Denizli (electoral district)

Denizli is an electoral district of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects seven 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.

Denizli
electoral district for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Denizli shown within Turkey
Province	Denizli
Electorate	747,897
Current electoral district
Created	1923
Seats	8
Turnout at last election	91.51%[1] (2018)
Representation
AK Party	4 / 8
CHP	2 / 8
İYİ	1 / 8
Vacant	1 / 8
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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. Denizli's seats have remained stable since 1999, continuously electing seven MPs.

MPs for Denizli, 1999 onwards[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Election		2002 (22nd parliament)		2007 (23rd parliament)		2011 (24th parliament)		June 2015 (25th parliament)		Nov 2015 (26th parliament)		2018 (27th parliament)
MP		Osman Nuri Filiz AK Party		Mithat Ekici AK Party		Nihat Zeybekçi AK Party						Nilgün Ök AK Party
MP		Ümmet Kandoğan AK Party		Selma Aliye Kavaf AK Party		Bilal Uçar AK Party				Sema Ramazanoğlu AK Party		Ahmet Yıldız AK Party
MP		Mehmet Yüksektepe AK Party		Mehmet Yüksel AK Party						Cahit Özkan AK Party
MP		Mehmet Salih Erdoğan AK Party				Nurcan Dalbudak AK Party		Gülizar Biçer Karaca CHP		Şahin Tin AK Party
MP		Mustafa Gazalcı CHP		Hasan Erçelebi CHP		İlhan Cihaner CHP		Kazım Arslan[lower-alpha 1] CHP
MP		Mehmet Uğur Neşşar CHP		Ali Riza Ertemür CHP		Adnan Keskin CHP		Melike Basmacı CHP				Haşim Teoman Sancar CHP
MP		Veli Haşim Oral CHP		Emin Haluk Ayhan MHP								Gülizar Biçer Karaca CHP
MP	No seat											Yasin Öztürk Good Party

General elections

2011

General Election 2011: Denizli[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AK Party	4 elected                              0 1. Nihat Zeybekçi 2. Mehmet Yüksel 3. Bilal Uçar 4. Nurcan Dalbuduk 5. Cahit Özkan N 6. Halil Pekdemir N 7. Ayhan Soyfidan N	279,091	46.62	3.60
	CHP	2 elected                              0 1. Adnan Keskin 2. İlhan Cihangir 3. Melike Basmacı Kayhan N 4. Adil Demir N 5. Kazım Arslan N 6. Huriye Çağlayan N 7. Ali Kavak N	187,017	31.24	9.27
	MHP	1 elected                              0 1. Emin Haluk Ayhan 2. Ali Keskin N 3. Ümit Bahtiyar N 4. Mehmet Ali Uzakgider N 5. Muzaffer Keçelioğlu N 6. Bekir Kaymakcı N 7. Nilgün Aksu Şener N	101,408	16.94	0.79
	Democrat	None elected 1. İsmail Ağar N 2. Osman Çandır N 3. İsmail Hakkı Kavak N 4. Aysel Çakmak N 5. Ömer Kılıç N 6. Turgay Urgun N 7. İsmail Sağer N	5,877	0.98	7.77
	Independent	None elected Mustafa Güleç N Kemal Beler N Kazım Gürdal N	5,871	0.98	0.02
	BBP	None elected 1. Mehmet Efe N 2. Hüseyin Sarı N 3. Süleyman Oruç N 4. Fatma Karaca N 5. Namık Selcuk N 6. Bekir Giritoğlu N 7. Halil İbrahim Yılmaz N	3,821	0.64	0.64
	HAS Party	None elected 1. Mehmet Uğur Tatar N 2. Taner İzgi N 3. Zeliha Güvenç N 4. Ramazan Yurtsev N 5. Ercan Koç N 6. Salih Tekin N 7. Süleyman Arslantürk N	3,162	0.53	0.53
	Felicity	None elected 1. Ali Rıza Alnıak N 2. Bayram Ünnü N 3. Ahmet Ergunt N 4. Cağfer Akınlı N 5. Haşim Ahmet Abdulbaki Buğra Bahadır Nebioğulları N 6. Sait Arı N 7. Kamil Selçuk N	2,868	0.48	0.52
	HEPAR	None elected 1. Rasim Etçioğlu N 2. İlksen Koptur N 3. Bünyamin Yıldız N 4. Nazan Yılmaz N 5. Selami Şevik N 6. İdris Karadağ N 7. Mukadder Duran N	2,561	0.43	0.43
	DYP	None elected 1. Serap Çetinkaya N 2. Mustafa Ali Darıviranlı N 3. Yalçın Ünal N 4. Zehra Eraraç N 5. Semra Taşkırmaz N 6. Ali Gökcen N 7. Ahmet Ali Arman N	1,773	0.30	0.30
	DSP	None elected 1. Hasan Erçelebi N 2. Meral Er N 3. İlhan Tufan N 4. Sadık Köyoğlu N 5. Kemal Açıkalın N 6. Hilmi Bali N 7. Mehmet Kamil Tarakcı N	1,753	0.29	N/A
	Labour	None elected 1. Mustafa Aday N 2. Zübeyde Çataltepe N 3. Nermin Şahin N 4. Tahir Akçay N 5. Müzait Akman N 6. Yusuf Cemal Mutaf N 7. Süleyman Tezel N	1,658	0.28	0.27
	TKP	None elected 1. Savaş Sarı N 2. Bilal Doğan N 3. Ali Çetin N 4. Veli Fırtına N 5. Özlem Tülü N 6. Muharrem Kırkım N 7. İsmail Gümüşsoy N	707	0.12	0.21
	Nation	None elected 1. Hüsnü Çatal N 2. Necati Varlıklı N 3. Erol Yaka N 4. Uğur Uzun N 5. Zafer Kodal N 6. Mehmet Bayrak N 7. Şükrü Demir N	692	0.12	0.12
	Liberal Democrat	None elected 1. Lütfi Erol N 2. Hakan Kaya N 3. Kamil Keçelioğlu N 4. Elmas Demiralp N 5. Himmet Üyümaz N 6. Ramazan Akşit N 7. Mediha Tuna N	381	0.06	0.06
	Nationalist Conservative	No candidates	0	0.00	0.00
Total votes			598,640	100.00
Rejected ballots			15,991	2.46	0.14
Turnout			612,779	91.14	0.64
	AK Party hold Majority		92,074	15.38	5.67

June 2015

Abbr.		Party	Votes	%
	AKP	Justice and Development Party	247,998	39.5%
	CHP	Republican People's Party	220,526	35.2%
	MHP	Nationalist Movement Party	115,016	18.3%
	HDP	Peoples' Democratic Party	23,849	3.8%
	SP	Felicity Party	8,809	1.4%
		Other	10,858	1.7%
Total			627,056
Turnout			89.92
source: YSK

November 2015

Abbr.		Party	Votes	%
	AKP	Justice and Development Party	289,081	45.5%
	CHP	Republican People's Party	218,151	34.3%
	MHP	Nationalist Movement Party	93,629	14.7%
	HDP	Peoples' Democratic Party	16,917	2.7%
	SP	Felicity Party	2,450	0.4%
		Other	15,465	2.4%
Total			635,693
Turnout			90.12
source: YSK

2018

Abbr.		Party	Votes	%
	AKP	Justice and Development Party	263,997	39.8%
	CHP	Republican People's Party	187,080	28.2%
	IYI	Good Party	111,117	16.7%
	MHP	Nationalist Movement Party	60,468	9.1%
	HDP	Peoples' Democratic Party	24,029	3.6%
	SP	Felicity Party	5,532	0.8%
		Other	11,773	1.8%
Total			663,996
Turnout			91.28
source: YSK

Presidential elections

2014

Presidential Election 2014: Denizli[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu	282,533	49.63
	AK Party	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	268,116	47.09
	HDP	Selahattin Demirtaş	18,682	3.28
Total votes			569,331	100.00
Rejected ballots			13,136	2.26
Turnout			582,467	83.00
	Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu win

Notes

1. Arslan died 7 June 2019. Seat has been vacant since.

References

1. http://www.ysk.gov.tr/ysk/docs/2011MilletvekiliSecimi/KesinSonuclar/denizli.pdf
2. "TBMM 27.Dönem Milletvekili Listesi". Retrieved 12 December 2020.
3. "TBMM 26.Dönem Milletvekili Listesi". Retrieved 12 December 2020.
4. "TBMM 25.Dönem Milletvekili Listesi". Retrieved 12 December 2020.
5. "TBMM 24.Dönem Milletvekili Listesi". Retrieved 12 December 2020.
6. "TBMM 23.Dönem Milletvekili Listesi". Retrieved 12 December 2020.
7. "TBMM 22.Dönem Milletvekili Listesi". Retrieved 12 December 2020.
8. http://www.ysk.gov.tr/ysk/docs/2011MilletvekiliSecimi/KesinSonuclar/denizli.pdf
9. http://www.ysk.gov.tr/ysk/content/conn/YSKUCM/path/Contribution%20Folders/HaberDosya/CB-AdayOylari-ilBazında-2014.pdf