Yozgat (electoral district)

Yozgat
electoral district for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Yozgat shown within Turkey
Province	Yozgat
Electorate	257,313
Current electoral district
Created	1920
Seats	4 Historical 6 (1995–2011) 5 (1983–1991) 6 (1961–1983) 9 (1957–1961) 8 (1954–1957)
MPs	List Abdülkadir Akgül AKP Ertuğrul Soysal AKP Yusuf Başer AKP Sadir Durmaz MHP
Turnout at last election	82.17%
Representation
AK Party	2 / 4
MHP	1 / 4
İYİ	1 / 4
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Yozgat is an electoral district of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects 4 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. Yozgat's seat allocation has fluctuated from a historical high of 9 seats in the 1950s to four seats today, its lowest level of representation to date.

MPs for Yozgat, 1999 onwards
Seat		1999 (21st parliament)		2002 (22nd parliament)		2007 (23rd parliament)		2011 (24th parliament)		June 2015 (25th parliament)
MP		Lütfullah Kayalar Anavatan		Bekir Bozdağ AK Party						Abdulkadir Akgül AK Party
MP		İlyas Arslan FP		Mehmet Çiçek AK Party				Ertuğrul Soysal AK Party
MP		İlyas Arslan FP		İlyas Arslan AK Party		Abdülkadir Akgül AK Party		Yusuf Başer AK Party
MP		Ahmet Erol Ersoy MHP		Emin Koç CHP		Mehmet Ekici MHP		Sadir Durmaz MHP
MP		Mesut Türker MHP		Mehmet Erdemir AK Party		Osman Coşkun AK Party	Seat abolished
MP		Şuayip Üşenmez MHP		Mehmet Yaşar Öztürk AK Party			Seat abolished

General elections

2011

2011 Turkish general election: Yozgat
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	± from prev.
	AK Party	Bekir Bozdağ, Ertuğrul Soysal, Yusuf Başer	170,919	66.42
	MHP	Sadir Durmaz	47,062	18.29
	CHP	None elected	28,166	10.95
	Büyük Birlik	None elected	3205	1.25
	SAADET	None elected	2806	1.09
	HAS Party	None elected	2520	0.98	N/A
	DP	None elected	1091	0.42
	DYP	None elected	405	0.16
	Nationalist Conservative	None elected	260	0.1
	DSP	None elected	253	0.1	'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000009−QINU`"'
	Labour	None elected	253	0.1
	TKP	None elected	159	0.06
	MP	None elected	130	0.05
	Liberal Democrat	None elected	84	0.03
	HEPAR	None elected		0
Turnout			257,313	82.17

June 2015

Abbr.		Party	Votes	%
	AKP	Justice and Development Party	139,934	58.3%
	MHP	Nationalist Movement Party	66,958	27.9%
	CHP	Republican People's Party	21,626	9%
	SP	Felicity Party	6,054	2.5%
	HDP	Peoples' Democratic Party	2,298	1%
		Other	3,130	1.3%
Total			240,000
Turnout			81.61
source: YSK

November 2015

Abbr.		Party	Votes	%
	AKP	Justice and Development Party	157,622	64.8%
	MHP	Nationalist Movement Party	30,374	12.5%
		Independent Lütfullah Kayalar	28,664	11.8%
	CHP	Republican People's Party	17,904	7.4%
	SP	Felicity Party	1,259	0.5%
	HDP	Peoples' Democratic Party	1,202	0.5%
		Other	6,124	2.5%
Total			243,149
Turnout			83.56
source: YSK

2018

Abbr.		Party	Votes	%
	AKP	Justice and Development Party	131,340	52.3%
	MHP	Nationalist Movement Party	62,006	24.7%
	CHP	Republican People's Party	28,575	11.4%
	IYI	Good Party	18,727	7.5%
	SP	Felicity Party	2,966	1.2%
	HDP	Peoples' Democratic Party	2,100	0.8%
		Other	5,490	2.2%
Total			251,204
Turnout			86.42
source: YSK

Presidential elections

2014

Presidential Election 2014: Yozgat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AK Party	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	155,728	65.84
	Independent	Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu	78,565	33.22
	HDP	Selahattin Demirtaş	2,240	0.95
Total votes			236,533	100.00
Rejected ballots			2,670	1.53
Turnout			240,203	78.97
	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win