Edirne (electoral district)

Edirne 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.

Edirne
electoral district for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Edirne shown within Turkey
Province	Edirne
Electorate	300,609
Current electoral district
Created	1923
Seats	3 Historical 4 (1999-2007)
Turnout at last election	89.40%[1]
Representation
CHP	2 / 3
AK Party	1 / 3
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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. Edirne's seats were reduced from four to three in 2011.

MPs for Edirne, 2002 onwards[2][3][4][5]
Election		2002 (22nd parliament)		2007 (23rd parliament)		2011 (24th parliament)		June 2015 (25th parliament)		Nov 2015 (26th parliament)
MP		Necdet Budak CHP		Bilgin Paçarız CHP		Kemal Değermendereli CHP		Erdin Bircan CHP
MP		Rasim Çakır CHP				Recep Gürkan CHP		Okan Gaytancıoğlu CHP
MP		Nejat Gencan CHP		Necdet Budak AK Party		Mehmet Müezzinoğlu AK Party		Şemsettin Emir AK Party		Rafet Sezen AK Party
MP		Ali Ayağ AK Party		Cemalettin Uslu MHP	No seat

General elections

2011

General Election 2011: Edirne[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CHP	2 elected                              0 1. Recep Gürkan 2. Kemal Değirmendereli 3. Abdülbaki Topal N	136,532	51.70	15.87
	AK Party	1 elected                              0 1. Mehmet Müezzinoğlu 2. Tuna Bekleviç N 3. Fatma Aksal N	80,251	30.40	9.68
	MHP	None elected                       1 1. Cemaleddin Uslu N 2. Gürsel Şimşek N 3. Doğuş Şimşek N	35,152	13.31	3.52
	Democrat	None elected 1. Nurhayat Bozkurt N 2. Recep Seçkin Onal N 3. Yavuz Güngör N	2,486	0.94	8.63
	Felicity	None elected 1. Ali Erhan Demirkıran N 2. Mustafa Kabakçılı N 3. Sinan Tekin N	2,417	0.92	0.73
	HEPAR	None elected 1. Ahmet Eren Çorbacı N 2. Talip Aydın N 3. Murat Aygün N	1,381	0.52	0.52
	DSP	None elected 1. Hüseyin Saygı N 2. Kemal Gözübrek N 3. Hayri İdin N	1,188	0.45	N/A
	HAS Party	None elected 1. Cemil Çıvan N 2. Mehmet Çolakkol N 3. İbrahim İmamoğlu N	1,084	0.41	0.41
	Labour	None elected 1. Fevzi Ayber N 2. Hayri Arı N 3. Namık Türkmen N	1,050	0.40	0.17
	DYP	None elected 1. Zeynep Meltem Güngenci N 2. Hediye Kalem Güler N 3. Yeşim Doğanay N	680	0.26	0.26
	TKP	None elected 1. Kenan Doğan N 2. İrfan Tunca N 3. Sedat Zımba N	430	0.16	0.01
	BBP	None elected 1. arif Köroğlu N 2. Recep Mermer N 3. Sezgin Merdan N	407	0.15	0.15
	Nation	None elected 1. Necmi Yalın N 2. Yusuf Çetin N 3. Aynur Şentürk N	351	0.13	0.13
	Independent	None elected Mehmet Saygın Turan N	286	0.11	0.22
	Nationalist Conservative	None elected 1. Hayri Dirik N 2. Recai Kocatürk N 3. Tevfik Kalemci N	267	0.10	0.10
	Liberal Democrat	None elected 1. Mahmut Metin Göktürk N 2. Cemal Tanık N 3. Hayrullah Ergün Koç N	144	0.05	0.05
Total votes			264,106	100.00
Rejected ballots			4,651	1.73	0.78
Turnout			268,747	89.40	1.39

June 2015

Abbr.		Party	Votes	%
	CHP	Republican People's Party	140,848	53.8%
	AKP	Justice and Development Party	63,381	24.2%
	MHP	Nationalist Movement Party	41,316	15.8%
	HDP	Peoples' Democratic Party	6,955	2.7%
		Other	9,470	3.6%
Total			261,970
Turnout			87.72%
source: YSK

November 2015

Abbr.		Party	Votes	%
	CHP	Republican People's Party	149,278	57%
	AKP	Justice and Development Party	70,648	27%
	MHP	Nationalist Movement Party	27,966	10.7%
	HDP	Peoples' Democratic Party	5,405	2.1%
		Other	8,595	3.3%
Total			261,892
Turnout			87.12%
source: YSK

2018

Abbr.		Party	Votes	%
	CHP	Republican People's Party	123,252	46%
	AKP	Justice and Development Party	73,630	27.5%
	IYI	Good Party	42,614	15.9%
	MHP	Nationalist Movement Party	13,104	4.9%
	HDP	Peoples' Democratic Party	8,744	3.3%
		Other	6,733	2.5%
Total			268,077
Turnout			88.59%
source: YSK

Presidential elections

2014

Presidential Election 2014: Edirne[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu	156,959	64.96
	AK Party	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	77,768	32.18
	HDP	Selahattin Demirtaş	6,913	2.86
Total votes			241,640	100.00
Rejected ballots			4,465	1.81
Turnout			246,105	81.08
	Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu win

References

1. http://www.ysk.gov.tr/ysk/docs/2011MilletvekiliSecimi/KesinSonuclar/edirne.pdf
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-01-05. Retrieved 2015-01-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-01-05. Retrieved 2015-01-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
6. http://www.ysk.gov.tr/ysk/docs/2011MilletvekiliSecimi/KesinSonuclar/bolu.pdf
7. http://www.ysk.gov.tr/ysk/content/conn/YSKUCM/path/Contribution%20Folders/HaberDosya/CB-AdayOylari-ilBazında-2014.pdf