Kars (electoral district)

Kars 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.

Kars
electoral district
for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Kars highlighted in red on a beige political map of Turkeym
Kars shown within Turkey
ProvinceKars
Electorate185.196
Current electoral district
Created1920
Seats3
Historical
  • 4 (1995-1999)
    5 (1991-1995)
    6 (1983-1991)
    8 (1973-1983)
    9 (1961-1973)
    7 (1961-1969)
    12 (1957-1961)
    10 (1954-1957)
MPs
List
Turnout at last election79.56%
DEM
1 / 3
AK Party
1 / 3
CHP
1 / 3

Members

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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, Kars's seat allocation has always been low. It was last reduced to three MPs in 1999.

MPs for Kars, 1999 onwards
Seat 1999 (21st parliament) 2002 (22nd parliament) 2007 (23rd parliament) 2011 (24th parliament) June 2015 (25th parliament) November 2015 (26th parliament) 2018 (27th parliament)
1 İlhan Aküzüm
Motherland
Zeki Karabayır
AK Party
Ahmet Arslan
AK Party
Mehmet Uçum
AK Party
Ahmet Arslan
AK Party
2 Çetin Bilgir
DSP
Yusuf Selahattin Beyribey
AK Party
Mahmut Esat Güven
AK Party
Yunus Kılıç
AK Party
Ayhan Bilgen
HDP
Yusuf Selahattin Beyribey
AK Party
Yunus Kılıç
AK Party
3 Arslan Aydar
MHP
Selami Yiğit
CHP
Gürcan Dağdaş
MHP
Mülkiye Birtane[1]
Independent (BDP)
Şafak Özanli
HDP
Ayhan Bilgen
HDP

General elections

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2011

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General Election 2011: Kars[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AK Party
2 elected                               0
  • 1. Ahmet Arslan  Y
    2. Yunus Kılıç  Y
    3. Suat Doğan  N
61,196 42.56  1.37
Independent
None elected                        1
  • Mülkiye Birtane  Y
27,629 19.21  3.59
MHP
None elected                        1
  • 1. 1. Umut Yılmazel  N
    2. Harun Yenice  N
    3. İrfan Topçu  N
24,744 17.21  2.82
CHP
None elected
  • 1. Naif Alibeyoğlu  N
    2. Cengiz Daşdemir  N
    3. Saffet Özdemir  N
24,009 16.70  3.32
Büyük Birlik
None elected
  • 1. Selaattin Yıldız  N
    2. Muhittin Timur  N
    3. Gürkan Işık  N
1,647 1.15  1.15
DSP
None elected
  • 1. Serap Gençler  N
    2. Müzeyyen Demirkaya  N
    3. Erkan Tek  N
1,027 0.71 N/A
HAS Party
None elected
  • 1. Mukayil Demir  N
    2. Taner Çetin  N
    3. Muhammet Ali Gökçek  N
935 0.65  0.65
DP
None elected
  • 1. Erkan Güneş  N
    2. Ekrem Polat  N
    3. Gencay Aytaş  N
683 0.47  3.60
SAADET
None elected
  • 1. Piyami Aksu  N
    2. Mevlüt Ayçiçek  N
    3. Süleyman Turan  N
630 0.44  0.88
TKP
None elected
  • 1. İlhan Akalın  N
    2. Emine Özmen  N
    3. Banu Bedirman Soykan  N
399 0.28  0.27
DYP
None elected
  • 1. Alaattin Yıldırım  N
    2. Fatma Fidan  N
    3. Hüseyin Ali Tıraş  N
279 0.19  0.19
MP
None elected
  • 1. İsmail Can  N
    2. Halit Şirin  N
    3. İsmail Yiğit  N
205 0.14  0.14
HEPAR
None elected
  • 1. Bora İzkübarlas  N
    2. Cemal Gökce  N
    3. Mahir Yeke  N
178 0.12  0.12
Nationalist Conservative
None elected
  • 1. Serkan Ögel  N
    2. İzzet Altun  N
    3. Tuna Işık  N
165 0.11  0.11
Liberal Democrat
None elected
  • 1. Harika Özovalı  N
    2. Feride Dayanç  N
    3. Zerin Şık  N
107 0.07  0.18
Labour No candidates 0 0.00  0.00
Total votes 143,791 100.00
Rejected ballots 3,518 2.39  1.07
Turnout 146,953 79.28  5.95
AK Party hold
Majority
33,567 23.34  2.19

June 2015

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Abbr. Party Votes %
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 64,315 44%
AK Party Justice and Development Party 38,950 26.6%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 20,507 14%
CHP Republican People's Party 17,485 12%
Other 4,930 3.4%
Total 146,187
Turnout 81.25
source: YSK

November 2015

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Abbr. Party Votes %
AK Party Justice and Development Party 50,267 35.6%
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 48,625 34.5%
CHP Republican People's Party 21,315 15.1%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 17,579 12.5%
Other 3,275 2.3%
Total 141,061
Turnout 78.57
source: YSK

2018

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Abbr. Party Votes %
AK Party Justice and Development Party 52,791 36.9%
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 46,285 32.4%
CHP Republican People's Party 20,207 14.1%
IYI Good Party 10,597 7.4%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 10,145 7.1%
Other 3,026 2.1%
Total 143,051
Turnout 81.13
source: YSK

2023

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Abbr. Party Votes %
YSGP Party of Greens and the Left Future 40.710 27.6%
AK Party Justice and Development Party 37.662 25.6%
CHP Republican People's Party 24.090 16.3%
IYI Good Party 21.728 14.7%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 14.211 9.6%
Other 7.683 5.2%
Total 147.343
Turnout 79.56%
source: YSK

Presidential elections

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2014

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Presidential Election 2014: Kars[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
AK Party Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 53,350 42.52
HDP Selahattin Demirtaş 41,266 32.89
Independent Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu 30,856 24.59
Total votes 125,472 100.00
Rejected ballots 1,775 1.39
Turnout 127,247 68.97
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win

References

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  1. ^ Ran in 2011 as an independent candidate and joined the BDP afted being elected.
  2. ^ Milletvekili kesin aday listeleri Sabah, 29 April 2011. (in Turkish) [dead link]
  3. ^ [1] Turkish electoral commission
  4. ^ 2014 il bazında aday oyları Yüksek Seçim Kurulu (in Turkish) [dead link]

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