Kastamonu (electoral district)

Summary

Kastamonu 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.

Kastamonu
electoral district
for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Kastamonu highlighted in red on a beige political map of Turkeym
Kastamonu shown within Turkey
ProvinceKastamonu
Electorate269,570
Current electoral district
Created1920
Seats3
Historical
  • 4 (1999-2011)
    5 (1995-1999)
    4 (1983-1995)
    5 (1977-1983)
    6 (1969-1977)
    7 (1961-1969)
    10 (1954-1961)
MPs
List
Turnout at last election88.29%
AK Party
2 / 3
MHP
1 / 3

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. At the last election Kastamonu's seat allocation was reduced to three seats after the province was represented by four MPs for twelve years.

MPs for Kastamonu, 1999 onwards
Seat 1999 (21st parliament) 2002 (22nd parliament) 2007 (23rd parliament) 2011 (24th parliament) June 2015 (25th parliament)
1 Muharrem Hadi Dilekçi
DSP
Hakkı Köylü
AK Party
Metin Çelik
AK Party
2 Nurhan Tekinel
DYP
Musa Sıvacıoğlu
AK Party
Mustafa Gökhan Gülşen
AK Party
3 Mehmet Serdaroğlu
MHP
Mehmet Yıldırım
CHP
Mehmet Serdaroğlu
MHP
Emin Çınar
MHP
4 Murat Başesgioğlu
Motherland
Sinan Özkan
AK Party
Hasan Altan
AK Party
No seat

General elections edit

2011 edit

General Election 2011: Kastamonu[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AK Party
2 elected                               1
  • 1. Hakkı Köylü  Y
    2. Mustafa Gökhan Gülşen  Y
    3. Zafer Nalbantoğlu  N
130,136 55.83  6.39
MHP
1 elected                               0
  • 1. Emin Çınar  Y
    2. Nurullah Kayıran  N
    3. Murat Savaş Yücel  N
53,747 23.06  5.63
CHP
None elected
  • 1. Bahri Gökçebay  N
    2. Hasan Baltacı  N
    3. Ayşenur Özden  N
34,168 14.66  0.69
HAS Party
None elected
  • 1. Mücahit Dağdelenoğlu  N
    2. Hasan Mete Dikişçi  N
    3. İbrahim Tevfik Tiryaki  N
4,014 1.72  1.72
DP
None elected
  • 1. Ahmet Rugancı  N
    2. Ayfer Demir  N
    3. Erhan Deler  N
3,110 1.33  8.49
SAADET
None elected
  • 1. Halim Balcı  N
    2. Hamit Serdar Yılmaz  N
    3. Nihat Yazıcıoğlu  N
1,918 0.82  0.88
Büyük Birlik
None elected
  • 1. Ahmet Yelis  N
    2. Galip Yaman  N
    3. Satılmış Külçe  N
1,183 0.51  0.51
DSP
None elected
  • 1. Salih Çelebi  N
    2. Şenol Çeli  N
    3. Faik Kaya  N
1,017 0.44 N/A
DYP
None elected
  • 1. Mustafa Türkistanlı  N
    2. Hakan Çoban  N
    3. Soner Demircan  N
996 0.43  0.43
HEPAR
None elected
  • 1. İsmail Yüce  N
    2. Birol Bal  N
    3. Semra Vakit  N
920 0.39  0.39
Labour
None elected
  • 1. Başak Sopacı  N
    2. Derya Kaplan  N
    3. Pınar Yavuz  N
541 0.23  0.11
MP
None elected
  • 1. Mehmet Bilge  N
    2. Sevim Gür  N
    3. Sibel Öztürk  N
395 0.17  0.17
Nationalist Conservative
None elected
  • 1. Faruk Kabakcı  N
    2. Satılmış Çolak  N
    3. Turan Kayacan  N
385 0.17  0.17
TKP
None elected
  • 1. Niyazi Kebelioğlu  N
    2. Erol Boduroğlu  N
    3. Deniz Yılmazgil  N
293 0.13  0.15
Liberal Democrat
None elected
  • 1. Mehmet İleri  N
    2. Türkan Kuzucu  N
    3. Ümmiye Tüzer  N
281 0.12  0.35
Total votes 233,104 100.00
Rejected ballots 5,610 2.36  0.89
Turnout 237,994 88.29  1.78
AK Party hold
Majority
76,389 32.77  0.76

Presidential elections edit

2014 edit

Presidential Election 2014: Kastamonu[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
AK Party Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 142,533 65.83
Independent Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu 70,957 32.77
HDP Selahattin Demirtaş 3,035 1.40
Total votes 216,525 100.00
Rejected ballots 5,085 2.29
Turnout 221,610 79.37
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win

References edit

  1. ^ Milletvekili kesin aday listeleri Sabah, 29 April 2011. (in Turkish) [dead link]
  2. ^ [1] Turkish electoral commission
  3. ^ 2014 il bazında aday oyları Yüksek Seçim Kurulu (in Turkish) [dead link]

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