# Ardahan (electoral district)

Ardahan is an electoral district of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects two 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 one of the smallest electoral districts, Ardahan has consistently elected two MPs since 1999.
MPs for Ardahan, 2002 onwards :
| Election | 2002 (22nd Parliament) | 2007 (23rd Parliament) | 2011 (24th Parliament) | | June 2015 (25th Parliament) | | November 2015 (26th Parliament) |
| MP | Kenan Altun AK Party | Ertekin Çolak AK Party | Orhan Atalay AK Party | Orhan Atalay AK Party | Orhan Atalay AK Party | Orhan Atalay AK Party | Orhan Atalay AK Party |
| MP | Ensar Öğüt CHP | Metin Arifağaoğlu CHP | Ensar Öğüt CHP | | Taşkın Aktaş HDP | | Öztürk Yılmaz CHP |

## General elections
### 2011

2011 general election: Ardahan :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AK Party | 1 elected 0 1. Orhan Atalay Y 2. Orhan Gökdemir N | 22,831 | 40.22 | 0.38 |
| | CHP | 1 elected 0 1. Ensar Öğüt Y 2. Metin Demir N | 17,476 | 30.78 | 1.51 |
| | Independent | None elected Yüksel Avşar N Süleyman Koç N | 7,089 | 12.49 | 3.21 |
| | MHP | None elected 1. Sebahattin Sarıçam N 2. Övün Çabak N | 5,651 | 9.95 | 3.87 |
| | Büyük Birlik | None elected 1. Abdullah Topcu N 2. Sinan Yıldırım N | 1,666 | 2.93 | 2.93 |
| | DP | None elected 1. Emin Üstün N 2. Mehmet Baş N | 439 | 0.77 | 2.42 |
| | DSP | None elected 1. Fehim Gündüz N 2. İbrahim Sayan N | 395 | 0.70 | N/A |
| | HAS Party | None elected 1. Ayhan Akay N 2. Berkant Ezer N | 309 | 0.54 | 0.54 |
| | SAADET | None elected 1. Mevlüt Çalışkan N 2. Fatih Yılmaz N | 259 | 0.46 | 0.40 |
| | TKP | None elected 1. Ulaş Erdoğan N 2. Ayfer Aktemur N | 197 | 0.35 | 1.07 |
| | MP | None elected 1. Ayhan Uğurer N 2. Rahim Aktaş N | 186 | 0.33 | 0.33 |
| | DYP | None elected 1. Ekrem Şahin N 2. Ferhat Bindik N | 128 | 0.23 | 0.23 |
| | Nationalist Conservative | None elected 1. Zeyni Ejder N 2. Zühal Kalkan N | 101 | 0.18 | 0.18 |
| | Liberal Democrat | None elected 1. Döndü İnaldır N 2. Nihat Müştü N | 45 | 0.08 | 0.11 |
| | HEPAR | No candidates | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| | Labour | No candidates | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 56,772 | 100.00 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 1,631 | 2.80 | 1.73 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 58,249 | 84.22 | 2.05 |

### June 2015

| Abbr. | Abbr. | Party | Votes | % |
| | HDP | Peoples' Democratic Party | 17,096 | 30.4% |
| | CHP | Republican People's Party | 12,494 | 22.2% |
| | AKP | Justice and Development Party | 14,759 | 26.2% |
| | MHP | Nationalist Movement Party | 4,393 | 7.8% |
| | SP | Felicity Party | 561 | 1% |
| | | Other | 6,981 | 12.4% |
| Total | Total | Total | 56,284 | 56,284 | 56,284 | 56,284 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 83.90 | 83.90 | 83.90 | 83.90 |
| source: YSK |||||

### November 2015

| Abbr. | Abbr. | Party | Votes | % |
| | AKP | Justice and Development Party | 19,916 | 36.5% |
| | CHP | Republican People's Party | 15,850 | 29% |
| | HDP | Peoples' Democratic Party | 12,113 | 22.2% |
| | MHP | Nationalist Movement Party | 4,857 | 8.9% |
| | SP | Felicity Party | 147 | 0.3% |
| | | Other | 1,713 | 3.1% |
| Total | Total | Total | 54,596 | 54,596 | 54,596 | 54,596 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 81.07 | 81.07 | 81.07 | 81.07 |
| source: YSK |||||

### 2018

| Abbr. | Abbr. | Party | Votes | % |
| | AKP | Justice and Development Party | 20,431 | 36.1% |
| | CHP | Republican People's Party | 14,688 | 25.9% |
| | HDP | Peoples' Democratic Party | 13,358 | 23.6% |
| | MHP | Nationalist Movement Party | 3,746 | 6.6% |
| | IYI | Good Party | 2,900 | 5.1% |
| | SP | Felicity Party | 569 | 1% |
| | | Other | 982 | 1.7% |
| Total | Total | Total | 56,674 | 56,674 | 56,674 | 56,674 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 84.81 | 84.81 | 84.81 | 84.81 |
| source: YSK |||||

## Presidential elections
### 2014

2014 presidential election: Ardahan :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AK Party | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | 20,567 | 40.69 |
| | Independent | Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu | 18,313 | 36.23 |
| | HDP | Selahattin Demirtaş | 11,671 | 23.09 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 50,551 | 100.00 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 1,122 | 2.17 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 51,673 | 73.11 |
| | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win |