İzmir (electoral districts)

İzmir is a Turkish province divided into two electoral districts of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects twenty-six 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.

İzmir
electoral district for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
İzmir shown within Turkey
Province	İzmir
Electorate	2,906,224
Current electoral district
Created	1923
Seats	28 Historical 24 (1995-2011) 19 (1987-1995) 16 (1983-1987) 19 (1977-1983) 18 (1969-1977) 17 (1961-1969) 22 (1957-1961) 22 (1954-1957)
MPs	List 1st district 2nd district
Subdistricts	1st district 2nd district
Turnout at last election	88.33%
Representation
CHP	14 / 28
AK Party	8 / 28
MHP	2 / 28
HDP	2 / 28
Good Party	2 / 28
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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. İzmir is the third largest province in Turkey and saw an increase in its seat allocation ahead of the 2011 election to 26 members, 13 per district.

The province's administrative districts (ilçe) are divided among two electoral districts as follows:^[1]

 

The two electoral districts of İzmir

  First electoral district (13 MPs)

  Second electoral district (13 MPs)

1st district	2nd district
Balçova Buca Çeşme Gaziemir Güzelbahçe Karabağlar Karaburun Konak Menderes Narlıdere Seferihisar Selçuk Torbalı Urla	Aliağa Bayındır Bayraklı Bergama Beydağ Bornova Çiğli Dikili Foça Karşıyaka Kemalpaşa Kınık Kiraz Menemen Ödemiş Tire

General elections

2011

General Election 2011: İzmir^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidates standing			Votes			Seats won
		1st	2nd	Total	Number	%	swing	1st	2nd	Total elected	±
	CHP	13	13	26	1,097,886	43.69	8.22	6	7	13 / 26	2
	AK Party	13	13	26	924,281	36.78	6.26	6	5	11 / 26	1
	MHP	13	13	26	283,590	11.28	2.59	1	1	2 / 26	2
	Independents	4	6	10	120,797	4.81	0.83	0	0	0 / 26	0
	Democrat	13	13	26	18,504	0.74	4.45	0	0	0 / 26	0
	HEPAR	13	13	26	17,046	0.68	0.68	0	0	0 / 26	0
	Felicity	13	13	26	11,386	0.45	0.43	0	0	0 / 26	0
	BBP	13	13	26	8,362	0.33	0.33	0	0	0 / 26	0
	HAS Party	13	13	26	7,589	0.30	0.30	0	0	0 / 26	0
	Democratic Left	13	13	26	6,954	0.28	N/A	0	0	0 / 26	0
	Nation	13	13	26	5,457	0.22	0.22	0	0	0 / 26	0
	Communist	13	13	26	4,202	0.17	0.07	0	0	0 / 26	0
	DYP	13	13	26	4,163	0.17	0.17	0	0	0 / 26	0
	Nationalist Conservative	13	13	26	1,829	0.07	0.07	0	0	0 / 26	0
	Liberal Democrat	13	13	26	1,075	0.04	0.08	0	0	0 / 26	0
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0 / 26	0
Total					2,513,121	100.00		13	13	26	2
Rejected ballots					61,859	2.41	0.19
Turnout					2,567,533	88.34	3.55
	CHP hold Majority				173,605	6.91	1.96

June 2015

Abbr.		Party	Votes	%
	CHP	Republican People's Party	1,202,151	45.4%
	AKP	Justice and Development Party	694,282	26.2%
	MHP	Nationalist Movement Party	363,065	13.7%
	HDP	Peoples' Democratic Party	273,209	10.3%
		Other	114,657	4.3%
Total			2,647,364
Turnout			85.8%
source: YSK

November 2015

Abbr.		Party	Votes	%
	CHP	Republican People's Party	1,264,541	46.8%
	AKP	Justice and Development Party	839,079	31%
	MHP	Nationalist Movement Party	307,057	11.4%
	HDP	Peoples' Democratic Party	233,653	8.6%
		Other	59,976	2.2%
Total			2,704,306
Turnout			87.1%
source: YSK

2018

Abbr.		Party	Votes	%
	CHP	Republican People's Party	1,180,767	41.8%
	AKP	Justice and Development Party	776,243	27.4%
	HDP	Peoples' Democratic Party	319,815	11.3%
	IYI	Good Party	311,412	11%
	MHP	Nationalist Movement Party	172,927	6.1%
		Other	66,833	2.4%
Total			2,827,997
Turnout			87.6%
source: YSK

Presidential elections

2014

Presidential Election 2014: İzmir^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu	1,382,712	58.65
	AK Party	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	786,967	33.38
	HDP	Selahattin Demirtaş	188,028	7.98
Total votes			2,357,707	100.00
Rejected ballots			35,957	1.50
Turnout			2,393,664	78.62
	Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu win

References

1. "Allocation of Turkey's parliamentary MPs by province" (PDF). 2011 general election literature. Supreme Electoral Commission of Turkey. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
2. "Izmir 1st electoral district results" (PDF). 2011 general election results. Supreme Electoral Commission of Turkey. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
3. "Izmir 2nd electoral district results" (PDF). 2011 general election results. Supreme Electoral Commission of Turkey. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
4. 2014 il bazında aday oyları Yüksek Seçim Kurulu (in Turkish)^{[dead link]}