Karabük (electoral district)

Karabük is an electoral district of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey created in 1995. It elects three members of parliament (deputies) to represent the province of the same name for a five-year term by the D'Hondt method, a party-list proportional representation system. Until 1995, voters were registered to Zonguldak or Çankırı electoral districts.

Karabük
electoral district for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Karabük shown within Turkey
Province	Karabük
Electorate	176,018 [1]
Current electoral district
Created	1995
Seats	3 Historical 3 (1995–2011) 2 (2011–2018)
MPs	List Cem Şahin AKP Durmuş Ali Keskinkılıç AKP Cevdet Akay CHP
Turnout at last election	87.72% [1]
Representation
AK Party	2 / 3
CHP	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. As a small electoral district, Karabük's seat allocation has always been low. It was three when electoral district was created in 1995. During 2011-2017, MP number is reduced to two.

MPs for Karabük, 1995 onwards
Election (Parliament)	1		2		3
1995 (20th)		Şinasi Altıner DYP		Erol Karan DSP		Hayrettin Dilekcan RP
1999 (21st)		İlhami Yılmaz MHP				Mustafa Eren DYP
2002 (22nd)		Mehmet Ceylan AK Party		Ali Öğüten AK Party		Hasan Bilir AK Party
2007 (23rd)				Cumhur Ünal AK Party		Mustafa Ünal AK Party
2011 (24th)		Osman Kahveci AK Party		Mehmet Ali Şahin AK Party	No seat
June 2015 (25th)				Durmuş Yalçın MHP
November 2015 (26th)		Mehmet Ali Şahin AK Party		Burhanettin Uysal AK Party
2018 (27th)		Cumhur Ünal AK Party		Niyazi Güneş AK Party		Hüseyin Avni Aksoy CHP (elected) Memleket (after 2021)
2023 (28th)		Cem Şahin AK Party		Durmuş Ali Keskinkılıç AK Party		Cevdet Akay CHP

General elections

2023

2023 election results

Party or alliance				Electoral votes		Inc. votes abroad		Seats	+/–
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	People's Alliance		Justice and Development Party	59,200	37.44	61,623	37.67	2	–
			Nationalist Movement Party	25,487	16.12	26,092	15.95	0	–
			New Welfare Party	13,356	8.45	13,420	8.20	0	New
			Great Unity Party	682	0.43	707	0.43	0	–
		Total		101,841	64.40			2	–
	Nation Alliance		Republican People's Party	34,632	21.90	35,917	21.96	1	–
			Good Party	15,589	9.86	15,782	9.65	0	–
		Total		51,698	32.69			1	–
	Labour and Freedom Alliance		Party of Greens and the Left Future	635	0.40	1,175	0.72	0	–
			Workers' Party of Turkey	519	0.33	676	0.41	0	–
		Total		1,154	0.73			0	–
	Ancestral Alliance		Victory Party	3,339	2.11	3,392	2.07	0	New
			Justice Party	732	0.46	742	0.45	0	0
		Total		4,071	2.57			0	New
	Homeland Party			1,646	1.04	1,690	1.03	0	New
	Union of Socialist Forces		Left Party	135	0.09	143	0.09	0	0
			Communist Party of Turkey	110	0.07	115	0.07	0	0
			Communist Movement of Turkey	49	0.03	51	0.03	0	0
		Total		254	0.16			0	New
	Young Party			330	0.21	336	0.21	0	0
	Motherland Party			384	0.24	389	0.24	0	0
	Patriotic Party			127	0.08	131	0.08	0	0
	Nation Party			153	0.10	157	0.10	0	0
	Rights and Freedoms Party			207	0.13	211	0.13	0	0
	Justice Unity Party			356	0.23	363	0.22	0	New
	People's Liberation Party			115	0.07	117	0.07	0	0
	Power Union Party			106	0.07	109	0.07	0	New
	National Road Party			180	0.11	181	0.11	0	New
	Innovation Party			58	0.04	58	0.04	0	New
	Independents			0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0
Total				158,127	100.00	163,577	100.00	3	0
Valid votes				158,127	96.93	163,577	100.00
Invalid/blank votes				5,008	3.07	0	0.00
Total votes				163,135	100.00	163,577	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				182,049	89.61
Source: Anadolu Agency[2][3]

2018

2018 parliamentary election: Karabük [4]
Alliance		Party		MPs	Votes	Votes abroad	Total votes	%	±
	People's Alliance Cumhur İttifakı		AK Party	2	80,848	2,404	83,252	53.81%	6.6%
			MHP	0	20,635	372	21,007	13.58%	5.54%
		Total		2	101,483	2,776	104,259	67.39%	new
	Nation Alliance Millet İttifakı		CHP	1	24,947	825	25,772	16.66%	1.38%
			İYİ	0	18,641	188	18,829	12.17%	new
			Felicity	0	2,625	35	2,660	1.72%	0.48%
		Total		1	46,213	1,048	47,261	30.55%	new
	No Alliance		HDP	0	1,486	804	2,290	1.48%	0.36%
			Vatan	0	552	12	564	0.36%	0.14%
			Hüda-par	0	323	6	329	0.21%	new
Total votes					176,018	-	-	100%	-
Turnout					150,057	4,646	-	87.72%	0.61%

November 2015

November 2015 general election: Karabük[5]
Party		MPs	Votes	Votes abroad	Total votes	%	±
	AK Party	2	86,994	2,231	89,225	60.41%	12.46%
	MHP	0	28,396	283	28,679	19.42%	7.76%
	CHP	0	21,911	651	22,562	15.28%	1.95%
	Felicity	0	1,802	20	1,822	1.23%	2.06%
	HDP	0	931	722	1,653	1.12%	0.43%
	Other parties	0	3,688	59	3,747	2.54%	0.26%
Total votes			168,503	-	-	100%	-
Turnout			146,784	3,966	-	87.11%	0.73%

June 2015

June 2015 general election: Karabük[6]
Party		MPs	Votes	Votes abroad	Total votes	%	±
	AK Party	1	67,540	1,624	69,164	47.95%	9.98
	MHP	1	38,902	301	39,203	27.18%	11.61
	CHP	0	24,292	561	24,853	17.23%	1.8
	Felicity	0	4,698	51	4,749	3.29%	0.91
	HDP	0	1,578	660	2,238	1.55%	new
	Other parties	0	3,976	58	4,034	2.8%
Total votes			167,884	-	-	100%	-
Turnout			145,025	3,255	-	86.38%	1.95

2011

2011 general election: Karabük^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AK Party	2 elected                              1 1. Mehmet Ali Şahin Y 2. Osman Kahveci Y	82,141	57.93	3.23
	CHP	None elected 1. Mustafa Eren N 2. Erdoğan Dincel N	26,981	19.03	5.42
	MHP	None elected 1. Bircan Akyıldız N 2. Nizamettin Arslan N	22,074	15.57	2.14
	SAADET	None elected 1. Aziz Gündoğdu N 2. Fatma Güney N	3,381	2.38	1.73
	HAS Party	None elected 1. Hayrettin Dilekcan N 2. Cemalettin Yavaşcı N	2,408	1.70	1.70
	DP	None elected 1. Fikret Çatmakaş N 2. Recep Özcan N	1,815	1.28	4.98
	Büyük Birlik	None elected 1. Hüdayet Malakcı N 2. Şenol Diktepe N	833	0.59	0.59
	DSP	None elected 1. Deniz Güryol N 2. Sercan Günarslan N	457	0.32	N/A
	DYP	None elected 1. İmran Aksoy N 2. Mehmet Bayar N	428	0.30	0.30
	HEPAR	None elected 1. Fahri Gürkan Söyler N 2. Selma Gebel N	342	0.24	0.24
	Labour	None elected 1. Devrim Avcı Özkurt N 2. Gülü Budak N	304	0.21	0.17
	TKP	None elected 1. Şerif Özgür Urfa N 2. Adnan Yeşilcam N	194	0.14	0.14
	Nationalist Conservative	None elected 1. Süat Abay N 2. Banu Arslan N	149	0.11	0.11
	MP	None elected 1. Mehmet Özkaya N 2. Nuh Altılı N	139	0.10	0.10
	Liberal Democrat	None elected 1. Harun Demir N 2. Ahmet Memik N	136	0.10	0.26
Total votes			141,782	100.00
Rejected ballots			3,720	2.56	0.90
Turnout			145,047	88.33	1.76
	AK Party hold Majority		55,160	38.90	2.19

2007

2007 general election: Karabük[8]
Party		MPs	Votes	Votes abroad	Total votes	%	±
	AK Party	3	69,922	556	70,478	54.69%	9.50%
	CHP	0	17,428	96	17,524	13.60%	2.81%
	MHP	0	17,167	116	17,283	13.41%	6.95%
	DP	0	8,049	26	8,075	6.27%	new
	SP	0	5,261	44	5,305	4.12%	0.04%
	GP	0	2,357	12	2,369	1.84%	2.88%
	BTP	0	2,173	10	2,183	1.69%	0.19%
	ATP	0	1,828	25	1,853	1.44%	new
	HYP	0	1,212	5	1,217	0.94%	new
	İP	0	606	5	611	0.47%	0.03%
	EMEP	0	484	10	494	0.38%	new
	LDP	0	451	2	453	0.35%	0.09%
	TKP	0	354	2	356	0.28%	0.09%
	ÖDP	0	300	6	306	0.24%	0.06%
	Independents	0	358	0	358	0.28%	-
Total votes			151,375	-	-	100%	-
Turnout			127,950	915	-	86.57%	3.89%

2002

2002 general election: Karabük[9]
Party		MPs	Votes	Votes abroad	Total votes	%	±
	AK Party	3	56,828	198	57,026	45.19%	new
	DYP	0	17,775	30	17,805	14.11%	3.03%
	CHP	0	13,559	58	13,617	10.79%	4.34%
	MHP	0	8,115	35	8,150	6.46%	15.66%
	ANAP	0	7,786	48	7,834	6.21%	8.04%
	GP	0	5,942	17	5,959	4.72%	new
	SP	0	5,115	28	5,143	4.08%	new
	BTP	0	1,896	5	1,901	1.51%	new
	DEHAP	0	1,812	5	1,817	1.44%	new
	DSP	0	1,753	9	1,762	1.40%	18.06%
	BBP	0	1,348	4	1,352	1.07%	0.49%
	YTP	0	859	6	865	0.69%	new
	YP	0	761	2	763	0.60%	new
	İP	0	629	2	631	0.50%	0.22%
	LDP	0	553	2	555	0.44%	0.32%
	Millet	0	402	1	403	0.32%	0.03%
	ÖDP	0	368	2	370	0.29%	0.19%
	TKP	0	236	1	237	0.19%	0.02%*
Total votes			156,811	-	-	100%	-
Turnout			125,737	453	-	82.69%	3.74%

• Contested as SİP in previous election.

1999

1999 general election: Karabük[10]
Party		MPs	Votes	%	±
	MHP	1	28,142	22.12%	12.13%
	DSP	1	24,762	19.46%	1.53%
	DYP	1	21,808	17.14%	7.78%
	ANAP	0	18,135	14.25%	1.89%
	FP	0	17,660	13.88%	new
	CHP	0	8,212	6.45%	0.18%
	BBP	0	1,981	1.56%	new
	HADEP	0	1,505	1.18%	0.42%
	LDP	0	961	0.76%	new
	DTP	0	907	0.71%	new
	ÖDP	0	618	0.49%	new
	DP	0	578	0.45%	new
	Millet	0	448	0.35%	0.16%
	İP	0	362	0.28%	0.03%
	DEPAR	0	314	0.25%	new
	YDP	0	289	0.23%	0.20%
	EMEP	0	288	0.23%	new
	SİP	0	268	0.21%	new
Total votes			127,238	100%	-
Turnout			147,208	86.43%	0.44%

1995

1995 general election: Karabük[11]
Party		MPs	Votes	%
	DYP	1	31,686	24.92%
	RP	1	27,834	21.89%
	DSP	1	22,802	17.93%
	ANAP	0	20,525	16.14%
	MHP	0	12,702	9.99%
	CHP	0	8,431	6.63%
	HADEP	0	970	0.76%
	Millet	0	652	0.51%
	YDP	0	548	0.43%
	YDH	0	531	0.42%
	İP	0	318	0.25%
	Yeni	0	168	0.13%
Total votes			126,777	100%
Turnout			151,610	85.99%

Presidential elections

2023

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	Justice and Development Party	94,396	59.40	98,521	63.72
	Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu	Republican People's Party	50,937	32.05	56,084	36.28
	Sinan Oğan	Independent (Ancestral Alliance)	12,564	7.91
	Muharrem İnce[a]	Homeland Party	1,030	0.65
Total			158,927	100.00	154,605	100.00
Valid votes			158,927	97.44	154,605	98.17
Invalid/blank votes			4,179	2.56	2,886	1.83
Total votes			163,106	100.00	157,491	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			182,049	89.59	182,181	86.45
Source: YSK

2018

2018 presidential election: Karabük^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AK Party	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	97,688	65.44%
	CHP	Muharrem İnce	34,662	23.22%
	İYİ	Meral Akşener	13,836	9.27%
	SAADET	Temel Karamollaoğlu	1,967	1.32%
	HDP	Selahattin Demirtaş	688	0.46%
	Patriotic	Doğu Perinçek	432	0.29%
Total votes			149,273	100.00

2014

2014 presidential election: Karabük^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AK Party	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	81,621	64.57
	Independent	Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu	43,018	34.03
	HDP	Selahattin Demirtaş	1,760	1.39
Total votes			126,399	100.00
Rejected ballots			3,561	2.74
Turnout			129,960	78.21
	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win

Referendums

Referendum	Yes		No		Total electorate	Turnout	%	National result
	Votes	%	Votes	%
2007[14]	82,200	75.35%	26,889	24.65%	151,645	112,814	74.39%	Approved with 68.95%
2010[15]	84,821	63.76%	48,203	36.24%	163,081	136,555	83.73%	Approved with 57.88%
2017[16]	89,031	60.73%	57,581	39.27%	172,642	150,060	86.92%	Approved with 51.41%

Notes

1. Withdrew, remained on ballot

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