Bitlis (electoral district)

Bitlis
Bitlis
electoral district ; for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
	Bitlis shown within Turkey
Province	Bitlis
Electorate	176,597
Current electoral district
Created	1923
Seats	3; Historical 4 (1999–2007);
Turnout at last election	84.86%
	Representation
HDP	2 / 3
AKP	1 / 3
	Politics of Turkey ; Political parties ; ; Elections previous ; next ; ;

Last updated August 04, 2023

Bitlis 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.

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. Bitlis elected four MPs between 1999 and 2007. In 2011, the province lost one seat and elected three MPs.

MPs for Bitlis, 1999 onwards^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]
Election	2002 (22nd Parliament)	2007 (23rd Parliament)		2011 (24th Parliament)	June 2015 (25th Parliament)	November 2015 (26th Parliament)
Election	2002 (22nd Parliament)	2007 (23rd Parliament)		2011 (24th Parliament)	June 2015 (25th Parliament)	November 2015 (26th Parliament)
MP	Abdurrahim Aksoy AK Party	Cemal Taşer AK Party		Vedat Demiröz AK Party
MP	Vahit Kilner AK Party				Mizgin Irgat HDP
MP	Zeki Ergezen AK Party			Hüsamettin Zenderlioğlu Independent	Mahmut Celadet Gaydalı HDP
MP	Edip Safder Gaydalı Independent	Mehmet Nezir Karabaş Independent	No seat

General elections

2011

2011 general election: Bitlis^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AKP	2 elected 1 1. Vedat DemirözY 2. Vahit KilerY 3. Mehmet Zeki Peker N	74,058	50.70	8.12
	Independent	1 elected 1 Edip Safder GaydalıY Husamettin Zenderlioğlu N	58,748	40.22	18.44
	MHP	None elected 1. Davut Day N 2. Coşkun Gündüz N 3. Faik Er N	4,641	3.18	2.55
	CHP	None elected 1. Hasan Dalkıran N 2. Erol Çiriş N 3. Zübeyir Yaşar N	2,511	1.72	6.93
	BBP	None elected 1. Cengiz Ekin N 2. Zübeyir Uysal N 3. Abdullah Çalık N	1,986	1.36	1.36
	HAS Party	None elected 1. Müfit Yüksel N 2. Ekrem Tatlıcıoğlu N 3. Metin Özlük N	1,108	0.76	0.76
	DSP	None elected 1. Bülent Yazıcı N 2. Bedri Aydın N 3. Rasim Cayhan N	929	0.64	N/A
	Felicity	None elected 1. Ziya Kalmaci N 2. Cahit Uluğ N 3. Bşlal Kaçar N	796	0.54	1.06
	DP	None elected 1. Hasan Taşkın N 2. Halit Albay N 3. Abdul Cemil Üner N	583	0.40	1.35
	Communist_Party_of_Turkey_(today)	None elected 1. Kader Sucuk N 2. Hüseyin Ağçal N 3. Gülseren Ercan N	416	0.28	0.02
	DYP	None elected 1. Arif Üçer N 2. Şenol Çolak N 3. Hüseyin Ayas N	124	0.08	0.08
	Nationalist Conservative	None elected 1. Bahar Bölükbaşı N 2. Ahmet Tüylüoğlu N 3. Serkan Özaltın N	106	0.07	0.07
	Nation	None elected 1. İbrahim Karaca N 2. Hatice Koçak N 3. Saynur Vural N	72	0.05	0.05
	Liberal Democrat	No candidates	0	0.00	0.07
	Labour	No candidates	0	0.00	0.00
	HEPAR	No candidates	0	0.00	0.00
Total votes			146,078	100.00
Rejected ballots			4,077	2.72	1.05
Turnout			149,854	84.86	0.44
	AKP hold Majority		15,310	10.48	26.56

June 2015

Abbr.		Party	Votes	%
	HDP	Peoples' Democratic Party	93,263	60.4%
	AKP	Justice and Development Party	47,788	30.9%
	MHP	Nationalist Movement Party	6,049	3.9%
	CHP	Republican People's Party	2,072	1.3%
	HÜDA-PAR	Free Cause Party	1,709	1.1%
		Other	3,655	2.4%
Total			154,536
Turnout			84.62
source: YSK

November 2015

Abbr.		Party	Votes	%
	HDP	Peoples' Democratic Party	73,786	49.4%
	AKP	Justice and Development Party	65,370	43.8%
	CHP	Republican People's Party	4,112	2.8%
	MHP	Nationalist Movement Party	2,902	1.9%
		Other	3,071	2.1%
Total			149,241
Turnout			80.97
source: YSK

2018

Abbr.		Party	Votes	%
	AKP	Justice and Development Party	70,488	44.2%
	HDP	Peoples' Democratic Party	69,110	43.3%
	MHP	Nationalist Movement Party	6,242	3.9%
	IYI	Good Party	5,142	3.2%
	CHP	Republican People's Party	3,583	2.2%
	HÜDA-PAR	Free Cause Party	1,809	1.1%
	SP	Felicity Party	1,767	1.1%
		Other	1,377	0.9%
Total			159,518
Turnout			83.41
source: YSK

Presidential elections

2014

2014 presidential election: Bitlis^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AKP	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	72,139	52.06
	HDP	Selahattin Demirtaş	60,583	43.72
	Independent	Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu	5,849	4.22
Total votes			138,571	100.00
Rejected ballots			2,538	1.80
Turnout			141,109	75.38
	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win

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Bitlis
electoral district for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Bitlis shown within Turkey
Province	Bitlis
Electorate	176,597
Current electoral district
Created	1923
Seats	3 Historical 4 (1999–2007)
Turnout at last election	84.86%^[1]
Representation
HDP	2 / 3
AKP	1 / 3
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