# Rize (electoral district)

Rize 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, Rize's seat allocation has oscillated between three and four seats over the last two decades.
Rize was the district from which former prime minister Mesut Yılmaz was elected, first for his Anavatan and later as an independent.
MPs for Rize, 1999 onwards :
| Seat | 1999 (21st parliament) | 2002 (22nd parliament) | 2007 (23rd parliament) | 2011 (24th parliament) | | June 2015 (25th parliament) |
| MP | Mesut Yılmaz Motherland | Abdülkadir Kart AK Party | Mesut Yılmaz Independent | Hayati Yazıcı AK Party | | Hikmet Ayar AK Party |
| MP | Ahmet Kabil Motherland | İlyas Çakır AK Party | Bayram Ali Bayramoğlu AK Party | Hasan Karal AK Party | Hasan Karal AK Party | Hasan Karal AK Party |
| MP | Mehmet Bekaroğlu Virtue | İmdat Sütlüoğlu AK Party | Lütfi Çırakoğlu AK Party | Nusret Bayraktar AK Party | | Osman Aşkın Bak AK Party |

## General elections
### 2011

2011 Turkish general election: Rize :
| List | List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. |
| | AK Party | Hayati Yazıcı, Hasan Karal, Nusret Bayraktar | 134,549 | 68.91 | |
| | CHP | None elected | 33,408 | 17.11 | |
| | MHP | None elected | 14,929 | 7.65 | |
| | SAADET | None elected | 6241 | 3.20 | |
| | HAS Party | None elected | 1743 | 0.89 | |
| | DP | None elected | 1142 | 0.58 | |
| | Büyük Birlik | None elected | 806 | 0.41 | |
| | Independent | None elected | 679 | 0.35 | |
| | HEPAR | None elected | 481 | 0.25 | |
| | DSP | None elected | 348 | 0.18 | '"`UNIQ−−ref−0000000D−QINU`"' |
| | Labour | None elected | 239 | 0.12 | |
| | DYP | None elected | 206 | 0.11 | |
| | Nationalist Conservative | None elected | 184 | 0.09 | |
| | TKP | None elected | 157 | 0.08 | |
| | Liberal Democrat | None elected | 79 | 0.04 | |
| | MP | None elected | 66 | 0.03 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 195,257 | 85.06 | |

### June 2015

| Abbr. | Abbr. | Party | Votes | % |
| | AK Party | Justice and Development Party | 131,168 | 66.8% |
| | CHP | Republican People's Party | 37,110 | 18.9% |
| | MHP | Nationalist Movement Party | 15,870 | 8.1% |
| | SP | Felicity Party | 6,798 | 3.5% |
| | | Other | 5,526 | 2.8% |
| Total | Total | Total | 196,472 | 196,472 | 196,472 | 196,472 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 82.36 | 82.36 | 82.36 | 82.36 |
| source: YSK |||||

### November 2015

| Abbr. | Abbr. | Party | Votes | % |
| | AK Party | Justice and Development Party | 152,923 | 75.9% |
| | CHP | Republican People's Party | 29,970 | 14.9% |
| | MHP | Nationalist Movement Party | 10,815 | 5.4% |
| | SP | Felicity Party | 2,997 | 1.5% |
| | | Other | 4,829 | 2.4% |
| Total | Total | Total | 201,534 | 201,534 | 201,534 | 201,534 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 84.02 | 84.02 | 84.02 | 84.02 |
| source: YSK |||||

### 2018

| Abbr. | Abbr. | Party | Votes | % |
| | AK Party | Justice and Development Party | 139,948 | 64.3% |
| | CHP | Republican People's Party | 27,800 | 12.8% |
| | MHP | Nationalist Movement Party | 26,907 | 12.4% |
| | IYI | Good Party | 13,088 | 6% |
| | SP | Felicity Party | 4,096 | 1.9% |
| | | Other | 5,768 | 2.7% |
| Total | Total | Total | 217,507 | 217,507 | 217,507 | 217,507 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 88.02 | 88.02 | 88.02 | 88.02 |
| source: YSK |||||

## Presidential elections
### 2014

Presidential Election 2014: Rize :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AK Party | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | 148,641 | 80.57 |
| | Independent | Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu | 33,708 | 18.27 |
| | HDP | Selahattin Demirtaş | 2,137 | 1.16 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 184,486 | 100.00 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 2,584 | 1.91 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 188,070 | 76.61 |
| | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win |