# Samsun (electoral district)

Samsun is an electoral district of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects nine 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. Samsun is a medium-sized constituency currently represented by nine MPs, although this has historically been as high as fourteen.
MPs for Samsun, 1999 onwards :
| Seat | 1999 (21st parliament) | | 2002 (22nd parliament) | | 2007 (23rd parliament) | | 2011 (24th parliament) | | June 2015 (25th parliament) |
| MP | Yekta Açıkgöz DSP | | Suat Kılıç AK Party | Suat Kılıç AK Party | Suat Kılıç AK Party | Suat Kılıç AK Party | Suat Kılıç AK Party | | Ahmet Demircan AK Party | |
| MP | Tarık Cengiz DSP | | Cemal Yılmaz Demir AK Party | Cemal Yılmaz Demir AK Party | Cemal Yılmaz Demir AK Party | Cemal Yılmaz Demir AK Party | Cemal Yılmaz Demir AK Party | | Fuat Köktaş AK Party | |
| MP | Şenel Kapıcı DSP | | Ahmet Yeni AK Party | Ahmet Yeni AK Party | Ahmet Yeni AK Party | Ahmet Yeni AK Party | Ahmet Yeni AK Party | | Çiğdem Karaaslan AK Party | |
| MP | Musa Uzunkaya FP | | Mustafa Demir AK Party | Mustafa Demir AK Party | Mustafa Demir AK Party | Mustafa Demir AK Party | Mustafa Demir AK Party | | Hasan Basri Kurt AK Party | |
| MP | Ahmet Demircan FP | | Musa Uzunkaya AK Party | | Birnur Şahinoğlu AK Party | | Akif Çağatay Kılıç AK Party | Akif Çağatay Kılıç AK Party | Akif Çağatay Kılıç AK Party | |
| MP | Ahmet Aydın MHP | | Mehmet Kurt AK Party | | Fatih Öztürk AK Party | | Tülay Bakır AK Party | | Hüseyin Edis MHP | |
| MP | Vedat Çınaroğlu MHP | | Mustafa Çakır AK Party | | Osman Çakır MHP | | Cemalettin Şimşek MHP | | Erhan Usta MHP | |
| MP | Erdoğan Sezgin DYP | | Ahmet Haluk Koç CHP | Ahmet Haluk Koç CHP | Ahmet Haluk Koç CHP | Ahmet Haluk Koç CHP | Ahmet Haluk Koç CHP | | Kemal Zeybek CHP | |
| MP | Kemal Kabataş DYP | | İlyas Sezai Önder CHP | | Suat Binici CHP | | Ahmet İhsan Kalkavan CHP | | Hayati Tekin CHP | |
| MP | Mehmet Çakar Anavatan | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished |

## General elections
### 2011

2011 Turkish general election: Samsun :
| List | List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. |
| | AK Party | Mustafa Demir, Suat Kılıç, Cemal Yılmaz Demir, Tülay Bakır, Akif Çağatay Kılıç, Ahmet Yeni | 462,067 | 61.50 | |
| | CHP | Ahmet Haluk Koç, Ahmet İhsan Kalkavan | 162,718 | 16.20 | |
| | MHP | Cemalettin Şimşek | 84,520 | 11.25 | |
| | SAADET | None elected | 11,968 | 1.59 | |
| | DP | None elected | 7619 | 1.01 | |
| | HAS Party | None elected | 7194 | 0.96 | N/A |
| | Büyük Birlik | None elected | 5002 | 0.67 | |
| | DYP | None elected | 1933 | 0.26 | |
| | DSP | None elected | 1859 | 0.25 | '"`UNIQ−−ref−0000000D−QINU`"' |
| | HEPAR | None elected | 1702 | 0.23 | |
| | Labour | None elected | 1526 | 0.2 | |
| | TKP | None elected | 863 | 0.11 | |
| | Nationalist Conservative | None elected | 711 | 0.09 | |
| | Independents | None elected | 648 | 0.09 | |
| | MP | None elected | 613 | 0.08 | |
| | Liberal Democrat | None elected | 442 | 0.06 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 543,328 | 89,24 | |

## Presidential elections
### 2014

Presidential Election 2014: Samsun :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AK Party | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | 447,253 | 65.87 |
| | Independent | Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu | 222,769 | 32.81 |
| | HDP | Selahattin Demirtaş | 8,954 | 1.32 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 678,976 | 100.00 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 14,239 | 2.05 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 693,215 | 76.19 |
| | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win |