Muş (electoral district)

Muş
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; Historical 4 (1995-2015); 3 (1991-1995); 4 (1987-1991); 3 (1961-1987); 4 (1957-1961); 3 (1954-1957);
MPs	List Faruk Işık AKP; Muzaffer Çakar AKP; Sırrı Sakik BDP; Demir Çelik BDP;
Turnout at last election	81.75%
	Representation
DEM	2 / 3
AK Party	1 / 3
	Politics of Turkey; Political parties; ; Elections previous; next; ;

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)
Seat	1999 (21st parliament)	2002 (22nd parliament)	2007 (23rd parliament)	2011 (24th parliament)		June 2015 (25th parliament)
MP	Eran Kemaloğlu Motherland	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 Virtue	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

2011 Turkish general election: Muş^[4]
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	± from prev.
	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
	Büyük Birlik	None elected	2119	1.24
	SAADET	None elected	2038	1.19
	HAS Party	None elected	1144	0.67	N/A
	DP	None elected	711	0.41
	DSP	None elected	604	0.35	'"`UNIQ−−ref−0000000C−QINU`"'
	TKP	None elected	405	0.24
	DYP	None elected	258	0.15
	Nationalist Conservative	None elected	111	0.06
	MP	None elected	108	0.06
	Liberal Democrat	None elected	0
	HEPAR	None elected	0
	Labour	None elected	0
Turnout			171,446	81.75

June 2015

Abbr.		Party	Votes	%
	HDP	Peoples' Democratic Party	137,878	71.3%
	AK Party	Justice and Development Party	46,940	24.3%
	MHP	Nationalist Movement Party	3,606	1.9%
	CHP	Republican People's Party	2,110	1.1%
		Other	2,777	1.4%
Total			193,311
Turnout			88.63
source: YSK

November 2015

Abbr.		Party	Votes	%
	HDP	Peoples' Democratic Party	112,726	61.8%
	AK Party	Justice and Development Party	61,768	33.9%
	CHP	Republican People's Party	2,419	1.3%
	MHP	Nationalist Movement Party	2,350	1.3%
		Other	3,148	1.7%
Total			182,411
Turnout			84.43
source: YSK

2018

Abbr.		Party	Votes	%
	HDP	Peoples' Democratic Party	101,744	55.6%
	AK Party	Justice and Development Party	57,747	31.5%
	IYI	Good Party	7,881	4.3%
	MHP	Nationalist Movement Party	6,527	3.6%
	CHP	Republican People's Party	3,633	2%
	HÜDA-PAR	Free Cause Party	2,784	1.5%
	SP	Felicity Party	1,652	0.9%
		Other	1,069	0.6%
Total			183,037
Turnout			82.82
source: YSK

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

^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Demir Çelik ran in 2011 as an independent candidate and joined the BDP afted being elected.
^ [1] Electoral Commission
^ DSP in 2011 is compared to CHP in 2007, under whose list it ran that year
^ 2011 Iğdır kesin sonuçlar Yüksek Seçim Kurulu (in Turkish) ^{[dead link]}

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

[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] [1] Electoral Commission

[5] DSP in 2011 is compared to CHP in 2007, under whose list it ran that year

[6] 2011 Iğdır kesin sonuçlar Yüksek Seçim Kurulu (in Turkish) ^{[dead link]}

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