Van (electoral district)
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- 7 (1999-2011)
6 (1995-1999)
5 (1987-1995)
4 (1961-1987)
3 (1957-1961)
4 (1954-1957)
| Van | |
|---|---|
| electoral district for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey | |
 Van shown within Turkey | |
| Province | Van |
| Electorate | 547,016 |
| Current electoral district | |
| Created | 1920 |
| Seats | 8 Historical
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| MPs | |
| Turnout at last election | 80.49% |
| DEM | 6 / 8 |
| AK Party | 2 / 8 |
Van is an electoral district of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects eight 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.
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. Van's seat allocation has gradually increased over the last sixty years, from three seats in 1957 to eight seats today.
There are currently eight sitting members of parliament representing Van, one of which is from the governing party. Van was a district where the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) ran independent candidates in an attempt to overcome the 10 percent national electoral threshold. Four independent candidates were elected here in 2011; two have since joined the BDP.
| MPs for Van since 1999 | |||||||||||
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| Seat | 1999 (21st parliament) | 2002 (22nd parliament) | 2007 (23rd parliament) | 2011 (24th parliament) | June 2015 (25th parliament) | ||||||
| MP | Hüseyin Çelik DYP |
Hüseyin Çelik AK Party |
Burhan Kayatürk AK Party |
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| MP | Fetullah Gültepe DYP |
Cüneyt Karabıyık AK Party |
Gülşen Orhan AK Party |
Figen Yüksekdağ Şenoğlu HDP |
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| MP | Fethullah Erbaş Virtue |
Hacı Biner AK Party |
İkram Dinçer AK Party |
Fatih Çiftçi AK Party |
Yurdusev Özsökmenler HDP |
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| MP | Maliki Ejder Arvas Virtue |
Maliki Ejder Arvas AK Party |
Kerem Altun AK Party |
Mustafa Bilicir AK Party |
Adem Özcaner HDP |
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| MP | Mustafa Bayram Virtue |
Asuman Yekta Haydaroğlu AK Party |
Kayhan Türkmenoğlu AK Party |
Kemal Aktaş Independent |
Tuğba Hezer Öztürk HDP |
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| MP | Kamran İnan Motherland |
Halil Kaya AK Party |
Fatma Kurtulan Independent |
Aysel Tuğluk Independent |
Selami Özyaşar HDP |
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| MP | Ayhan Çevik MHP |
Mehmet Kartal CHP |
Özdal Üçer[1] Independent (DTP/BDP) |
Remzi Özgökçe HDP |
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| MP | No seat | Nazmi Gür[2] Independent (BDP) |
Lezgin Botan HDP |
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