Samsun (electoral district)

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Samsun
electoral district
for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Samsun in Turkey.svg
Samsun shown within Turkey
Province Samsun
Electorate881,023
Current electoral district
Created 1920
Seats9
Historical
  • 10 (1999-2002)
    9 (1987-1995)
    8 (1983-1987)
    10 (1974-1983)
    11 (1961-1974)
    14 (1957-1961)
    12 (1954-1957)
MPs
List
  • Mustafa Demir AKP
    Suat Kılıç AKP
    Cemal Yılmaz Demir AKP
    Tülay Bakır AKP
    Akif Çağatay Kılıç AKP
    Ahmet Yeni AKP
    Ahmet Haluk Koç CHP
    Ahmet İhsan Kalkavan CHP
    Cemalettin Şimşek MHP
Turnout at last election86.78%
AKP
5 / 9
CHP
2 / 9
MHP
2 / 9

Samsun 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.

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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. Samsun is a medium-sized constituency currently represented by nine MPs, although this has historically been as high as fourteen.

MPs for Samsun, 1999 onwards
Seat 1999 (21st parliament) 2002 (22nd parliament) 2007 (23rd parliament) 2011 (24th parliament) June 2015 (25th parliament)
MPYekta Açıkgöz
DSP
Suat Kılıç
AK Party
Ahmet Demircan
AK Party
MPTarık Cengiz
DSP
Cemal Yılmaz Demir
AK Party
Fuat Köktaş
AK Party
MPŞenel Kapıcı
DSP
Ahmet Yeni
AK Party
Çiğdem Karaaslan
AK Party
MPMusa Uzunkaya
FP
Mustafa Demir
AK Party
Hasan Basri Kurt
AK Party
MPAhmet Demircan
FP
Musa Uzunkaya
AK Party
Birnur Şahinoğlu
AK Party
Akif Çağatay Kılıç
AK Party
MPAhmet Aydın
MHP
Mehmet Kurt
AK Party
Fatih Öztürk
AK Party
Tülay Bakır
AK Party
Hüseyin Edis
MHP
MPVedat Çınaroğlu
MHP
Mustafa Çakır
AK Party
Osman Çakır
MHP
Cemalettin Şimşek
MHP
Erhan Usta
MHP
MPErdoğan Sezgin
DYP
Ahmet Haluk Koç
CHP
Kemal Zeybek
CHP
MPKemal Kabataş
DYP
İlyas Sezai Önder
CHP
Suat Binici
CHP
Ahmet İhsan Kalkavan
CHP
Hayati Tekin
CHP
MPMehmet Çakar
Anavatan
Seat abolished

General elections

2011

2011 Turkish general election: Samsun [1]
ListCandidatesVotes%±
AKP Mustafa Demir, Suat Kılıç, Cemal Yılmaz Demir, Tülay Bakır, Akif Çağatay Kılıç, Ahmet Yeni462,06761.50
CHP Ahmet Haluk Koç, Ahmet İhsan Kalkavan162,71816.20
MHP Cemalettin Şimşek84,52011.25
Felicity None elected11,9681.59
DP None elected76191.01
HAS Party None elected71940.96N/A
BBP None elected50020.67
DYP None elected19330.26
DSP None elected18590.25 [2]
HEPAR None elected17020.23
Labour None elected15260.2
TKP None elected8630.11
Nationalist Conservative None elected7110.09
IndependentsNone elected6480.09
Nation None elected6130.08
Liberal Democrat None elected4420.06
Turnout 543,32889,24

Presidential elections

2014

Presidential Election 2014: Samsun [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
AKP Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 447,253 65.87
Independent Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu 222,76932.81
HDP Selahattin Demirtaş 8,9541.32
Total votes678,976 100.00
Rejected ballots14,2392.05
Turnout 693,21576.19
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win

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References

  1. High Electoral Commission of Turkey
  2. DSP in 2011 is compared to CHP in 2007, under whose list it ran that year
  3. 2014 il bazında aday oyları Yüksek Seçim Kurulu (in Turkish) [ dead link ]

Coordinates: 41°15′N36°20′E / 41.250°N 36.333°E / 41.250; 36.333