Bitlis is an electoral district of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects three 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. Bitlis elected four MPs between 1999 and 2007. In 2011, the province lost one seat and elected three MPs.
MPs for Bitlis, 1999 onwardsElection MP Abdurrahim AksoyAK Party Cemal TaşerAK Party Vedat DemirözAK Party MP Vahit KilnerAK Party Mizgin Irgat HDP MP Zeki ErgezenAK Party Hüsamettin ZenderlioğluIndependent Mahmut Celadet GaydalıHDP MP Edip Safder GaydalıIndependent Mehmet Nezir KarabaşIndependent No seat
General elections
2011
June 2015 PartyVotes%HDPPeoples' Democratic Party93,263AKPJustice and Development Party47,788MHPNationalist Movement Party6,049CHPRepublican People's Party2,072HÜDA-PARFree Cause Party1,709Other3,655Total154,536Turnout84.62source: YSK
November 2015 PartyVotes%HDPPeoples' Democratic Party73,786AKPJustice and Development Party65,370CHPRepublican People's Party4,112MHPNationalist Movement Party2,902Other3,071Total149,241Turnout80.97source: YSK
2018 PartyVotes%AKPJustice and Development Party70,488HDPPeoples' Democratic Party69,110MHPNationalist Movement Party6,242IYIGood Party5,142CHPRepublican People's Party3,583HÜDA-PARFree Cause Party1,809SPFelicity Party1,767Other1,377Total159,518Turnout83.41source: YSK
Presidential elections 2014
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