# Kars (electoral district)

Kars 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. As a small electoral district, Kars's seat allocation has always been low. It was last reduced to three MPs in 1999.
MPs for Kars, 1999 onwards :
| Seat | 1999 (21st parliament) | 2002 (22nd parliament) | | 2007 (23rd parliament) | 2011 (24th parliament) | June 2015 (25th parliament) | November 2015 (26th parliament) | | 2018 (27th parliament) |
| 1 | İlhan Aküzüm Motherland | Zeki Karabayır AK Party | Zeki Karabayır AK Party | Zeki Karabayır AK Party | Ahmet Arslan AK Party | Mehmet Uçum AK Party | Ahmet Arslan AK Party | Ahmet Arslan AK Party | Ahmet Arslan AK Party |
| 2 | Çetin Bilgir DSP | Yusuf Selahattin Beyribey AK Party | | Mahmut Esat Güven AK Party | Yunus Kılıç AK Party | Ayhan Bilgen HDP | Yusuf Selahattin Beyribey AK Party | | Yunus Kılıç AK Party |
| 3 | Arslan Aydar MHP | Selami Yiğit CHP | | Gürcan Dağdaş MHP | Mülkiye Birtane Independent (BDP) | Şafak Özanli HDP | Ayhan Bilgen HDP | Ayhan Bilgen HDP | Ayhan Bilgen HDP |

## General elections
### 2011

General Election 2011: Kars :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AK Party | 2 elected 0 1. Ahmet Arslan Y 2. Yunus Kılıç Y 3. Suat Doğan N | 61,196 | 42.56 | 1.37 |
| | Independent | None elected 1 Mülkiye Birtane Y | 27,629 | 19.21 | 3.59 |
| | MHP | None elected 1 1. 1. Umut Yılmazel N 2. Harun Yenice N 3. İrfan Topçu N | 24,744 | 17.21 | 2.82 |
| | CHP | None elected 1. Naif Alibeyoğlu N 2. Cengiz Daşdemir N 3. Saffet Özdemir N | 24,009 | 16.70 | 3.32 |
| | Büyük Birlik | None elected 1. Selaattin Yıldız N 2. Muhittin Timur N 3. Gürkan Işık N | 1,647 | 1.15 | 1.15 |
| | DSP | None elected 1. Serap Gençler N 2. Müzeyyen Demirkaya N 3. Erkan Tek N | 1,027 | 0.71 | N/A |
| | HAS Party | None elected 1. Mukayil Demir N 2. Taner Çetin N 3. Muhammet Ali Gökçek N | 935 | 0.65 | 0.65 |
| | DP | None elected 1. Erkan Güneş N 2. Ekrem Polat N 3. Gencay Aytaş N | 683 | 0.47 | 3.60 |
| | SAADET | None elected 1. Piyami Aksu N 2. Mevlüt Ayçiçek N 3. Süleyman Turan N | 630 | 0.44 | 0.88 |
| | TKP | None elected 1. İlhan Akalın N 2. Emine Özmen N 3. Banu Bedirman Soykan N | 399 | 0.28 | 0.27 |
| | DYP | None elected 1. Alaattin Yıldırım N 2. Fatma Fidan N 3. Hüseyin Ali Tıraş N | 279 | 0.19 | 0.19 |
| | MP | None elected 1. İsmail Can N 2. Halit Şirin N 3. İsmail Yiğit N | 205 | 0.14 | 0.14 |
| | HEPAR | None elected 1. Bora İzkübarlas N 2. Cemal Gökce N 3. Mahir Yeke N | 178 | 0.12 | 0.12 |
| | Nationalist Conservative | None elected 1. Serkan Ögel N 2. İzzet Altun N 3. Tuna Işık N | 165 | 0.11 | 0.11 |
| | Liberal Democrat | None elected 1. Harika Özovalı N 2. Feride Dayanç N 3. Zerin Şık N | 107 | 0.07 | 0.18 |
| | Labour | No candidates | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 143,791 | 100.00 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 3,518 | 2.39 | 1.07 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 146,953 | 79.28 | 5.95 |
| | AK Party hold Majority | AK Party hold Majority | 33,567 | 23.34 | 2.19 |

### June 2015

| Abbr. | Abbr. | Party | Votes | % |
| | HDP | Peoples' Democratic Party | 64,315 | 44% |
| | AK Party | Justice and Development Party | 38,950 | 26.6% |
| | MHP | Nationalist Movement Party | 20,507 | 14% |
| | CHP | Republican People's Party | 17,485 | 12% |
| | | Other | 4,930 | 3.4% |
| Total | Total | Total | 146,187 | 146,187 | 146,187 | 146,187 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 81.25 | 81.25 | 81.25 | 81.25 |
| source: YSK |||||

### November 2015

| Abbr. | Abbr. | Party | Votes | % |
| | AK Party | Justice and Development Party | 50,267 | 35.6% |
| | HDP | Peoples' Democratic Party | 48,625 | 34.5% |
| | CHP | Republican People's Party | 21,315 | 15.1% |
| | MHP | Nationalist Movement Party | 17,579 | 12.5% |
| | | Other | 3,275 | 2.3% |
| Total | Total | Total | 141,061 | 141,061 | 141,061 | 141,061 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 78.57 | 78.57 | 78.57 | 78.57 |
| source: YSK |||||

### 2018

| Abbr. | Abbr. | Party | Votes | % |
| | AK Party | Justice and Development Party | 52,791 | 36.9% |
| | HDP | Peoples' Democratic Party | 46,285 | 32.4% |
| | CHP | Republican People's Party | 20,207 | 14.1% |
| | IYI | Good Party | 10,597 | 7.4% |
| | MHP | Nationalist Movement Party | 10,145 | 7.1% |
| | | Other | 3,026 | 2.1% |
| Total | Total | Total | 143,051 | 143,051 | 143,051 | 143,051 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 81.13 | 81.13 | 81.13 | 81.13 |
| source: YSK |||||

### 2023

| Abbr. | Abbr. | Party | Votes | % |
| | YSGP | Party of Greens and the Left Future | 40.710 | 27.6% |
| | AK Party | Justice and Development Party | 37.662 | 25.6% |
| | CHP | Republican People's Party | 24.090 | 16.3% |
| | IYI | Good Party | 21.728 | 14.7% |
| | MHP | Nationalist Movement Party | 14.211 | 9.6% |
| | | Other | 7.683 | 5.2% |
| Total | Total | Total | 147.343 | 147.343 | 147.343 | 147.343 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 79.56% | 79.56% | 79.56% | 79.56% |
| source: YSK |||||

## Presidential elections
### 2014

Presidential Election 2014: Kars :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AK Party | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | 53,350 | 42.52 |
| | HDP | Selahattin Demirtaş | 41,266 | 32.89 |
| | Independent | Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu | 30,856 | 24.59 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 125,472 | 100.00 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 1,775 | 1.39 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 127,247 | 68.97 |
| | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win |