2002 Cihanbeyli by-election

The Cihanbeyli by-election of 2002 was a by-election held in the district of Cihanbeyli, Konya Province in order to elect a new mayor. Due to the large Kurdish population in the district, the election was won by the Kurdish nationalist Democratic People's Party (DEHAP). The newly formed Justice and Development Party (AKP), which went on to win the general elections held the same year, came a close second while the centre-left Republican People's Party (CHP) came third. 178 ballot boxes were used in the election for 37,066 registered voters.[1]

2002 Cihanbeyli local by-election

2002
Turnout	79.31%
Party DEHAP AK Party CHP Popular vote 9,330 9,068 2,917 Percentage 32.7% 31.8% 10.2%   Party MHP DYP ANAP Popular vote 1,993 1,849 1,435 Percentage 7.0% 6.5% 5.0%

Results

Party			Votes	Percentage
	DEHAP	Democratic People's Party	9,330	32.7
	AK Party	Justice and Development Party	9,068	31.8
	CHP	Republican People's Party	2,917	10.2
	MHP	Nationalist Movement Party	1,993	7.0
	DYP	True Path Party	1,849	6.5
	ANAP	Motherland Party	1,435	5.0
	GP	Young Party	557	2.0
	SP	Felicity Party	479	1.7
	BBP	Great Union Party	213	0.7
	YP	Homeland Party	140	0.5
	İP	Workers' Party	128	0.4
	DSP	Democratic Left Party	122	0.4
	ÖDP	Freedom and Solidarity Party	79	0.3
	MP	Nation Party	59	0.2
	BTP	Independent Turkey Party	42	0.1
	YTP	New Turkey Party	41	0.1
	TKP	Communist Party of Turkey	29	0.1
	LDP	Liberal Democrat Party	29	0.1
		Independent	8	0.0
Total			28,518	100.0
Invalid/blank votes			880	3.0
Turnout			29,398	79.3
Source: Seçim Sonuçları

References

1. http://www.secim-sonuclari.com/2002/konya/cihanbeyli