Bitlis (electoral district)

Bitlis is an electoral district of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects three 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.

Bitlis
electoral district for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Bitlis shown within Turkey
Province	Bitlis
Electorate	176,597
Current electoral district
Created	1923
Seats	3 Historical 4 (1999–2007)
Turnout at last election	84.86%[1]
Representation
DEM	2 / 3
AK Party	1 / 3
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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. Bitlis elected four MPs between 1999 and 2007. In 2011, the province lost one seat and elected three MPs.

MPs for Bitlis, 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		Abdurrahim Aksoy AK Party		Cemal Taşer AK Party		Vedat Demiröz AK Party
MP		Vahit Kilner AK Party						Mizgin Irgat HDP
MP		Zeki Ergezen AK Party				Hüsamettin Zenderlioğlu Independent		Mahmut Celadet Gaydalı HDP
MP		Edip Safder Gaydalı Independent		Mehmet Nezir Karabaş Independent	No seat

General elections

2011

2011 general election: Bitlis^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AK Party	2 elected                              1 1. Vedat Demiröz Y 2. Vahit Kiler Y 3. Mehmet Zeki Peker N	74,058	50.70	8.12
	Independent	1 elected                              1 Edip Safder Gaydalı Y Husamettin Zenderlioğlu N	58,748	40.22	18.44
	MHP	None elected 1. Davut Day N 2. Coşkun Gündüz N 3. Faik Er N	4,641	3.18	2.55
	CHP	None elected 1. Hasan Dalkıran N 2. Erol Çiriş N 3. Zübeyir Yaşar N	2,511	1.72	6.93
	Büyük Birlik	None elected 1. Cengiz Ekin N 2. Zübeyir Uysal N 3. Abdullah Çalık N	1,986	1.36	1.36
	HAS Party	None elected 1. Müfit Yüksel N 2. Ekrem Tatlıcıoğlu N 3. Metin Özlük N	1,108	0.76	0.76
	DSP	None elected 1. Bülent Yazıcı N 2. Bedri Aydın N 3. Rasim Cayhan N	929	0.64	N/A
	SAADET	None elected 1. Ziya Kalmaci N 2. Cahit Uluğ N 3. Bşlal Kaçar N	796	0.54	1.06
	DP	None elected 1. Hasan Taşkın N 2. Halit Albay N 3. Abdul Cemil Üner N	583	0.40	1.35
	Communist_Party_of_Turkey_(today)	None elected 1. Kader Sucuk N 2. Hüseyin Ağçal N 3. Gülseren Ercan N	416	0.28	0.02
	DYP	None elected 1. Arif Üçer N 2. Şenol Çolak N 3. Hüseyin Ayas N	124	0.08	0.08
	Nationalist Conservative	None elected 1. Bahar Bölükbaşı N 2. Ahmet Tüylüoğlu N 3. Serkan Özaltın N	106	0.07	0.07
	MP	None elected 1. İbrahim Karaca N 2. Hatice Koçak N 3. Saynur Vural N	72	0.05	0.05
	Liberal Democrat	No candidates	0	0.00	0.07
	Labour	No candidates	0	0.00	0.00
	HEPAR	No candidates	0	0.00	0.00
Total votes			146,078	100.00
Rejected ballots			4,077	2.72	1.05
Turnout			149,854	84.86	0.44
	AK Party hold Majority		15,310	10.48	26.56

June 2015

Abbr.		Party	Votes	%
	HDP	Peoples' Democratic Party	93,263	60.4%
	AKP	Justice and Development Party	47,788	30.9%
	MHP	Nationalist Movement Party	6,049	3.9%
	CHP	Republican People's Party	2,072	1.3%
	HÜDA-PAR	Free Cause Party	1,709	1.1%
		Other	3,655	2.4%
Total			154,536
Turnout			84.62
source: YSK

November 2015

Abbr.		Party	Votes	%
	HDP	Peoples' Democratic Party	73,786	49.4%
	AKP	Justice and Development Party	65,370	43.8%
	CHP	Republican People's Party	4,112	2.8%
	MHP	Nationalist Movement Party	2,902	1.9%
		Other	3,071	2.1%
Total			149,241
Turnout			80.97
source: YSK

2018

Abbr.		Party	Votes	%
	AKP	Justice and Development Party	70,488	44.2%
	HDP	Peoples' Democratic Party	69,110	43.3%
	MHP	Nationalist Movement Party	6,242	3.9%
	IYI	Good Party	5,142	3.2%
	CHP	Republican People's Party	3,583	2.2%
	HÜDA-PAR	Free Cause Party	1,809	1.1%
	SP	Felicity Party	1,767	1.1%
		Other	1,377	0.9%
Total			159,518
Turnout			83.41
source: YSK

Presidential elections

2014

2014 presidential election: Bitlis^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AK Party	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	72,139	52.06
	HDP	Selahattin Demirtaş	60,583	43.72
	Independent	Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu	5,849	4.22
Total votes			138,571	100.00
Rejected ballots			2,538	1.80
Turnout			141,109	75.38
	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win