Kilis (electoral district)

Kilis is an electoral district of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects two 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.

Kilis
electoral district
for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Kilis shown within Turkey
ProvinceKilis
Electorate75,872
Current electoral district
Created1995
Seats2
Turnout at last election87.62%
AK Party
1 / 2
MHP
1 / 2

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. Kilis is a new province, established in 1995, and is one of Turkey's smallest, having always sent two members of parliament to Ankara.

MPs for Kilis, 1999 onwards
Seat 1999 (21st parliament) 2002 (22nd parliament) 2007 (23rd parliament) 2011 (24th parliament) June 2015 (25th parliament)
1 Doğan Güreş
DYP		 Hasan Kara
AK Party		 Fuat Karakuş
AK Party		 Reşit Polat
AK Party
2 Mehmet Nacar
MHP		 Veli Kaya
AK Party		 Hüseyin Devecioğlu
AK Party		 Ahmet Salih Dal
AK Party		 Mustafa Yün
MHP

General elections

2011
General Election 2011: Kilis[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AK Party 38,967 59.54 3.33
MHP 13,708 20.94 0.49
CHP 9,948 15.20 4.40
Democrat 830 1.27 4.69
Felicity 623 0.95 0.37
HAS Party 584 0.89 0.89
BBP 227 0.35 0.35
DYP 180 0.28 0.28
Independent 83 0.13 0.00
Labour 83 0.13 0.04
DSP 75 0.11 N/A[3]
Nationalist Conservative 50 0.08 0.08
Nation 43 0.07 0.07
TKP 39 0.06 0.01
Liberal Democrat 12 0.02 0.04
HEPAR No candidates 0 0.00 0.00
Total votes 65,452 100.00
Rejected ballots 1,236 1.86 0.79
Turnout 66,482 87.62 3.66
AK Party hold Majority 25,259 38.59 2.84

June 2015
Abbr. Party Votes %
AKP Justice and Development Party 32,279 49.2%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 23,375 35.6%
CHP Republican People's Party 5,042 7.7%
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 2,428 3.7%
Other 2,512 3.8%
Total 65,636
Turnout 85.61
source: YSK

November 2015
Abbr. Party Votes %
AKP Justice and Development Party 43,941 65.6%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 12,302 18.4%
CHP Republican People's Party 8,149 12.2%
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 1,041 1.6%
Other 1,562 2.3%
Total 66,995
Turnout 86.13
source: YSK

2018
Abbr. Party Votes %
AKP Justice and Development Party 36,706 50%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 14,977 20.4%
CHP Republican People's Party 10,575 14.4%
IYI Good Party 7,546 10.3%
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 1,347 1.8%
SP Felicity Party 996 1.4%
Other 1,277 1.7%
Total 73,424
Turnout 87.75
source: YSK

Presidential elections

2014
Presidential Election 2014: Kilis[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
AK Party Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 38.391 64.98
Independent Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu 18,456 31.24
HDP Selahattin Demirtaş 2,237 3.79
Total votes 59,084 100.00
Rejected ballots 1,232 2.04
Turnout 60,316 77.64
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win

References
  1. http://www.sabah.com.tr/gundem/2011/04/29/iste-milletvekili-kesin-aday-listeleri?paging=56#
  2. Turkish electoral commission
  3. The Democratic Left Party (DSP) fielded joint candidates under the CHP party list in 2007.
  4. http://www.ysk.gov.tr/ysk/content/conn/YSKUCM/path/Contribution%20Folders/HaberDosya/CB-AdayOylari-ilBazında-2014.pdf

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