Yozgat (electoral district)

Yozgat
electoral district for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Yozgat shown within Turkey
Province	Yozgat
Electorate	257,313
Current electoral district
Created	1920
Seats	4 Historical 6 (1995–2011) 5 (1983–1991) 6 (1961–1983) 9 (1957–1961) 8 (1954–1957)
MPs	List Abdülkadir Akgül AKP Ertuğrul Soysal AKP Yusuf Başer AKP Sadir Durmaz MHP
Turnout at last election	82.17%
Representation
AKP	3 / 4
MHP	1 / 4
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Yozgat is an electoral district of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects 4 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. Yozgat's seat allocation has fluctuated from a historical high of 9 seats in the 1950s to four seats today, its lowest level of representation to date.

MPs for Yozgat, 1999 onwards
Seat		1999 (21st parliament)		2002 (22nd parliament)		2007 (23rd parliament)		2011 (24th parliament)		June 2015 (25th parliament)
MP		Lütfullah Kayalar Anavatan		Bekir Bozdağ AK Party						Abdulkadir Akgül AK Party
MP		İlyas Arslan FP		Mehmet Çiçek AK Party				Ertuğrul Soysal AK Party
MP		İlyas Arslan FP		İlyas Arslan AK Party		Abdülkadir Akgül AK Party		Yusuf Başer AK Party
MP		Ahmet Erol Ersoy MHP		Emin Koç CHP		Mehmet Ekici MHP		Sadir Durmaz MHP
MP		Mesut Türker MHP		Mehmet Erdemir AK Party		Osman Coşkun AK Party	Seat abolished
MP		Şuayip Üşenmez MHP		Mehmet Yaşar Öztürk AK Party			Seat abolished

General elections

2011

Turkish general election, 2011: Yozgat[1]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	AKP	Bekir Bozdağ, Ertuğrul Soysal, Yusuf Başer	170,919	66.42
	MHP	Sadir Durmaz	47,062	18.29
	CHP	None elected	28,166	10.95
	BBP	None elected	3205	1.25
	Felicity	None elected	2806	1.09
	HAS Party	None elected	2520	0.98	N/A
	Democrat	None elected	1091	0.42
	DYP	None elected	405	0.16
	Nationalist Conservative	None elected	260	0.1
	Democratic Left	None elected	253	0.1	[2]
	Labour	None elected	253	0.1
	Turkish Communists	None elected	159	0.06
	Nation	None elected	130	0.05
	Liberal Democrat	None elected	84	0.03
	HEPAR	None elected		0
Turnout			257,313	82.17

Presidential elections

2014

Presidential Election 2014: Yozgat[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AKP	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	155,728	65.84
	Independent	Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu	78,565	33.22
	HDP	Selahattin Demirtaş	2,240	0.95
Total votes			236,533	100.00
Rejected ballots			2,670	1.53
Turnout			240,203	78.97
	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win

References

1. High Electoral Commission of Turkey
2. DSP in 2011 is compared to CHP in 2007, under whose list it ran that year
3. http://www.ysk.gov.tr/ysk/content/conn/YSKUCM/path/Contribution%20Folders/HaberDosya/CB-AdayOylari-ilBazında-2014.pdf

Coordinates: 39°35′N 35°20′E / 39.583°N 35.333°E