Sinop is an electoral district of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects two 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. The number of seats allocated to Sinop has gradually fallen over the last half-century from a high of six in the 1950s to just two seats today.
MPs for Sinop, 1999 onwardsSeat MP Yaşar TopçuDYP Cahit CanAK Party Abdurrahman DodurgalıAK Party Mehmet ErsoyAK Party Cengiz TokmakAK Party MP Metin BostancıoğluDSP Engin AltayCHP Barış KaradenizCHP MP Kadir BozkurtMotherland Mustafa ÖztürkAK Party Kadir TıngıroğluAK Party Seat abolished
General elections 2011
Presidential elections 2014
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