Bilecik (electoral district)

Bilecik
electoral district
for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey

Bilecik shown within Turkey
Province Bilecik
Electorate 142,789
Current electoral district
Created 1923
Seats 2
Turnout at last election 92.00%[1]
AK Party
1 / 2
CHP
1 / 2

Bilecik is an electoral district of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects two 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. As one of the smallest electoral districts, Bilecik has consistently elected two MPs since 1999.

MPs for Bilecik, 1999 onwards[2][3][4][5]
Election 2002 (22nd parliament) 2007 (23rd parliament) 2011 (24th parliament) June 2015 (25th parliament) Nov 2015 (26th parliament)
MP Fahrettin Poyraz
AK Party
Halil Eldemir
AK Party
MP Yaşar Tüzün
CHP
Bahattin Şeker
MHP
Yaşar Tüzün
CHP

General elections

2011

General Election 2011: Bilecik[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
AK Party 54,936 42.59 Increase2.62
MHP 35,117 27.23 Increase9.34
CHP 32,741 25.38 Increase2.14
Felicity 1,773 1.37 Decrease2.63
HAS Party 1,348 1.05 Increase1.05
Democrat 966 0.75 Decrease6.94
BBP 387 0.30 Increase0.30
DYP 362 0.28 Increase0.28
HEPAR 339 0.26 Increase0.26
Labour 302 0.23 Increase0.07
Democratic Left 251 0.19 N/A
Nationalist Conservative 146 0.11 Increase0.11
Nation 127 0.10 Increase0.10
Turkish Communists 127 0.10 Decrease0.02
Liberal Democrat 63 0.05 Decrease0.11
Total votes 128,985 100.00
Rejected ballots 2,388 1.82 Increase0.83
Turnout 131,373 92.00 Increase0.76

Presidential elections

2014

Presidential Election 2014: Bilecik[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
AK Party Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 62,087 50.90
Independent Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu 56,170 46.05
HDP Selahattin Demirtaş 3,710 3.04
Total votes 121,967 100.00
Rejected ballots 2,531 2.03
Turnout 124,498 84.15
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win

References

Coordinates: 37°50′N 34°45′E / 37.833°N 34.750°E / 37.833; 34.750

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