Kayseri (electoral district)

Kayseri
Kayseri
electoral district ; for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
	Kayseri shown within Turkey
Province	Kayseri
Electorate	830,282
Current electoral district
Created	1923
Seats	9; 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 election	89.93%
	Representation
AK Party	5 / 9
MHP	3 / 9
CHP	1 / 9
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Last updated January 20, 2024

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.

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. 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)
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

2011

General Election 2011: Kayseri^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AK Party	7 elected 1 1. Taner Yıldız Y 2. Sadık YakutY 3. Mustafa ElitaşY 4. Yaşar KarayelY 5. Pelin Gündeş BakırY 6. Ahmet ÖksüzkayaY 7. İsmail TamerY 8. Murat Cahid Cıngı N 9. Mehmet Adıgüzel N	478,357	64.90	0.83
	MHP	1 elected 0 1. Yusuf HalaçogluY 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 KulkuloğluY 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
	Felicity	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
	Nation	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

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

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

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

2014

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

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References

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

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[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] 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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Kayseri
electoral district for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Kayseri shown within Turkey
Province	Kayseri
Electorate	830,282
Current electoral district
Created	1923
Seats	9 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 election	89.93%
Representation
AK Party	5 / 9
MHP	3 / 9
CHP	1 / 9
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