Balıkesir is an electoral district of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects eight 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. Balıkesir elected 9 MPs in 1999. The district has lost one seat since then and has elected 8 MPs since 2002.
MPs for Balıkesir, 2002 onwardsElection MP Ali AydınlıoğluAK Party Ayşe AkbaşAK Party Ali AydınlıoğluAK Party MP Turhan ÇömezAK Party Mehmet Cemal ÖztaylanAK PartySema KırcıAK Party MP Ahmet Edip UğurAK PartyMahmut PoyrazlıAK Party MP Ali Osman SaliAK Party Tülay BabuşcuAK Party Recep ÇetinMHPKasım BostanAK Party MP Orhan SürCHP Ahmet Duran BulutMHPİsmail OkMHP MP İsmail ÖzgünAK Party Ayşe Nedret AkovaCHPAhmet AkınCHP MP Ali Kemal DevecilerCHP Ergün AydoğanCHP Haluk Ahmet GümüşCHPMehmet TümCHP MP Sedat PekelCHP Hüseyin PazarcıCHP Namık HavutçaCHP
General elections
2011
June 2015 PartyVotes%AK PartyJustice and Development Party305,602CHPRepublican People's Party267,677MHPNationalist Movement Party159,274HDPPeoples' Democratic Party24,121SPFelicity Party14,324Other15,185Total786,183Turnout88.54source: YSK
November 2015 PartyVotes%AK PartyJustice and Development Party361,821CHPRepublican People's Party275,229MHPNationalist Movement Party117,551HDPPeoples' Democratic Party18,382SPFelicity Party6,788Other14,796Total794,567Turnout88.54source: YSK
2018 PartyVotes%AK PartyJustice and Development Party338,879CHPRepublican People's Party256,303IYIGood Party125,333MHPNationalist Movement Party62,255HDPPeoples' Democratic Party32,275SPFelicity Party9,811Other13,751Total838,607Turnout90.81source: YSK
Presidential elections
2014
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