Mersin is an electoral district of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects eleven 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. Mersin elected 12 members until the most recent election in 2011, when the number of seats was dropped to eleven.
MPs for Mersin, 1999 onwardsSeat MP Edip ÖzgençLeft the DSP in 2001 to join the newly founded YTP.DSP / YTP Ali OksalCHP Aytuğ AtıcıCHP MP Akif SerinDSP / YTP Ersoy BulutLeft his party in 2005 and briefly joined the SHP before becoming independent once again.CHP Vahap SeçerCHP Hüseyin ÇamakCHP MP Mustafa İstemihan TalayDSP / YTP Hüseyin GülerLeft his party and crossed over to Anavatan in 2004.CHP / Anavatan İsa GökCHP Durmuş Fikri SağlarCHP MP Yalçın KayaMHP Hüseyin ÖzcanLeft his party and crossed over to Motherland in 2005.CHP / Anavatan Ali Rıza ÖztürkCHP Baki ŞimşekMHP MP Hidayet KılınçMHP Mustafa ÖzyürekCHP Mehmet ŞandırMHP Oktay ÖztürkMHP MP Cahit TekelioğluMHP Şefik ZenginCHP Akif AkkuşMHP Ali ÖzMHP MP Enis ÖksüzServed as transport minister before leaving his party in 2002 and joining the BBP.MHP / BBP Vahit ÇekmezCHP Kadir UralMHP Ertuğrul KürkçüRan in 2011 as an independent candidate and joined the BDP afted being elected.Independent (BDP) Dengir Mir Mehmet FıratHDP MP Ali ErAli Er left the Motherland Party in August 2002 to join the AK Party, on whose ticket he ran in 2002.Motherland / AK Party Mehmet Zafer ÇağlayanAK Party Çilem ÖzHDP MP Rüştü Kazım YücelenMotherland Ömer İnanAK Party Çiğdem Münevver ÖktenAK Party Mustafa Muhammet GültakAK Party MP Turhan GüvenDYP Saffet BenliAK Party / Motherland Kürşad TüzmenAK Party Ahmet Tevfik UzunAK Party Yılmaz TezcanAK Party MP Ayfer YılmazDYP Mustafa EyiceoğluAK Party Mehmet Zafer ÜskülAK Party Nebi BozkurAK Party Muhsin KızılkayaAK Party MP Ali GüngörExpelled from his party in 2000; subsequently served as an independent.MHP / Independent Dengir Mir Mehmet FıratAK Party Kadir UralMHP Seat abolished
General elections 2011
June 2015 PartyVotes%CHPRepublican People's Party298,278AK PartyJustice and Development Party266,760MHPNationalist Movement Party255,705HDPPeoples' Democratic Party184,018SPFelicity Party10,603Other15,267Total1,030,631Turnout86.62source: YSK
November 2015 PartyVotes%AK PartyJustice and Development Party325,723CHPRepublican People's Party319,630MHPNationalist Movement Party224,219HDPPeoples' Democratic Party156,873SPFelicity Party3,765Other18,506Total1,048,716Turnout87.41source: YSK
2018 PartyVotes%AK PartyJustice and Development Party302,200CHPRepublican People's Party296,514HDPPeoples' Democratic Party186,663IYIGood Party151,924MHPNationalist Movement Party139,581SPFelicity Party7,515HÜDA-PARFree Cause Party4,486Other13,675Total1,102,558Turnout88.45source: YSK
Presidential elections 2014
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