Zonguldak (electoral district)

Zonguldak
Zonguldak
electoral district ; for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
	Zonguldak shown within Turkey
Province	Zonguldak
Electorate	455,640
Current electoral district
Created	1920
Seats	5; Historical 6 (1995-2002); 7 (1991-1995); 9 (1987-1991); 8 (1983-1987); 9 (1961-1983); 12 (1957-1961); 11 (1954-1957);
Turnout at last election	88.42%
	Representation
AKP	3 / 5
CHP	2 / 5
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Last updated June 05, 2023

Zonguldak is an electoral district of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects 5 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. Zonguldak was once represented by as many as twelve MPs, although this has dropped today to five seats, its lowest level yet.

MPs for Zonguldak, 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)
MP	Veysel Atasoy Anavatan		Köksal Toptan AK Party			Hüseyin Özbakır AK Party
MP	İsmail Hakkı Cerrahoğlu MHP		Polat Türkmen AK Party		Ercan Candan AK Party	Faruk Çaturoğlu AK Party
MP	Ömer Barutçu DYP		Fazlı Erdoğan AK Party		Özcan Ulupınar AK Party	Zeki Çakan MHP
MP	Hasan Gemici DSP		Nadir Saraç CHP	Ali Koçal CHP	Mehmet Haberal CHP	Şerafettin Turpcu CHP
MP	Ömer Üstünkol DSP		Harun Akın CHP	Ali İhsan Köktürk CHP		Ünal Demirtaş CHP
MP	Tahsin Boray Baycık DSP	Seat abolished

General elections

June 2015

General Election June 2015: Zonguldak
Party		Candidate
	CHP	Party list^[1] 1. Şerafettin Turpçu 2. Deniz Yavuz Yılmaz 3. Harun Akın 4. Ali İhsan Köktürk 5. Yaşar Balcı
Total votes
Rejected ballots
Turnout

2011

2011 Turkish general election: Zonguldak^[2]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	AKP	Köksal Toptan,Ercan Candan,Özcan Ulupınar	184,346	47.23
	CHP	Mehmet Haberal,Ali İhsan Köktürk	146,342	37.49
	MHP	None elected	24,633	6.31
	Independents	None elected	11,515	2.95
	Felicity	None elected	8014	2.05
	HAS Party	None elected	3358	0.86	N/A
	DP	None elected	2924	0.75
	DSP	None elected	2618	0.67	^[3]
	BBP	None elected	2289	0.59
	Labour	None elected	1295	0.33
	DYP	None elected	860	0.22
	TKP	None elected	588	0.15
	Nation	None elected	581	0.15
	Nationalist Conservative	None elected	544	0.14
	Liberal Democrat	None elected	418	0.11
	HEPAR	None elected	0
Turnout			390,325	88.42

Presidential elections

2014

Presidential Election 2014: Zonguldak^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AKP	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	177,830	52.97
	Independent	Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu	151,379	45.09
	HDP	Selahattin Demirtaş	6,536	1.95
Total votes			335,745	100.00
Rejected ballots			10,383	3.00
Turnout			346,128	77.48
	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win

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References

↑ "CHP'li vekil sandıktan çıkamadı".
↑ High Electoral Commission of Turkey
↑ DSP in 2011 is compared to CHP in 2007, under whose list it ran that year
↑ 2014 il bazında aday oyları Yüksek Seçim Kurulu (in Turkish) ^{[ dead link ]}

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[1] "CHP'li vekil sandıktan çıkamadı".

[2] High Electoral Commission of Turkey

[3] DSP in 2011 is compared to CHP in 2007, under whose list it ran that year

[4] 2014 il bazında aday oyları Yüksek Seçim Kurulu (in Turkish) ^{[ dead link ]}

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Zonguldak
electoral district for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Zonguldak shown within Turkey
Province	Zonguldak
Electorate	455,640
Current electoral district
Created	1920
Seats	5 Historical 6 (1995-2002) 7 (1991-1995) 9 (1987-1991) 8 (1983-1987) 9 (1961-1983) 12 (1957-1961) 11 (1954-1957)
Turnout at last election	88.42%
Representation
AKP	3 / 5
CHP	2 / 5
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