. Mustafa Yalazı  N
    3. Yılmaz Altıntaş  N
    4. Hasan Atilla  N
    5. Selim Sarıcan  N
    6. Bülent Acar  N
    7. Münür Çalışkan  N
    8. Nurten Kuşatan  N
921 0.12  0.16
Nationalist Conservative
None elected
  • 1. Samet Ömer Oyal  N
    2. Volkan Orhan Kutun  N
    3. Sibel Türkoğlu  N
    4. Ziya Önçırak  N
    5. Serkan Tavşan  N
    6. Hatice Gürsal  N
    7. Naciye Çelik  N
    8. Mahigül Yılmaz  N
827 0.11  0.11
MP
None elected
  • 1. Ahmet Yakaner  N
    2. Meral Atlıakın  N
    3. Eyüp Baş  N
    4. Ergün Yıldırım  N
    5. Mehmet Bircan  N
    6. İsmail Şen  N
    7. Serdar Matışlı  N
    8. Bekir Sezer  N
679 0.09  0.09
Liberal Democrat
None elected
  • 1. Ahmet Doğru  N
    2. Gökhan Takım  N
    3. Aydın Ulaşan  N
    4. Ahmet Denizeri  N
    5. Onur Öz  N
    6. Murad Tayoğlu  N
    7. Halil İhsan Çakır  N
    8. İbrahim Derli  N
441 0.06  0.17
Total votes 766,938 100.00
Rejected ballots 16,881 2.16  0.08
Turnout 781,410 90.16  1.42
AK Party hold
Majority
92,074 12.72  4.43

June 2015

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Abbr. Party Votes %
AK Party Justice and Development Party 305,602 38.9%
CHP Republican People's Party 267,677 34%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 159,274 20.3%
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 24,121 3.1%
SP Felicity Party 14,324 1.8%
Other 15,185 1.9%
Total 786,183
Turnout 88.54
source: YSK

November 2015

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Abbr. Party Votes %
AK Party Justice and Development Party 361,821 45.5%
CHP Republican People's Party 275,229 34.6%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 117,551 14.8%
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 18,382 2.3%
SP Felicity Party 6,788 0.9%
Other 14,796 1.9%
Total 794,567
Turnout 88.54
source: YSK

2018

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Abbr. Party Votes %
AK Party Justice and Development Party 338,879 40.4%
CHP Republican People's Party 256,303 30.6%
IYI Good Party 125,333 14.9%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 62,255 7.4%
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 32,275 3.8%
SP Felicity Party 9,811 1.2%
Other 13,751 1.6%
Total 838,607
Turnout 90.81
source: YSK

Presidential elections

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2014

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2014 presidential election: Balıkesir[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu 368,822 49.36
AK Party Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 357,170 47.80
HDP Selahattin Demirtaş 21,273 2.85
Total votes 747,265 100.00
Rejected ballots 15,038 1.97
Turnout 762,303 83.17
Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu win

References

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  2. ^ "TBMM 24.Dönem Milletvekili Listesi". Archived from the original on January 5, 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  3. ^ "TBMM 23.Dönem Milletvekili Listesi". Archived from the original on January 5, 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  4. ^ "TBMM 22.Dönem Milletvekili Listesi". Archived from the original on January 5, 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  5. ^ "TBMM 21.Dönem Milletvekili Listesi". Archived from the original on January 5, 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
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  7. ^ "İşte milletvekili kesin aday listeleri". Sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  8. ^ 2014 Cumhurbaşkanlığı Seçimi aday oyları YSK (in Turkish) [dead link]

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