Ardahan (electoral district)

Ardahan 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.

Ardahan
electoral district for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Ardahan shown within Turkey
Province	Ardahan
Electorate	69,160
Current electoral district
Created	1995
Seats	2
Turnout at last election	84.22%[1]
Representation
AK Party	1 / 2
CHP	1 / 2
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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. As one of the smallest electoral districts, Ardahan has consistently elected two MPs since 1999.

MPs for Ardahan, 2002 onwards[2][3][4][5]
Election		2002 (22nd Parliament)		2007 (23rd Parliament)		2011 (24th Parliament)		June 2015 (25th Parliament)		November 2015 (26th Parliament)
MP		Kenan Altun AK Party		Ertekin Çolak AK Party		Orhan Atalay AK Party
MP		Ensar Öğüt CHP		Metin Arifağaoğlu CHP		Ensar Öğüt CHP		Taşkın Aktaş HDP		Öztürk Yılmaz CHP

General elections

2011

2011 general election: Ardahan^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AK Party	1 elected                              0 1. Orhan Atalay Y 2. Orhan Gökdemir N	22,831	40.22	0.38
	CHP	1 elected                              0 1. Ensar Öğüt Y 2. Metin Demir N	17,476	30.78	1.51
	Independent	None elected Yüksel Avşar N Süleyman Koç N	7,089	12.49	3.21
	MHP	None elected 1. Sebahattin Sarıçam N 2. Övün Çabak N	5,651	9.95	3.87
	Büyük Birlik	None elected 1. Abdullah Topcu N 2. Sinan Yıldırım N	1,666	2.93	2.93
	DP	None elected 1. Emin Üstün N 2. Mehmet Baş N	439	0.77	2.42
	DSP	None elected 1. Fehim Gündüz N 2. İbrahim Sayan N	395	0.70	N/A
	HAS Party	None elected 1. Ayhan Akay N 2. Berkant Ezer N	309	0.54	0.54
	SAADET	None elected 1. Mevlüt Çalışkan N 2. Fatih Yılmaz N	259	0.46	0.40
	TKP	None elected 1. Ulaş Erdoğan N 2. Ayfer Aktemur N	197	0.35	1.07
	MP	None elected 1. Ayhan Uğurer N 2. Rahim Aktaş N	186	0.33	0.33
	DYP	None elected 1. Ekrem Şahin N 2. Ferhat Bindik N	128	0.23	0.23
	Nationalist Conservative	None elected 1. Zeyni Ejder N 2. Zühal Kalkan N	101	0.18	0.18
	Liberal Democrat	None elected 1. Döndü İnaldır N 2. Nihat Müştü N	45	0.08	0.11
	HEPAR	No candidates	0	0.00	0.00
	Labour	No candidates	0	0.00	0.00
Total votes			56,772	100.00
Rejected ballots			1,631	2.80	1.73
Turnout			58,249	84.22	2.05

June 2015

Abbr.		Party	Votes	%
	HDP	Peoples' Democratic Party	17,096	30.4%
	CHP	Republican People's Party	12,494	22.2%
	AKP	Justice and Development Party	14,759	26.2%
	MHP	Nationalist Movement Party	4,393	7.8%
	SP	Felicity Party	561	1%
		Other	6,981	12.4%
Total			56,284
Turnout			83.90
source: YSK

November 2015

Abbr.		Party	Votes	%
	AKP	Justice and Development Party	19,916	36.5%
	CHP	Republican People's Party	15,850	29%
	HDP	Peoples' Democratic Party	12,113	22.2%
	MHP	Nationalist Movement Party	4,857	8.9%
	SP	Felicity Party	147	0.3%
		Other	1,713	3.1%
Total			54,596
Turnout			81.07
source: YSK

2018

Abbr.		Party	Votes	%
	AKP	Justice and Development Party	20,431	36.1%
	CHP	Republican People's Party	14,688	25.9%
	HDP	Peoples' Democratic Party	13,358	23.6%
	MHP	Nationalist Movement Party	3,746	6.6%
	IYI	Good Party	2,900	5.1%
	SP	Felicity Party	569	1%
		Other	982	1.7%
Total			56,674
Turnout			84.81
source: YSK

Presidential elections

2014

2014 presidential election: Ardahan^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AK Party	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	20,567	40.69
	Independent	Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu	18,313	36.23
	HDP	Selahattin Demirtaş	11,671	23.09
Total votes			50,551	100.00
Rejected ballots			1,122	2.17
Turnout			51,673	73.11
	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win

References

1. "2011 milletvekili kesin sonuçlar" (PDF). ysk.org.tr (in Turkish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
2. "TBMM 24.Dönem Milletvekili Listesi". Archived from the original on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
3. "TBMM 23.Dönem Milletvekili Listesi". Archived from the original on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
4. "TBMM 22.Dönem Milletvekili Listesi". Archived from the original on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
5. "TBMM 21.Dönem Milletvekili Listesi". Archived from the original on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
6. "2014 aday oyları il bazinda" (PDF). ysk.org.tr (in Turkish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2023.

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