# Istanbul (electoral districts)

Istanbul is a Turkish province divided into three electoral districts of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects ninety-eight members of parliament (deputies) to represent the province of the same name for a five-year term by the D'Hondt method, a party-list proportional representation system.
The first district is situated on the Anatolian side of İstanbul on the east of the Bosphorus. The second and third electoral district are both on the European side, with the third situated to the west of the second. The first and third districts, electing 35 MPs, are the largest electoral districts of Turkey in terms of members elected.

## 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. Istanbul has the largest number of allocated seats and also the largest number of electoral districts within its provincial boundaries.
The province's administrative districts (ilçe) are divided among three electoral districts as follows:
| 1st district | 2nd district | 3rd district |
| Adalar Ataşehir Beykoz Çekmeköy Kadıköy Kartal Maltepe Pendik Sancaktepe Sultanbeyli Şile Tuzla Ümraniye Üsküdar | Bayrampaşa Beşiktaş Beyoğlu Esenler Eyüp Fatih Gaziosmanpaşa Kağıthane Sarıyer Sultangazi Şişli Zeytinburnu | Arnavutköy Avcılar Bağcılar Bahçelievler Bakırköy Başakşehir Beylikdüzü Büyükçekmece Çatalca Esenyurt Güngören Küçükçekmece Silivri |

## General elections
### 2011

General Election 2011: İstanbul :
| Party | Party | Candidates standing | Candidates standing | Candidates standing | Candidates standing | Votes | Votes | Votes | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won |
| Party | Party | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | Number | % | swing | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total elected | change ± |
| | AK Party | 30 | 27 | 28 | 85 | 3,931,210 | 49.38 | 4.22 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 46 / 85 | 7 |
| | CHP | 30 | 27 | 28 | 85 | 2,492,910 | 31.31 | 4.32 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 29 / 85 | 7 |
| | MHP | 30 | 27 | 28 | 85 | 747,666 | 9.39 | 1.05 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 / 85 | 0 |
| | Independents | 12 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 425,417 | 5.34 | 0.53 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 / 85 | 1 |
| | Felicity | 30 | 27 | 28 | 85 | 129,030 | 1.62 | 1.41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 / 85 | 0 |
| | HAS Party | 30 | 27 | 28 | 85 | 57,399 | 0.72 | 0.72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 / 85 | 0 |
| | BBP | 30 | 27 | 28 | 85 | 50,023 | 0.63 | 0.63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 / 85 | 0 |
| | Democrat | 30 | 27 | 28 | 85 | 33,122 | 0.42 | 2.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 / 85 | 0 |
| | HEPAR | 30 | 27 | 28 | 85 | 32,740 | 0.41 | 0.41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 / 85 | 0 |
| | Democratic Left | 30 | 27 | 28 | 85 | 19,489 | 0.24 | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 / 85 | 0 |
| | Communist | 30 | 27 | 28 | 85 | 16,626 | 0.21 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 / 85 | 0 |
| | Nation | 30 | 27 | 28 | 85 | 14,831 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 / 85 | 0 |
| | Nationalist Conservative | 30 | 27 | 28 | 85 | 4,321 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 / 85 | 0 |
| | Liberal Democrat | 30 | 27 | 28 | 85 | 3,364 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 / 85 | 0 |
| | DYP | 30 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2,759 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 / 85 | 0 |
| | Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 / 85 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 7,960,907 | 100.00 | | 30 | 27 | 28 | 85 | 15 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 175,733 | 2.17 | 2.86 | | | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,112,340 | 86.32 | 4.33 | | | | | |
| | AK Party hold Majority | AK Party hold Majority | AK Party hold Majority | AK Party hold Majority | AK Party hold Majority | 1,436,300 | 18.04 | 0.13 | | | | | |

### June 2015

| Abbr. | Abbr. | Party | Votes | % |
| | AK Party | Justice and Development Party | 3,393,862 | 40.9% |
| | CHP | Republican People's Party | 2,440,167 | 29.4% |
| | HDP | Peoples' Democratic Party | 1,030,808 | 12.4% |
| | MHP | Nationalist Movement Party | 918,540 | 11.1% |
| | SP | Felicity Party | 177,713 | 2.1% |
| | | Other | 334,488 | 4% |
| Total | Total | Total | 8,295,578 | 8,295,578 | 8,295,578 | 8,295,578 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 81.08 | 81.08 | 81.08 | 81.08 |
| source: YSK |||||

### November 2015

| Abbr. | Abbr. | Party | Votes | % |
| | AK Party | Justice and Development Party | 4,381,816 | 48.7% |
| | CHP | Republican People's Party | 2,736,490 | 30.4% |
| | HDP | Peoples' Democratic Party | 904,793 | 10.1% |
| | MHP | Nationalist Movement Party | 772,549 | 8.6% |
| | SP | Felicity Party | 67,935 | 0.8% |
| | | Other | 125,509 | 1.4% |
| Total | Total | Total | 8,989,092 | 8,989,092 | 8,989,092 | 8,989,092 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 87.17 | 87.17 | 87.17 | 87.17 |
| source: YSK |||||

### 2018

| Abbr. | Abbr. | Party | Votes | % |
| | AK Party | Justice and Development Party | 3,821,773 | 41.7% |
| | CHP | Republican People's Party | 2,429,519 | 26.5% |
| | HDP | Peoples' Democratic Party | 1,146,449 | 12.5% |
| | MHP | Nationalist Movement Party | 745,268 | 8.1% |
| | IYI | Good Party | 738,171 | 8.1% |
| | SP | Felicity Party | 136,652 | 1.5% |
| | | Other | 137,286 | 1.5% |
| Total | Total | Total | 9,155,118 | 9,155,118 | 9,155,118 | 9,155,118 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 86.70 | 86.70 | 86.70 | 86.70 |
| source: YSK |||||

## Presidential elections
### 2014

Presidential Election 2014: İstanbul :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AK Party | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | 3,568,047 | 49.83 |
| | Independent | Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu | 2,941,207 | 41.08 |
| | HDP | Selahattin Demirtaş | 650,653 | 9.09 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 7,159,907 | 100.00 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 104,409 | 1.44 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,264,316 | 72.80 |
| | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win |

### 2018

Presidential Election 2018: İstanbul :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AK Party | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | 4,578,526 | 50.00 |
| | CHP | Muharrem İnce | 3,378,032 | 36.89 |
| | HDP | Selahattin Demirtaş | 661,774 | 7.23 |
| | İYİ | Meral Akşener | 435,549 | 4.76 |
| | SAADET | Temel Karamollaoğlu | 86,145 | 0.94 |
| | Patriotic | Doğu Perinçek | 16,683 | 0.18 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 9,156,889 | 100.00 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 147,731 | 1.59 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,304,620 | 88.11 |
| | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win |