Istanbul is a Turkish province divided into three electoral districts of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects ninety-eight members of parliament (deputies) to represent the province of the same name for a five-year term by the D'Hondt method, a party-list proportional representation system.
The first district is situated on the Anatolian side of İstanbul on the east of the Bosphorus. The second and third electoral district are both on the European side, with the third situated to the west of the second. The first and third districts, electing 35 MPs, are the largest electoral districts of Turkey in terms of members elected.
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. Istanbul has the largest number of allocated seats and also the largest number of electoral districts within its provincial boundaries.
The province's administrative districts (ilçe) are divided among three electoral districts as follows:
1st district 2nd district 3rd districtAdalar Ataşehir Beykoz Çekmeköy Kadıköy Kartal Maltepe Pendik Sancaktepe Sultanbeyli Şile Tuzla Ümraniye ÜsküdarBayrampaşa Beşiktaş Beyoğlu Esenler Eyüp Fatih Gaziosmanpaşa Kağıthane Sarıyer Sultangazi Şişli ZeytinburnuArnavutköy Avcılar Bağcılar Bahçelievler Bakırköy Başakşehir Beylikdüzü Büyükçekmece Çatalca Esenyurt Güngören Küçükçekmece Silivri
General elections 2011 General Election 2011: İstanbulParty Candidates standing Votes Seats won 1st 2nd 3rd Total Number % swing 1st 2nd 3rd Total elected change ± AK Party CHP MHP Independents Felicity HAS Party BBP Democrat HEPAR Democratic Left Communist Nation Nationalist Conservative Liberal Democrat DYP Labour AK Party hold
June 2015 PartyVotes%AK PartyJustice and Development Party3,393,862CHPRepublican People's Party2,440,167HDPPeoples' Democratic Party1,030,808MHPNationalist Movement Party918,540SPFelicity Party177,713Other334,488Total8,295,578Turnout81.08source: YSK
November 2015 PartyVotes%AK PartyJustice and Development Party4,381,816CHPRepublican People's Party2,736,490HDPPeoples' Democratic Party904,793MHPNationalist Movement Party772,549SPFelicity Party67,935Other125,509Total8,989,092Turnout87.17source: YSK
2018 PartyVotes%AK PartyJustice and Development Party3,821,773CHPRepublican People's Party2,429,519HDPPeoples' Democratic Party1,146,449MHPNationalist Movement Party745,268IYIGood Party738,171SPFelicity Party136,652Other137,286Total9,155,118Turnout86.70source: YSK
Presidential elections
2014
2018
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