Kırklareli (electoral district)

Kırklareli is an electoral district of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects three 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.

Kırklareli
electoral district
for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Kırklareli highlighted in red on a beige political map of Turkeym
Kırklareli shown within Turkey
ProvinceKırklareli
Electorate254,455
Current electoral district
Created1920
Seats3
Historical
  • 4 (1995-1999)
    3 (1973-1995)
    4 (1961-1973)
    6 (1957-1961)
    5 (1954-1957)
MPs
List
Turnout at last election90.78%
CHP
2 / 3
AK Party
1 / 3

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. Kırklareli's seat allocation has been three seats since 1999.

MPs for Kırklareli, 1999 onwards
Seat 1999 (21st parliament) 2002 (22nd parliament) 2007 (23rd parliament) 2011 (24th parliament) June 2015 (25th parliament)
1 Necdet Tekin
DSP
Mehmet Siyam Kesimoğlu
CHP
Tansel Barış
CHP
Mehmet Siyam Kesimoğlu
CHP
Türabi Kayan
CHP
2 Nural Karagöz
DSP
Yavuz Altınorak
CHP
Turgut Dibek
CHP
Vecdi Gündoğdu
CHP
3 Cemal Özbilen
Motherland
Ahmet Gökhan Sarıçam
AK Party
Şenol Gürşan
AK Party
Hamdi Irmak
AK Party

General elections

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2011

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General Election 2011: Kırklareli[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CHP
2 elected                               0
  • 1. Mehmet Siyam Kesimoğlu  Y
    2. Turgut Dibek  Y
    3. Türabi Kayan  N
119,598 52.53  12.41
AK Party
1 elected                               0
  • 1. Şenol Gürşan  Y
    2. Şaban Erden  N
    3. Volkan Göç  N
62,445 27.43  7.26
MHP
None elected
  • 1. Cemal Özbilen  N
    2. Armağan Ayyıldız  N
    3. Cemal Terzi  N
37,638 16.53  0.66
DP
None elected
  • 1. Sinan Katnaş  N
    2. İsmet Karadöl  N
    3. Arif Deniz  N
1,708 0.75  8.25
DSP
None elected
  • 1. Kemal İnebolu  N
    2. İlhan Özaltan  N
    3. Özkan Yar  N
928 0.41 N/A'"`UNIQ−−ref−0000000A−QINU`"'
SAADET
None elected
  • 1. Özay Dilber  N
    2. Dilek Gündüz  N
    3. Feridun Mercan  N
880 0.39  0.39
Labour
None elected
  • 1. Özlem Boyraz Özel  N
    2. Aynur Toso  N
    3. Erdal Tektaş  N
854 0.38  0.23
HEPAR
None elected
  • 1. Erdem Esmer  N
    2. Alİ Uşar  N
    3. Erdem Özdemir  N
839 0.37  0.38
HAS Party
None elected
  • 1. Nihat Karaçam  N
    2. Müjdat Süpürgeci  N
    3. Yakup Küçüker  N
835 0.37  0.37
DYP
None elected
  • 1. Zekayi Algur  N
    2. İbrahim Ethem Hekimoğlu  N
    3. Ferhan İnoğlu  N
511 0.22  0.22
Independent
None elected
  • Halil İbrahim Nebiler  N
368 0.16  0.03
Büyük Birlik
None elected
  • 1. Ahmet Ali Kaplan  N
    2. Hayati Örencik  N
    3. Necati Çetin  N
293 0.13  0.13
TKP
None elected
  • 1. Ekim Orhan İsmi  N
    2. Nevin Erbil  N
    3. Yeter Özkan  N
263 0.12  0.01
Nationalist Conservative
None elected
  • 1. Sedat Tosun  N
    2. Mehmet Göç  N
    3. Adem Köse  N
205 0.09  0.09
MP
None elected
  • 1. Hikmet Sofu  N
    2. Rahime Edibali  N
    3. Şevket Kara  N
202 0.09  0.09
Liberal Democrat
None elected
  • 1. Ahmet Özen  N
    2. Şuayip Demirci  N
    3. Gül Denge Düzelt  N
106 0.05  0.11
Total votes 227,673 100.00
Rejected ballots 4,006 1.76  0.88
Turnout 230,993 90.78  0.29
CHP hold
Majority
57,153 25.10  5.32

June 2015

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Abbr. Party Votes %
CHP Republican People's Party 115,951 50.1%
AK Party Justice and Development Party 53,399 23.1%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 49,487 21.4%
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 5,342 2.3%
Other 7,075 3.1%
Total 231,254
Turnout 88.99%
source: YSK

November 2015

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Abbr. Party Votes %
CHP Republican People's Party 129,440 55.7%
AK Party Justice and Development Party 64,270 27.7%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 28,776 12.4%
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 4,212 1.8%
Other 5,593 2.4%
Total 232,291
Turnout 88.81%
source: YSK

2018

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Abbr. Party Votes %
CHP Republican People's Party 116,179 48.1%
AK Party Justice and Development Party 62,148 25.8%
IYI Good Party 40,069 16.6%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 11,367 4.7%
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 7,123 3%
Other 4,461 1.8%
Total 241,347
Turnout 90.37%
source: YSK

Presidential elections

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2014

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Presidential Election 2014: Kırklareli[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu 144,558 67.95
AK Party Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 63,328 29.77
HDP Selahattin Demirtaş 4,861 2.28
Total votes 212,747 100.00
Rejected ballots 3,226 1.49
Turnout 215,973 82.54
Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu win

References

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  1. ^ Milletvekili kesin aday listeleri Sabah, 29 April 2011 (in Turkish) [dead link]
  2. ^ [1] Turkish electoral commission
  3. ^ The Democratic Left Party (DSP) fielded joint candidates under the CHP party list in 2007.
  4. ^ 2014 il bazında aday oyları Yüksek Seçim Kurulu (in Turkish) [dead link]

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