# Balıkesir (electoral district)

Balıkesir is an electoral district of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects eight 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. Balıkesir elected 9 MPs in 1999. The district has lost one seat since then and has elected 8 MPs since 2002.
MPs for Balıkesir, 2002 onwards :
| Election | 2002 (22nd Parliament) | | 2007 (23rd Parliament) | | 2011 (24th Parliament) | | June 2015 (25th Parliament) | | November 2015 (26th Parliament) |
| MP | Ali Aydınlıoğlu AK Party | | Ayşe Akbaş AK Party | | Ali Aydınlıoğlu AK Party | Ali Aydınlıoğlu AK Party | Ali Aydınlıoğlu AK Party | Ali Aydınlıoğlu AK Party | Ali Aydınlıoğlu AK Party |
| MP | Turhan Çömez AK Party | | Mehmet Cemal Öztaylan AK Party | Mehmet Cemal Öztaylan AK Party | Mehmet Cemal Öztaylan AK Party | | Sema Kırcı AK Party | Sema Kırcı AK Party | Sema Kırcı AK Party |
| MP | Ahmet Edip Uğur AK Party | Ahmet Edip Uğur AK Party | Ahmet Edip Uğur AK Party | Ahmet Edip Uğur AK Party | Ahmet Edip Uğur AK Party | | Mahmut Poyrazlı AK Party | Mahmut Poyrazlı AK Party | Mahmut Poyrazlı AK Party |
| MP | Ali Osman Sali AK Party | Ali Osman Sali AK Party | Ali Osman Sali AK Party | | Tülay Babuşcu AK Party | | Recep Çetin MHP | | Kasım Bostan AK Party |
| MP | Orhan Sür CHP | | Ahmet Duran Bulut MHP | Ahmet Duran Bulut MHP | Ahmet Duran Bulut MHP | | İsmail Ok MHP | İsmail Ok MHP | İsmail Ok MHP |
| MP | İsmail Özgün AK Party | İsmail Özgün AK Party | İsmail Özgün AK Party | | Ayşe Nedret Akova CHP | | Ahmet Akın CHP | Ahmet Akın CHP | Ahmet Akın CHP |
| MP | Ali Kemal Deveciler CHP | | Ergün Aydoğan CHP | | Haluk Ahmet Gümüş CHP | | Mehmet Tüm CHP | Mehmet Tüm CHP | Mehmet Tüm CHP |
| MP | Sedat Pekel CHP | | Hüseyin Pazarcı CHP | | Namık Havutça CHP | Namık Havutça CHP | Namık Havutça CHP | Namık Havutça CHP | Namık Havutça CHP |

## General elections
### 2011

2011 general election: Balıkesir :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AK Party | 4 elected 1 1. Ahmet Edip Uğur Y 2. Mehmet Cemal Öztaylan Y 3. Tülay Babuşçu Y 4. Ali Aydınlıoğlu Y 5. Mehmet Akif Okur N 6. Emin Mehmet Karatan N 7. Ekrem Yavaş N 8. Hilal Demirözer N | 356,649 | 46.50 | 5.04 |
| | CHP | 3 elected 1 1. Namık Havutça Y 2. Ayşe Nedret Akova Y 3. Haluk Ahmet Gümüş Y 4. Ahmet Akın N 5. Hasan İşgüzar N 6. Hüsnü Erol N 7. İrfan Barış N 8. Ömür Mustafa Boyuer N | 259,104 | 33.78 | 9.46 |
| | MHP | 1 elected 0 1. Ahmet Duran Bulut Y 2. Rafet Çetinel N 3. Ahmet Keskin N 4. Ruşen Aşkın Akçay N 5. Kemal Girgin N 6. Zakir Yılmaz N 7. Yılmaz Uçak N 8. Uğur Söğüt N | 106,663 | 13.91 | 1.93 |
| | DP | None elected 1. İlhan Erdinç N 2. Ata Selçuk N 3. Elif Zeynep Eken N 4. Mehmet Efe N 5. Ali Rıza Deniz N 6. Mehmet Bakir Arslan N 7. Sabir Arslan N 8. Halil İbrahim Akkoca N | 9,145 | 1.19 | 7.66 |
| | SAADET | None elected 1. Bayram Ali Ayyıldız N 2. Murat Sali N 3. Ömer Taşkın N 4. Abdullah Özlen N 5. Lütfi Çelik N 6. Mehmet Filiz N 7. Zülfer Erol N 8. Ahmet Pınar N | 8,724 | 1.14 | 0.91 |
| | Independent | None elected Turan Cengiz N Kartal Cemil Demir N Serap Yeşiltuna N | 6,785 | 0.88 | 0.17 |
| | HAS Party | None elected 1. Cengiz Yücel Özek N 2. Nevzat Kulaoğlu N 3. Necdet Debre N 4. Tanju Akçe N 5. Şükran Karaboğa N 6. Hakan Demirtaş N 7. Nejla Caner N 8. Faruk Kulaksızoğlu N | 4,583 | 0.60 | 0.60 |
| | Büyük Birlik | None elected 1. Zekai Çakır N 2. Barış Aybaşlı N 3. Hüseyin Karagöz N 4. Zeki Akın N 5. Şeref Kafa N 6. İsmail Şılmaz N 7. Cemalettin Ateş N 8. Ahmet Duman N | 2,887 | 0.38 | 0.38 |
| | HEPAR | None elected 1. Aysel Kökener N 2. Çağlayan Yaşar N 3. Esra Öztürkler N 4. Hüseyin Uçar N 5. Emrah Eruysal N 6. Kazım Aka N 7. Mehmet Gökhan Erten N 8. Mehmet İlem N | 2,504 | 0.33 | 0.33 |
| | DYP | None elected 1. Eser Özaçıkgöz N 2. Cem Erdeveciler N 3. Mustafa Yalazı N 4. Adem Dimici N 5. Murat Aksakal N 6. Burçak Çolak N 7. Şahin Erbay N 8. Murat Deringöl N | 2,465 | 0.32 | 0.32 |
| | DSP | None elected 1. Ahmet Aydoğdu N 2. Ümit Ayhan N 3. Metin Özyurt N 4. Muharrem Yavuz N 5. Süleyman Palalı N 6. Ali Bozdak N 7. İsmail Çalışkan N 8. Hüseyin Kadıoğlu N | 2,448 | 0.32 | N/A |
| | Labour | None elected 1. Zeynep Henza Çalışkan N 2. Ayten Çetin N 3. Rıfat Ada N 4. Cemil Tosunoğlu N 5. Ferhat Gürkan N 6. Zeynel Altan N 7. Yetiş Yılmaz Şentürk N 8. Elif Özer N | 2,113 | 0.28 | 0.27 |
| | TKP | None elected 1. Selami Kıymaç N 2. Mustafa Yalazı N 3. Yılmaz Altıntaş N 4. Hasan Atilla N 5. Selim Sarıcan N 6. Bülent Acar N 7. Münür Çalışkan N 8. Nurten Kuşatan N | 921 | 0.12 | 0.16 |
| | Nationalist Conservative | None elected 1. Samet Ömer Oyal N 2. Volkan Orhan Kutun N 3. Sibel Türkoğlu N 4. Ziya Önçırak N 5. Serkan Tavşan N 6. Hatice Gürsal N 7. Naciye Çelik N 8. Mahigül Yılmaz N | 827 | 0.11 | 0.11 |
| | MP | None elected 1. Ahmet Yakaner N 2. Meral Atlıakın N 3. Eyüp Baş N 4. Ergün Yıldırım N 5. Mehmet Bircan N 6. İsmail Şen N 7. Serdar Matışlı N 8. Bekir Sezer N | 679 | 0.09 | 0.09 |
| | Liberal Democrat | None elected 1. Ahmet Doğru N 2. Gökhan Takım N 3. Aydın Ulaşan N 4. Ahmet Denizeri N 5. Onur Öz N 6. Murad Tayoğlu N 7. Halil İhsan Çakır N 8. İbrahim Derli N | 441 | 0.06 | 0.17 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 766,938 | 100.00 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 16,881 | 2.16 | 0.08 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 781,410 | 90.16 | 1.42 |
| | AK Party hold Majority | AK Party hold Majority | 92,074 | 12.72 | 4.43 |

### June 2015

| Abbr. | Abbr. | Party | Votes | % |
| | AK Party | Justice and Development Party | 305,602 | 38.9% |
| | CHP | Republican People's Party | 267,677 | 34% |
| | MHP | Nationalist Movement Party | 159,274 | 20.3% |
| | HDP | Peoples' Democratic Party | 24,121 | 3.1% |
| | SP | Felicity Party | 14,324 | 1.8% |
| | | Other | 15,185 | 1.9% |
| Total | Total | Total | 786,183 | 786,183 | 786,183 | 786,183 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 88.54 | 88.54 | 88.54 | 88.54 |
| source: YSK |||||

### November 2015

| Abbr. | Abbr. | Party | Votes | % |
| | AK Party | Justice and Development Party | 361,821 | 45.5% |
| | CHP | Republican People's Party | 275,229 | 34.6% |
| | MHP | Nationalist Movement Party | 117,551 | 14.8% |
| | HDP | Peoples' Democratic Party | 18,382 | 2.3% |
| | SP | Felicity Party | 6,788 | 0.9% |
| | | Other | 14,796 | 1.9% |
| Total | Total | Total | 794,567 | 794,567 | 794,567 | 794,567 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 88.54 | 88.54 | 88.54 | 88.54 |
| source: YSK |||||

### 2018

| Abbr. | Abbr. | Party | Votes | % |
| | AK Party | Justice and Development Party | 338,879 | 40.4% |
| | CHP | Republican People's Party | 256,303 | 30.6% |
| | IYI | Good Party | 125,333 | 14.9% |
| | MHP | Nationalist Movement Party | 62,255 | 7.4% |
| | HDP | Peoples' Democratic Party | 32,275 | 3.8% |
| | SP | Felicity Party | 9,811 | 1.2% |
| | | Other | 13,751 | 1.6% |
| Total | Total | Total | 838,607 | 838,607 | 838,607 | 838,607 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 90.81 | 90.81 | 90.81 | 90.81 |
| source: YSK |||||

## Presidential elections
### 2014

2014 presidential election: Balıkesir :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu | 368,822 | 49.36 |
| | AK Party | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | 357,170 | 47.80 |
| | HDP | Selahattin Demirtaş | 21,273 | 2.85 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 747,265 | 100.00 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 15,038 | 1.97 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 762,303 | 83.17 |
| | Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu win | Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu win | Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu win | Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu win |