Electorate 3,054,396 Parent district İstanbul AK Party 14 / 28 | Created 1923 Turnout at last election 86.43% Province Istanbul | |
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Seats 28
Historical
25 (2002-2007)
22 (1999) | ||
İstanbul's third 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-eight 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 second electoral district is situated to the east while the first electoral district occupies the Anatolian side of İstanbul on the east side of the Bosphorus.
Division
The third 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 (III) gained 3 extra seats for the 2011 general election, thus electing 28 seats as opposed to 25 that it elected in 2002 and 2007. In 1999, the district elected 22 MPs.