Kayseri (electoral district)

Kayseri is an electoral district of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects nine 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.

Kayseri
electoral district
for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Kayseri highlighted in red on a beige political map of Turkeym
Kayseri shown within Turkey
ProvinceKayseri
Electorate830,282
Current electoral district
Created1923
Seats9
Historical
  • 8 (1999-2011)
    9 (1995-1999)
    7 (1991-1995)
    8 (1987-1991)
    7 (1983-1987)
    8 (1961-1983)
    11 (1957-1961)
    10 (1954-1957)
MPs
List
  • Taner Yıldız AKP
    Sadık Yakut AKP
    Mustafa Elitaş AKP
    Yaşar Karayel AKP
    Pelin Gündeş Bakır AKP
    Ahmet Öksüzkaya AKP
    İsmail Taner AKP
    Yusuf Halaçoğlu MHP
    Mehmet Şevki Kulkuloğlu CHP
Turnout at last election89.93%
AK Party
5 / 9
MHP
3 / 9
CHP
1 / 9

Members edit

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. Kayseri had elected eight members for several years until the most recent election in 2011, when the number of seats was raised to nine.

MPs for Kayseri, 1999 onwards
Seat 1999 (21st parliament) 2002 (22nd parliament) 2007 (23rd parliament) 2011 (24th parliament) June 2015 (25th parliament)
1 Salih Kapusuz
Virtue
Taner Yıldız
AK Party
Ahmet Doğan
AK Party
2 Sadık Yakut
MHP
Sadık Yakut
AK Party
Mehmet Özhaseki
AK Party
3 Sevgi Esen
DYP
Mustafa Elitaş
AK Party
Havva Talay Çalış
AK Party
4 Hasan Basri Üstünbaş
MHP
Adem Baştürk
AK Party
Yaşar Karayel
AK Party
5 Abdullah Gül
Virtue
Abdullah Gül[1]
AK Party
Pelin Gündeş Bakır
AK Party
Kemal Tekden
AK Party
6 Osman Durmuş
MHP
Mustafa Duru
AK Party
Ahmet Öksüzkaya
AK Party
Ali Kilci
MHP
7 Sabahattin Çakmakoğlu
MHP
Niyazi Özcan
AK Party
Sabahattin Çakmakoğlu
MHP
Yusuf Halaçoğlu
MHP
8 İsmail Cem
DSP
Muharrem Eskiyapan[2]
CHP
Mehmet Şevki Kulkuloğlu
CHP
Süleyman Korkmaz
MHP
9 No seat İsmail Taner
AK Party
Çetin Arık
CHP

General elections edit

2011 edit

General Election 2011: Kayseri[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AK Party
7 elected                               1
  • 1. Taner Yıldız  Y
    2. Sadık Yakut  Y
    3. Mustafa Elitaş  Y
    4. Yaşar Karayel  Y
    5. Pelin Gündeş Bakır  Y
    6. Ahmet Öksüzkaya  Y
    7. İsmail Tamer  Y
    8. Murat Cahid Cıngı  N
    9. Mehmet Adıgüzel  N
478,357 64.90  0.83
MHP
1 elected                               0
  • 1. Yusuf Halaçoglu  Y
    2. Nihat Canpolat  N
    3. Mazhar Gündoğ  N
    4. Hüseyin Tekin  N
    5. Ünal Polat  N
    6. Sami Eker  N
    7. Ayfer Solak  N
    8. Levent Livdumlu  N
    9. Faruk Çolak  N
132,988 18.04  2.60
CHP
1 elected                               0
  • 1. Mehmet Şevki Kulkuloğlu  Y
    2. Çetin Arık  N
    3. Ali Paşa Tan  N
    4. Türker Tok  N
    5. Figen Alçı  N
    6. Emin Yıldırım  N
    7. Ömer Bayrak  N
    8. İsmail Yavuz  N
    9. Ali Kemal Açılkan  N
89,493 12.14  2.32
Büyük Birlik
None elected
  • 1. Kadir Hikmet Bayazıt  N
    2. Ömer Faruk Gunca  N
    3. Ramazan Silay  N
    4. Hikmet Tamer  N
    5. Halil Çıklaçevik  N
    6. Şeref Özel  N
    7. Nursen Şahin  N
    8. Vahdi Köroğlu  N
    9. Hasan Karaalp  N
10,026 1.36  1.36
SAADET
None elected
  • 1. Haşim Özçelik  N
    2. Ahmet Recai Tekin  N
    3. Duran Soyuğur  N
    4. Güzün Yiğit  N
    5. Güner Şahin  N
    6. İllas Yıldız  N
    7. Mehmet Yaşar Paköz  N
    8. Ahmet Ulusoy  N
    9. Ahmet Fatih Karaman  N
9,914 1.35  0.71
HAS Party
None elected
  • 1. Lütfi Aslanhan  N
    2. Hülya Öztürk  N
    3. Hasan Balcı  N
    4. Fatma Oytun  N
    5. Mustafa Ulu  N
    6. Volkan Kıraç  N
    7. Hasan Doğanay  N
    8. Mustafa Köseahmetoglu  N
    9. Sadullah Kavak  N
5,666 0.77  0.77
DP
None elected
  • 1. Osman Çilsal  N
    2. Mustafa Tekin  N
    3. Rüştü Karataş  N
    4. İbrahim Yusufoğlu  N
    5. Gülay Teke  N
    6. Ahmet Refik Özçoban  N
    7. Hamza Dinçer  N
    8. Okan Özgür Özturan  N
    9. Naci Demir  N
3,904 0.53  2.44
HEPAR
None elected
  • 1. İrfan Altıparmak  N
    2. Ümit Dogan  N
    3. Neziha Akkaya  N
    4. Hatice Kahraman  N
    5. Tahsin Yener  N
    6. Göknur Göktürk Halaç  N
    7. Naci Yavuz  N
    8. Oktay Erdogdu  N
    9. Hasan Gürbüz  N
1,312 0.18  0.18
DSP
None elected
  • 1. Memduh Taşkın  N
    2. Sevin Ulusoy  N
    3. Osman Türkaslan  N
    4. Sinan Kolukısa  N
    5. Ayla Aşıkgil  N
    6. Erkan Karabulut  N
    7. Celil Yol  N
    8. Halil Kılıç  N
    9. Mustafa Aktaş  N
1,265 0.17 N/A[5]
DYP
None elected
  • 1. Seyit Özdemir  N
    2. Mustafa Akkurt  N
    3. Durak Karaca Dulkadiroğlu  N
    4. Türkay Ceylan  N
    5. Emre Deniz  N
    6. Murat Polat  N
    7. Mehmet Bağıç  N
    8. Bekir Akel  N
    9. Rukiye Bağıç  N
1,206 0.16  0.16
Labour
None elected
  • 1. Metin Yıldız  N
    2. Afet Erdoğan  N
    3. Bülent Gülcemal  N
    4. Süleyman Demir  N
    5. Buket Sarıaslan  N
    6. Aynur Öner  N
    7. Mesut Şahin  N
    8. Afet Alp  N
    9. Erdin Daşdemir  N
1,108 0.15  0.07
TKP
None elected
  • 1. Ahmet Tarık Yenil  N
    2. Nezihe Özdemir  N
    3. Sibel Güzey  N
    4. Ayhan Apaydın  N
    5. Sabahat Şengül  N
    6. Badem Çamöz  N
    7. Selma Enginar  N
    8. Fikret İşeri  N
    9. Veli Üzgün  N
552 0.07  0.03
Nationalist Conservative
None elected
  • 1. Dilek Yıkılmaz  N
    2. Nizamettın Şafak  N
    3. Ahmet Duran Işık  N
    4. Deniz Sürücü  N
    5. Aslıhan Çınar  N
    6. Ahmet Güçlü  N
    7. Sona Yılmaz  N
    8. Osman Alsan  N
    9. İhsan Kaya  N
524 0.07  0.07
MP
None elected
  • 1. Mustafa İdiz  N
    2. Mustafa Temizer  N
    3. Süleyman Özhan  N
    4. Fatma Deniz  N
    5. Fatma Karaoğlu Özyurt  N
    6. Hasan Özkan  N
    7. Zeliha Kiraz  N
    8. Altan Karadağ  N
    9. Mehmet Özdağ  N
476 0.06  0.06
Independent
None elected
  • Hasan Parkan  N
261 0.04  0.41
Liberal Democrat No candidates 0 0.00  0.09
Total votes 737,052 100.00
Rejected ballots 11,987 1.61  0.68
Turnout 746,669 89.93  1.41
AK Party hold
Majority
345,369 46.86  3.24

June 2015 edit

Abbr. Party Votes %
AK Party Justice and Development Party 409,658 52.4%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 217,384 27.8%
CHP Republican People's Party 97,165 12.4%
SP Felicity Party 24,458 3.1%
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 18,070 2.3%
Other 14,886 1.9%
Total 781,621
Turnout 88.56
source: YSK

November 2015 edit

Abbr. Party Votes %
AK Party Justice and Development Party 528,722 65.6%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 148,034 18.4%
CHP Republican People's Party 98,665 12.2%
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 10,374 1.3%
SP Felicity Party 6,026 0.7%
Other 14,540 1.8%
Total 781,621
Turnout 89.90
source: YSK

2018 edit

Abbr. Party Votes %
AK Party Justice and Development Party 420,880 49.6%
MHP Nationalist Movement Party 182,076 21.5%
CHP Republican People's Party 102,885 12.1%
IYI Good Party 94,607 11.1%
HDP Peoples' Democratic Party 16,193 1.9%
SP Felicity Party 14,733 1.7%
Other 17,328 2%
Total 848,702
Turnout 90.77
source: YSK

Presidential elections edit

2014 edit

Presidential Election 2014: Kayseri[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
AK Party Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 474,516 66.13
Independent Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu 229,790 32.02
HDP Selahattin Demirtaş 13,266 1.85
Total votes 717,572 100.00
Rejected ballots 15,449 2.11
Turnout 733,021 82.65
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win

References edit

  1. ^ Vacated seat on 28 August 2007 after being elected president.
  2. ^ Defected to the AK Party after his election in 2002.
  3. ^ Milletvekili kesin aday listeleri Sabah, 29 April 2011 (in Turkish) [dead link]
  4. ^ [1] Turkish electoral commission
  5. ^ The Democratic Left Party (DSP) fielded joint candidates under the CHP party list in 2007.
  6. ^ 2014 il bazında aday oyları Yüksek Seçim Kurulu (in Turkish) [dead link]

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