Bilecik (electoral district)

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.

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]
Representation
AK Party	1 / 2
CHP	1 / 2
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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. 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)		November 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

2011 general election: Bilecik^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AK Party	1 elected                              0 1. Fahrettin Poyraz Y 2. Halil Eldemir N	54,936	42.59	2.62
	MHP	1 elected                              1 1. Bahattin Şeker Y 2. Bahaettin Bulut N	35,117	27.23	9.34
	CHP	None elected                       1 1. Yaşar Tüzün N 2. Ali Olcay N	32,741	25.38	2.14
	SAADET	None elected 1. İbrahim Meral N 2. Turgay Ordu N	1,773	1.37	2.63
	HAS Party	None elected 1. Muharrem Tüfekçioğlu N 2. Recep Fidan N	1,348	1.05	1.05
	DP	None elected 1. Nurhan Güner N 2. Neccar Katırancı N	966	0.75	6.94
	Büyük Birlik	None elected 1. Hasan Uslu N 2. Hüseyin Hüsnü Avcı N	387	0.30	0.30
	DYP	None elected 1. Ömer Çoban N 2. Murat Akbal N	362	0.28	0.28
	HEPAR	None elected 1. Filiz Özbırakmaz N 2. Sevtap Yetiş N	339	0.26	0.26
	Labour	None elected 1. Çağdaş Yıldız N 2. Sevcan Tekin N	302	0.23	0.07
	DSP	None elected 1. Rifat Yılmaz N 2. Devrim Serin N	251	0.19	N/A
	Nationalist Conservative	None elected 1. Ali İpek N 2. Hasan Emrah Turan N	146	0.11	0.11
	MP	None elected 1. Uğur Özdemir N 2. Fevziye Şakar N	127	0.10	0.10
	TKP	None elected 1. Erdem Tuç N 2. Onur Terzi N	127	0.10	0.02
	Liberal Democrat	None elected 1. Gültekin Sirkeci N 2. Rıdvan Sirkeci N	63	0.05	0.11
Total votes			128,985	100.00
Rejected ballots			2,388	1.82	0.83
Turnout			131,373	92.00	0.76

June 2015

Abbr.		Party	Votes	%
	AKP	Justice and Development Party	49,172	37.3%
	CHP	Republican People's Party	38,833	29.5%
	MHP	Nationalist Movement Party	34,006	25.8%
	HDP	Peoples' Democratic Party	4,349	3.3%
	SP	Felicity Party	2,886	2.2%
		Other	2,589	2%
Total			131,835
Turnout			90.48
source: YSK

November 2015

Abbr.		Party	Votes	%
	AKP	Justice and Development Party	61,338	46.3%
	CHP	Republican People's Party	44,792	33.8%
	MHP	Nationalist Movement Party	18,596	14%
	HDP	Peoples' Democratic Party	3,219	2.4%
	SP	Felicity Party	1,216	0.9%
		Other	3,283	2.5%
Total			132,444
Turnout			90.39
source: YSK

2018

Abbr.		Party	Votes	%
	AKP	Justice and Development Party	58,110	42.3%
	CHP	Republican People's Party	38,807	28.3%
	IYI	Good Party	19,656	14.3%
	MHP	Nationalist Movement Party	12,666	9.2%
	HDP	Peoples' Democratic Party	4,040	2.9%
	SP	Felicity Party	1,539	1.1%
		Other	2,396	2%
Total			137,214
Turnout			90.85
source: YSK

Presidential elections

2014

2014 presidential election: 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