Kırklareli (electoral district)

Kırklareli
Kırklareli
electoral district; for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
	Kırklareli shown within Turkey
Province	Kırklareli
Electorate	254,455
Current electoral district
Created	1920
Seats	3; Historical 4 (1995-1999); 3 (1973-1995); 4 (1961-1973); 6 (1957-1961); 5 (1954-1957);
MPs	List Mehmet Siyam Kesimoğlu CHP; Turgut Dibek CHP; Şenol Gürşan AKP;
Turnout at last election	90.78%
	Representation
CHP	2 / 3
AK Party	1 / 3
	Politics of Turkey; Political parties; ; Elections previous; next; ;

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.

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. 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)
Seat		1999 (21st parliament)		2002 (22nd parliament)		2007 (23rd parliament)		2011 (24th parliament)		June 2015 (25th parliament)
1	width=1px style="background-color: Template:Democratic Left Party (Turkey)/meta/color" \|	Necdet Tekin DSP	width=1px style="background-color: Template:Republican People's Party (Turkey)/meta/color" \|	Mehmet Siyam Kesimoğlu CHP	width=1px style="background-color: Template:Republican People's Party (Turkey)/meta/color" \|	Tansel Barış CHP	width=1px style="background-color: Template:Republican People's Party (Turkey)/meta/color" \|	Mehmet Siyam Kesimoğlu CHP	width=1px style="background-color: Template:Republican People's Party (Turkey)/meta/color" \|	Türabi Kayan CHP	width=1px style="background-color: Template:Republican People's Party (Turkey)/meta/color" \|
2	width=1px style="background-color: Template:Democratic Left Party (Turkey)/meta/color" \|	Nural Karagöz DSP	width=1px style="background-color: Template:Republican People's Party (Turkey)/meta/color" \|	Yavuz Altınorak CHP	width=1px style="background-color: Template:Republican People's Party (Turkey)/meta/color" \|	Turgut Dibek CHP			width=1px style="background-color: Template:Republican People's Party (Turkey)/meta/color" \|	Vecdi Gündoğdu CHP	width=1px style="background-color: Template:Republican People's Party (Turkey)/meta/color" \|
3	width=1px style="background-color: Template:Motherland Party (Turkey)/meta/color" \|	Cemal Özbilen Anavatan	width=1px style="background-color: Template:Justice and Development Party (Turkey)/meta/color" \|	Ahmet Gökhan Sarıçam AK Party			width=1px style="background-color: Template:Justice and Development Party (Turkey)/meta/color" \|	Şenol Gürşan AK Party	width=1px style="background-color: Template:Justice and Development Party (Turkey)/meta/color" \|	Hamdi Irmak AK Party	width=1px style="background-color: Template:Justice and Development Party (Turkey)/meta/color" \|

General elections

2011

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^[3]
	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
	Communist_Party_of_Turkey_(today)	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

Abbr.		Party	Votes	%
	CHP	Republican People's Party	115,951	50.1%
	AKP	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

Abbr.		Party	Votes	%
	CHP	Republican People's Party	129,440	55.7%
	AKP	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

Abbr.		Party	Votes	%
	CHP	Republican People's Party	116,179	48.1%
	AKP	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

2014

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

^ http://www.sabah.com.tr/gundem/2011/04/29/iste.milletvekili.kesin.aday.listeleri?paging=54
^ [1] Turkish electoral commission
^ The Democratic Left Party (DSP) fielded joint candidates under the CHP party list in 2007.
^ http://www.ysk.gov.tr/ysk/content/conn/YSKUCM/path/Contribution%20Folders/HaberDosya/CB-AdayOylari-ilBazında-2014.pdf

41°40′N 27°30′E / 41.667°N 27.500°E / 41.667; 27.500

[1] ttp://www.sabah.com.tr/gundem/2011/04/29/iste.milletvekili.kesin.aday.listeleri?paging=54

[2] [1] Turkish electoral commission

[3] The Democratic Left Party (DSP) fielded joint candidates under the CHP party list in 2007.

[4] ttp://www.ysk.gov.tr/ysk/content/conn/YSKUCM/path/Contribution%20Folders/HaberDosya/CB-AdayOylari-ilBazında-2014.pdf

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