Giresun (electoral district)

Giresun
electoral district
for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey

Giresun shown within Turkey
Province Giresun
Electorate 309,800
Current electoral district
Created 1923
Seats

4

Turnout at last election 85.25%[1]
AKP
2 / 4
CHP
1 / 4
MHP
1 / 4

Giresun is an electoral district of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects four 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.

MPs for Giresun, 1999 onwards[2][3][4][5]
Election 1999 (21st parliament) 2002 (22nd parliament) 2007 (23rd parliament) 2011 (24th parliament) June 2015 (25th parliament)
MP Burhan Kara
ANAP
Nurettin Canikli
AK Party
Turhan Alçelik
AK Party
MP Hasan Akgün
DSP
Hasan Aydın
AK Party
Hacı Hasan Sünmez
AK Party
Adem Tatlı
AK Party
MP Rasim Zaimoğlu
DYP
Ali Temür
AK Party
Mehmet Geldi
AK Party
Orhan Erzurum
MHP
MP Turhan Alçelik
Virtue
Adem Tatlı
AK Party
Eşref Karaibrahim
CHP
Selahattin Karaahmetoğlu
CHP
Bülent Yener Bektaşoğlu
CHP
MP Mustafa Yaman
MHP
Mehmet Işık
CHP
Murat Özkan
MHP
No seat

General elections

2011

Turkish general election, 2011: Giresun[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AKP 154,385 59.38 Increase8.10
CHP 61,579 23.69 Increase7.51
MHP 30,966 11.91 Decrease4.07
Felicity 4,329 1.67 Decrease0.75
HAS Party 2,576 0.99 Increase0.99
Democrat 1,953 0.75 Decrease3.14
BBP 1,127 0.43 Increase0.43
HEPAR 596 0.23 Increase0.23
Democratic Left 559 0.22 N/A
Labour 525 0.20 Decrease0.07
DYP 518 0.20 Increase0.20
Nationalist Conservative 285 0.11 Increase0.11
Turkish Communists 255 0.10 Decrease0.09
Nation 194 0.07 Increase0.07
Liberal Democrat 144 0.06 Decrease0.11
Total votes 259,991 100.00
Rejected ballots 4,959 1.88 Increase0.57
Turnout 264,099 85.25 Increase2.11

Presidential elections

2014

Presidential Election 2014: Giresun[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
AKP Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 159,171 66.64
Independent Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu 76,300 31.94
HDP Selahattin Demirtaş 3,379 1.41
Total votes 238,850 100.00
Rejected ballots 4,851 1.99
Turnout 243,701 75.25
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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