Tunceli (electoral district)

Tunceli
electoral district for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Tunceli shown within Turkey
Province	Tunceli
Electorate	64,290
Current electoral district
Created	1920
Seats	1 Historical 3 (1954-1960)
MPs	List Ayten Kordu YSP
Turnout at last election	87.28%
Representation
DEM	1 / 1
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Tunceli is an electoral district of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects 2 members of parliament (deputies) to represent the province of the same name for a four-year term using the D'Hondt method, a party-list proportional representation system.

Members

A population review of every electoral district is conducted before each general election, which can lead to certain districts being allocated a smaller or greater number of parliamentary seats. Tunceli has elected two members of parliament since 1961; previously, it elected three.

General elections

Election results:^[1]

2011

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Republican People's Party	26,723	57.50	2
	Peace and Democracy Party	10,354	22.28	–
	Justice and Development Party	7,312	15.73	–
	Nationalist Movement Party	990	2.13	–
	Other	1,098	2.36	–
Total		46,477	100.00	2
Valid votes		46,477	98.41
Invalid/blank votes		749	1.59
Total votes		47,226	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		57,593	82.00

June 2015

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Peoples' Democratic Party	32,281	60.94	new	2	+2
	Republican People's Party	10,906	20.59	–36.91	0	–2
	Justice and Development Party	5,631	10.63	–5.10	–	–
	Nationalist Movement Party	3,131	5.91	+3.78	–	–
	Other	1,026	1.94		–	–
Total		52,975	100.00	–	2	–
Valid votes		52,975	98.63
Invalid/blank votes		736	1.37
Total votes		53,711	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		63,614	84.43

November 2015

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Peoples' Democratic Party	27,882	56.42	–4.52	1	+1
	Republican People's Party	14,094	28.52	+7.93	1	–1
	Justice and Development Party	5,837	11.81	+1.18	–	–
	Nationalist Movement Party	1,292	2.61	–3.30	–	–
	Other	315	0.64		–	–
Total		49,420	100.00	–	2	–
Valid votes		49,920	98.90
Invalid/blank votes		554	1.10
Total votes		50,474	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		62,608	80.62

2018

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Peoples' Democratic Party	28,219	52.07	–4.35	1	0
	Republican People's Party	14,358	26.49	–2.03	1	0
	Justice and Development Party	7,228	13.34	+1.53	–	–
	Nationalist Movement Party	3,019	5.57	+2.96	–	–
	Good Party	849	1.57	new	–	–
	Other	521	0.96		–	–
Total		54,194	100.00	–	2	–
Valid votes		54,194	97.74
Invalid/blank votes		1,255	2.26
Total votes		55,449	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		64,290	86.25

2023

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Party of Greens and the Left Future	24,762	42.74	new	1	+1
	Republican People's Party	18,518	31.96	+5.47	–	-1
	Justice and Development Party	7,652	13.21	-0.13	–	–
	Nationalist Movement Party	3,240	5.59	+0.02	–	–
	Good Party	1,306	2.25	+0,68	–	–
	Other	2,463	4.25		–	–
Total		57,941	100.00	–	1	–
Valid votes		57,236	98.78
Invalid/blank votes		705	1.22
Total votes		57,941	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		65,578	88.35

Presidential elections

2014

Presidential Election 2014: Tunceli^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	HDP	Selahattin Demirtaş	21,746	52.25
	Independent	Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu	13,897	33.39
	AK Party	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	5,979	14.36
Total votes			41,622	100.00
Rejected ballots			622	1.47
Turnout			42,244	67.17
	Selahattin Demirtaş win

References

1. "Sandık Sonuçları ve Tutanaklar". ysk.gov.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 4 October 2022.
2. 2011 Milletvekili Seçimi. Kesin Sonuçlar Yüksek Seçim Kurulu (in Turkish) ^{[dead link‍]}

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