Electorate 2,967,483 Parent district İstanbul AK Party 15 / 27 | Created 1923 Turnout at last election 85.94% Province Istanbul | |
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Seats 27
Historical
21 (1999-2007) | ||
İstanbul's second electoral district is one of three divisions of the İstanbul electoral district for the purpose of elections to Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects twenty-seven members of parliament (deputies) to represent the district for a four-year term by the D'Hondt method, a party-list proportional representation system.
Contents
The district partially covers the European side of the Province of İstanbul, on the west of the Bosphorus. The third electoral district is situated to the west while the first electoral district occupies the Anatolian side of İstanbul on the east side of the Bosphorus.
Division
The first electoral district contains the following İstanbul administrative districts (ilçe):
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. İstanbul (II) gained 6 extra seats for the 2011 general election, thus electing 27 seats as opposed to 2q that it elected in 1999, 2002 and 2007.