Muş (electoral district)

Muş
electoral district
for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey

Muş shown within Turkey
Province Muş
Electorate 214,282
Current electoral district
Created 1920
Seats

3

MPs
Turnout at last election 81.75%
HDP
2 / 3
AK Party
1 / 3

Muş 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. Muş's seat allocation has been remained unchanged at four seats since 1995.

MPs for Muş, 1999 onwards
Seat 1999 (21st parliament) 2002 (22nd parliament) 2007 (23rd parliament) 2011 (24th parliament) June 2015 (25th parliament)
MP Eran Kemaloğlu
Anavatan		 Seracettin Karayağız
AK Party		 Faruk Işık
AK Party		 No seat
MP Mümtaz Yavuz
DYP		 Medeni Yılmaz
AK Party		 Muzaffer Çakar
AK Party		 Mehmet Emin Şimşek
AK Party
MP Sabahattin Yıldız
FP		 Sabahattin Yıldız
AK Party		 Sırrı Sakik[1]
Independent (DTP/BDP)		 Ahmet Yıldırım
HDP
MP Zeki Eker
DSP		 Mehmet Şerif Ertuğrul
CHP		 Nuri Yaman[2]
Independent (DTP/BDP)		 Demir Çelik[3]
Independent (BDP)		 Burcu Çelik Özkan
HDP

General elections

2011

Turkish general election, 2011: Muş[4]
List Candidates Votes % ±
Independent Sırrı Sakik, Demir Çelik 75,885 44.26
AK Party Faruk Işık, Muzaffer Çakar 73,431 42.83
MHP None elected 7517 4.38
CHP None elected 7115 4.15
BBP None elected 2119 1.24
Felicity None elected 2038 1.19
HAS Party None elected 1144 0.67 N/A
Democrat None elected 711 0.41
Democratic Left None elected 604 0.35 [5]
Turkish Communists None elected 405 0.24
DYP None elected 258 0.15
Nationalist Conservative None elected 111 0.06
Nation None elected 108 0.06
Liberal Democrat None elected 0
HEPAR None elected 0
Labour None elected 0
Turnout 171,446 81.75

Presidential elections

2014

Presidential Election 2014: Muş[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
HDP Selahattin Demirtaş 105,446 61.24
AK Party Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 61,250 35.57
Independent Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu 5,477 3.18
Total votes 172,173 100.00
Rejected ballots 2,154 1.24
Turnout 174,327 79.10
Selahattin Demirtaş win

References

  1. ↑ Sırrı Sakik ran in 2007 as an independent candidate and joined the DTP afted being elected. Switched to the BDP after the DTP's closure. Ran as an independent candidate again in 2011 and rejointed the BDP afted being elected.
  2. ↑ Nuri Yaman ran in 2007 as an independent candidate and joined the DTP afted being elected. Switched to the BDP after the DTP's closure.
  3. ↑ Demir Çelik ran in 2011 as an independent candidate and joined the BDP afted being elected.
  4. ↑ Electoral Commission
  5. ↑ DSP in 2011 is compared to CHP in 2007, under whose list it ran that year
  6. ↑ http://www.ysk.gov.tr/ysk/docs/2011MilletvekiliSecimi/KesinSonuclar/igdir.pdf

Coordinates: 38°59′N 41°41′E / 38.983°N 41.683°E / 38.983; 41.683

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