Ankara (electoral districts)

Ankara
Ankara
electoral district ; for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
	Ankara shown within Turkey
Province	Ankara
Electorate	3,904,585
Current electoral district
Created	1923
Seats	36; Historical 32 (2017); 31 (2011); 29 (2002–2007);
Subdistricts	1st district ; 2nd district ; 3rd district
	Representation
AK Party	15 / 36
CHP	10 / 36
MHP	5 / 36
Good Party	5 / 36
HDP	1 / 36
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Last updated January 19, 2024

Ankara is a Turkish province divided into three electoral districts of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects thirty-six 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.

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. Ankara is the second largest province in Turkey and saw an increase in its seat allocation ahead of the 2011 election to 31 members, with the first district electing 16 MPs while the second district electing 15 MPs per district.

The province's administrative districts ( ilçe ) are divided among two electoral districts as follows:^[1]

2018–current
1st district	2nd district	3rd district
Bala Çankaya Elmadağ Evren Gölbaşı Haymana Mamak Polatlı Şereflikoçhisar	Akyurt Altındağ Çamlıdere Çubuk Güdül Kahramankazan Kalecik Keçiören Kızılcahamam Pursaklar	Ayaş Beypazarı Etimesgut Nallıhan Sincan Yenimahalle

Until 2018
1st district	2nd district
Akyurt Bala Çankaya Elmadağ Etimesgut Evren Gölbaşı Haymana Mamak Polatlı Sincan Şereflikoçhisar	Altındağ Ayaş Beypazarı Çamlıdere Çubuk Güdül Kalecik Kazan Keçiören Kızılcahamam Nallıhan Pursaklar Yenimahalle

General elections

2011

2011 general election: Ankara
Party		Candidates standing			Votes			Seats won
Party		1st	2nd	Total	Number	%	swing	1st	2nd	Total elected	±
	AK Party	16	15	31	1,466,446	49.24	1.73	8	9	17 / 31	1
	CHP	16	15	31	935,688	31.30	3.34	6	4	10 / 31	1
	MHP	16	15	31	436,883	14.62	0.54	2	2	4 / 31	0
	BBP	16	15	31	33,162	1.11	1.11	0	0	0 / 31	0
	Independents	6	4	10	29,852	1.00	0.25	0	0	0 / 31	0
	HAS Party	16	15	31	22,310	0.75	0.75	0	0	0 / 31	0
	Felicity	16	15	31	20,275	0.68	0.53	0	0	0 / 31	0
	Democrat	16	15	31	13,023	0.44	2.40	0	0	0 / 31	0
	HEPAR	15	16	31	6,710	0.22	0.22	0	0	0 / 31	0
	Democratic Left	15	16	31	4,911	0.16	N/A	0	0	0 / 31	0
	Communist	15	16	31	4,289	0.14	0.07	0	0	0 / 31	0
	Nation	15	16	31	4,253	0.14	0.14	0	0	0 / 31	0
	DYP	15	16	31	3,127	0.10	0.10	0	0	0 / 31	0
	Nationalist Conservative	15	16	31	1,772	0.06	0.06	0	0	0 / 31	0
	Liberal Democrat	15	16	31	920	0.03	0.03	0	0	0 / 31	0
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0 / 31	0
Total					2,989,046	100.00		15	16	31	2
Rejected ballots					52,768	1.74	0.08
Turnout					3,032,519	88.93	3.30
	AK Party hold Majority				536,183	18.04	1.51

June 2015

Abbr.		Party	Votes	%
	AK Party	Justice and Development Party	1,320,517	41.2%
	CHP	Republican People's Party	943,550	29.4%
	MHP	Nationalist Movement Party	577,418	18%
	HDP	Peoples' Democratic Party	167,654	5.2%
	SP	Felicity Party	59,728	1.9%
	VP	Patriotic Party	15,712	0.5%
		Other	119,932	3.7%
Total			3,204,511
Turnout			86.53
source: YSK

November 2015

Abbr.		Party	Votes	%
	AK Party	Justice and Development Party	1,618,972	48.8%
	CHP	Republican People's Party	1,022,500	30.8%
	MHP	Nationalist Movement Party	471,092	14.2%
	HDP	Peoples' Democratic Party	134,449	4.1%
	SP	Felicity Party	14,155	0.4%
	VP	Patriotic Party	10,365	0.3%
		Other	46,293	1.4%
Total			3,317,826
Turnout			88.63
source: YSK

2018

Abbr.		Party	Votes	%
	AK Party	Justice and Development Party	1,351,790	39.3%
	CHP	Republican People's Party	899,730	26.2%
	MHP	Nationalist Movement Party	447,397	13%
	IYI	Good Party	421,747	12.3%
	HDP	Peoples' Democratic Party	208,792	6.1%
	SP	Felicity Party	51,734	1.5%
	VP	Patriotic Party	7,364	0.2%
		Other	51,736	1.5%
Total			3,440,290
Turnout			88.11
source: YSK

Presidential elections

2014

2014 presidential election: Ankara^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AK Party	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	1,405,856	51.31
	Independent	Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu	1,239,264	45.23
	HDP	Selahattin Demirtaş	95,033	3.47
Total votes			2,740,153	100.00
Rejected ballots			45,155	1.62
Turnout			2,785,308	77.14
	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win

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References

↑ "Allocation of Turkey's parliamentary MPs by province" (PDF). 2011 general election literature. Supreme Electoral Commission of Turkey. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
↑ Aday oylari. Il bazinda. 2014 YSK. (in Turkish) ^{[ dead link ]}

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[1] "Allocation of Turkey's parliamentary MPs by province" (PDF). 2011 general election literature. Supreme Electoral Commission of Turkey. Retrieved 30 December 2012.

[2] Aday oylari. Il bazinda. 2014 YSK. (in Turkish) ^{[ dead link ]}

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Ankara
electoral district for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Ankara shown within Turkey
Province	Ankara
Electorate	3,904,585
Current electoral district
Created	1923
Seats	36 Historical 32 (2017) 31 (2011) 29 (2002–2007)
Subdistricts	1st district 2nd district 3rd district
Representation
AK Party	15 / 36
CHP	10 / 36
MHP	5 / 36
Good Party	5 / 36
HDP	1 / 36
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