# Karabük (electoral district)

Karabük is an electoral district of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey created in 1995. It elects three 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. Until 1995, voters were registered to Zonguldak or Çankırı electoral districts.

## 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, Karabük's seat allocation has always been low. It was three when electoral district was created in 1995. During 2011-2017, MP number is reduced to two.
MPs for Karabük, 1995 onwards :
| Election (Parliament) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 1995 (20th) | Şinasi Altıner DYP | Erol Karan DSP | | Hayrettin Dilekcan RP |
| 1999 (21st) | İlhami Yılmaz MHP | Erol Karan DSP | | Mustafa Eren DYP |
| 2002 (22nd) | Mehmet Ceylan AK Party | Ali Öğüten AK Party | | Hasan Bilir AK Party |
| 2007 (23rd) | Mehmet Ceylan AK Party | Cumhur Ünal AK Party | | Mustafa Ünal AK Party |
| 2011 (24th) | Osman Kahveci AK Party | Mehmet Ali Şahin AK Party | No seat | No seat |
| June 2015 (25th) | Osman Kahveci AK Party | Durmuş Yalçın MHP | No seat | No seat |
| November 2015 (26th) | Mehmet Ali Şahin AK Party | Burhanettin Uysal AK Party | No seat | No seat |
| 2018 (27th) | Cumhur Ünal AK Party | Niyazi Güneş AK Party | | Hüseyin Avni Aksoy CHP (elected) Memleket (after 2021) |
| 2023 (28th) | Cem Şahin AK Party | Durmuş Ali Keskinkılıç AK Party | | Cevdet Akay CHP |

## General elections
### 2023

| Party or alliance | Party or alliance | Party or alliance | Party or alliance | Electoral votes | Electoral votes | Inc. votes abroad | Inc. votes abroad | Seats | +/– |
| Party or alliance | Party or alliance | Party or alliance | Party or alliance | Votes | % | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
| | People's Alliance | | Justice and Development Party | 59,200 | 37.44 | 61,623 | 37.67 | 2 | – |
| | People's Alliance | | Nationalist Movement Party | 25,487 | 16.12 | 26,092 | 15.95 | 0 | – |
| | People's Alliance | | New Welfare Party | 13,356 | 8.45 | 13,420 | 8.20 | 0 | New |
| | People's Alliance | | Great Unity Party | 682 | 0.43 | 707 | 0.43 | 0 | – |
| | People's Alliance | Total | Total | 101,841 | 64.40 | | | 2 | – |
| | Nation Alliance | | Republican People's Party | 34,632 | 21.90 | 35,917 | 21.96 | 1 | – |
| | Nation Alliance | | Good Party | 15,589 | 9.86 | 15,782 | 9.65 | 0 | – |
| | Nation Alliance | Total | Total | 51,698 | 32.69 | | | 1 | – |
| | Labour and Freedom Alliance | | Party of Greens and the Left Future | 635 | 0.40 | 1,175 | 0.72 | 0 | – |
| | Labour and Freedom Alliance | | Workers' Party of Turkey | 519 | 0.33 | 676 | 0.41 | 0 | – |
| | Labour and Freedom Alliance | Total | Total | 1,154 | 0.73 | | | 0 | – |
| | Ancestral Alliance | | Victory Party | 3,339 | 2.11 | 3,392 | 2.07 | 0 | New |
| | Ancestral Alliance | | Justice Party | 732 | 0.46 | 742 | 0.45 | 0 | 0 |
| | Ancestral Alliance | Total | Total | 4,071 | 2.57 | | | 0 | New |
| | Homeland Party | Homeland Party | Homeland Party | 1,646 | 1.04 | 1,690 | 1.03 | 0 | New |
| | Union of Socialist Forces | | Left Party | 135 | 0.09 | 143 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 |
| | Union of Socialist Forces | | Communist Party of Turkey | 110 | 0.07 | 115 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 |
| | Union of Socialist Forces | | Communist Movement of Turkey | 49 | 0.03 | 51 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 |
| | Union of Socialist Forces | Total | Total | 254 | 0.16 | | | 0 | New |
| | Young Party | Young Party | Young Party | 330 | 0.21 | 336 | 0.21 | 0 | 0 |
| | Motherland Party | Motherland Party | Motherland Party | 384 | 0.24 | 389 | 0.24 | 0 | 0 |
| | Patriotic Party | Patriotic Party | Patriotic Party | 127 | 0.08 | 131 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 |
| | Nation Party | Nation Party | Nation Party | 153 | 0.10 | 157 | 0.10 | 0 | 0 |
| | Rights and Freedoms Party | Rights and Freedoms Party | Rights and Freedoms Party | 207 | 0.13 | 211 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 |
| | Justice Unity Party | Justice Unity Party | Justice Unity Party | 356 | 0.23 | 363 | 0.22 | 0 | New |
| | People's Liberation Party | People's Liberation Party | People's Liberation Party | 115 | 0.07 | 117 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 |
| | Power Union Party | Power Union Party | Power Union Party | 106 | 0.07 | 109 | 0.07 | 0 | New |
| | National Road Party | National Road Party | National Road Party | 180 | 0.11 | 181 | 0.11 | 0 | New |
| | Innovation Party | Innovation Party | Innovation Party | 58 | 0.04 | 58 | 0.04 | 0 | New |
| | Independents | Independents | Independents | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 158,127 | 100.00 | 163,577 | 100.00 | 3 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 158,127 | 96.93 | 163,577 | 100.00 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 5,008 | 3.07 | 0 | 0.00 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 163,135 | 100.00 | 163,577 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 182,049 | 89.61 | | | | |
| Source: Anadolu Agency ||||||||||

### 2018

2018 parliamentary election: Karabük :
| Alliance | Alliance | Party | Party | MPs | Votes | Votes abroad | Total votes | % | ± |
| | People's Alliance Cumhur İttifakı | | AK Party | 2 | 80,848 | 2,404 | 83,252 | 53.81% | 6.6% |
| | People's Alliance Cumhur İttifakı | | MHP | 0 | 20,635 | 372 | 21,007 | 13.58% | 5.54% |
| | People's Alliance Cumhur İttifakı | Total | Total | 2 | 101,483 | 2,776 | 104,259 | 67.39% | new |
| | Nation Alliance Millet İttifakı | | CHP | 1 | 24,947 | 825 | 25,772 | 16.66% | 1.38% |
| | Nation Alliance Millet İttifakı | | İYİ | 0 | 18,641 | 188 | 18,829 | 12.17% | new |
| | Nation Alliance Millet İttifakı | | Felicity | 0 | 2,625 | 35 | 2,660 | 1.72% | 0.48% |
| | Nation Alliance Millet İttifakı | Total | Total | 1 | 46,213 | 1,048 | 47,261 | 30.55% | new |
| | No Alliance | | HDP | 0 | 1,486 | 804 | 2,290 | 1.48% | 0.36% |
| | No Alliance | | Vatan | 0 | 552 | 12 | 564 | 0.36% | 0.14% |
| | No Alliance | | Hüda-par | 0 | 323 | 6 | 329 | 0.21% | new |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 176,018 | - | - | 100% | - |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 150,057 | 4,646 | - | 87.72% | 0.61% |

### November 2015

November 2015 general election: Karabük :
| Party | Party | MPs | Votes | Votes abroad | Total votes | % | ± |
| | AK Party | 2 | 86,994 | 2,231 | 89,225 | 60.41% | 12.46% |
| | MHP | 0 | 28,396 | 283 | 28,679 | 19.42% | 7.76% |
| | CHP | 0 | 21,911 | 651 | 22,562 | 15.28% | 1.95% |
| | Felicity | 0 | 1,802 | 20 | 1,822 | 1.23% | 2.06% |
| | HDP | 0 | 931 | 722 | 1,653 | 1.12% | 0.43% |
| | Other parties | 0 | 3,688 | 59 | 3,747 | 2.54% | 0.26% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 168,503 | - | - | 100% | - |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 146,784 | 3,966 | - | 87.11% | 0.73% |

### June 2015

June 2015 general election: Karabük :
| Party | Party | MPs | Votes | Votes abroad | Total votes | % | ± |
| | AK Party | 1 | 67,540 | 1,624 | 69,164 | 47.95% | 9.98 |
| | MHP | 1 | 38,902 | 301 | 39,203 | 27.18% | 11.61 |
| | CHP | 0 | 24,292 | 561 | 24,853 | 17.23% | 1.8 |
| | Felicity | 0 | 4,698 | 51 | 4,749 | 3.29% | 0.91 |
| | HDP | 0 | 1,578 | 660 | 2,238 | 1.55% | new |
| | Other parties | 0 | 3,976 | 58 | 4,034 | 2.8% | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 167,884 | - | - | 100% | - |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 145,025 | 3,255 | - | 86.38% | 1.95 |

### 2011

2011 general election: Karabük :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AK Party | 2 elected 1 1. Mehmet Ali Şahin Y 2. Osman Kahveci Y | 82,141 | 57.93 | 3.23 |
| | CHP | None elected 1. Mustafa Eren N 2. Erdoğan Dincel N | 26,981 | 19.03 | 5.42 |
| | MHP | None elected 1. Bircan Akyıldız N 2. Nizamettin Arslan N | 22,074 | 15.57 | 2.14 |
| | SAADET | None elected 1. Aziz Gündoğdu N 2. Fatma Güney N | 3,381 | 2.38 | 1.73 |
| | HAS Party | None elected 1. Hayrettin Dilekcan N 2. Cemalettin Yavaşcı N | 2,408 | 1.70 | 1.70 |
| | DP | None elected 1. Fikret Çatmakaş N 2. Recep Özcan N | 1,815 | 1.28 | 4.98 |
| | Büyük Birlik | None elected 1. Hüdayet Malakcı N 2. Şenol Diktepe N | 833 | 0.59 | 0.59 |
| | DSP | None elected 1. Deniz Güryol N 2. Sercan Günarslan N | 457 | 0.32 | N/A |
| | DYP | None elected 1. İmran Aksoy N 2. Mehmet Bayar N | 428 | 0.30 | 0.30 |
| | HEPAR | None elected 1. Fahri Gürkan Söyler N 2. Selma Gebel N | 342 | 0.24 | 0.24 |
| | Labour | None elected 1. Devrim Avcı Özkurt N 2. Gülü Budak N | 304 | 0.21 | 0.17 |
| | TKP | None elected 1. Şerif Özgür Urfa N 2. Adnan Yeşilcam N | 194 | 0.14 | 0.14 |
| | Nationalist Conservative | None elected 1. Süat Abay N 2. Banu Arslan N | 149 | 0.11 | 0.11 |
| | MP | None elected 1. Mehmet Özkaya N 2. Nuh Altılı N | 139 | 0.10 | 0.10 |
| | Liberal Democrat | None elected 1. Harun Demir N 2. Ahmet Memik N | 136 | 0.10 | 0.26 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 141,782 | 100.00 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 3,720 | 2.56 | 0.90 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 145,047 | 88.33 | 1.76 |
| | AK Party hold Majority | AK Party hold Majority | 55,160 | 38.90 | 2.19 |

### 2007

2007 general election: Karabük :
| Party | Party | MPs | Votes | Votes abroad | Total votes | % | ± |
| | AK Party | 3 | 69,922 | 556 | 70,478 | 54.69% | 9.50% |
| | CHP | 0 | 17,428 | 96 | 17,524 | 13.60% | 2.81% |
| | MHP | 0 | 17,167 | 116 | 17,283 | 13.41% | 6.95% |
| | DP | 0 | 8,049 | 26 | 8,075 | 6.27% | new |
| | SP | 0 | 5,261 | 44 | 5,305 | 4.12% | 0.04% |
| | GP | 0 | 2,357 | 12 | 2,369 | 1.84% | 2.88% |
| | BTP | 0 | 2,173 | 10 | 2,183 | 1.69% | 0.19% |
| | ATP | 0 | 1,828 | 25 | 1,853 | 1.44% | new |
| | HYP | 0 | 1,212 | 5 | 1,217 | 0.94% | new |
| | İP | 0 | 606 | 5 | 611 | 0.47% | 0.03% |
| | EMEP | 0 | 484 | 10 | 494 | 0.38% | new |
| | LDP | 0 | 451 | 2 | 453 | 0.35% | 0.09% |
| | TKP | 0 | 354 | 2 | 356 | 0.28% | 0.09% |
| | ÖDP | 0 | 300 | 6 | 306 | 0.24% | 0.06% |
| | Independents | 0 | 358 | 0 | 358 | 0.28% | - |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 151,375 | - | - | 100% | - |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 127,950 | 915 | - | 86.57% | 3.89% |

### 2002

2002 general election: Karabük :
| Party | Party | MPs | Votes | Votes abroad | Total votes | % | ± |
| | AK Party | 3 | 56,828 | 198 | 57,026 | 45.19% | new |
| | DYP | 0 | 17,775 | 30 | 17,805 | 14.11% | 3.03% |
| | CHP | 0 | 13,559 | 58 | 13,617 | 10.79% | 4.34% |
| | MHP | 0 | 8,115 | 35 | 8,150 | 6.46% | 15.66% |
| | ANAP | 0 | 7,786 | 48 | 7,834 | 6.21% | 8.04% |
| | GP | 0 | 5,942 | 17 | 5,959 | 4.72% | new |
| | SP | 0 | 5,115 | 28 | 5,143 | 4.08% | new |
| | BTP | 0 | 1,896 | 5 | 1,901 | 1.51% | new |
| | DEHAP | 0 | 1,812 | 5 | 1,817 | 1.44% | new |
| | DSP | 0 | 1,753 | 9 | 1,762 | 1.40% | 18.06% |
| | BBP | 0 | 1,348 | 4 | 1,352 | 1.07% | 0.49% |
| | YTP | 0 | 859 | 6 | 865 | 0.69% | new |
| | YP | 0 | 761 | 2 | 763 | 0.60% | new |
| | İP | 0 | 629 | 2 | 631 | 0.50% | 0.22% |
| | LDP | 0 | 553 | 2 | 555 | 0.44% | 0.32% |
| | Millet | 0 | 402 | 1 | 403 | 0.32% | 0.03% |
| | ÖDP | 0 | 368 | 2 | 370 | 0.29% | 0.19% |
| | TKP | 0 | 236 | 1 | 237 | 0.19% | 0.02%* |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 156,811 | - | - | 100% | - |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 125,737 | 453 | - | 82.69% | 3.74% |
* Contested as SİP in previous election.

### 1999

1999 general election: Karabük :
| Party | Party | MPs | Votes | % | ± |
| | MHP | 1 | 28,142 | 22.12% | 12.13% |
| | DSP | 1 | 24,762 | 19.46% | 1.53% |
| | DYP | 1 | 21,808 | 17.14% | 7.78% |
| | ANAP | 0 | 18,135 | 14.25% | 1.89% |
| | FP | 0 | 17,660 | 13.88% | new |
| | CHP | 0 | 8,212 | 6.45% | 0.18% |
| | BBP | 0 | 1,981 | 1.56% | new |
| | HADEP | 0 | 1,505 | 1.18% | 0.42% |
| | LDP | 0 | 961 | 0.76% | new |
| | DTP | 0 | 907 | 0.71% | new |
| | ÖDP | 0 | 618 | 0.49% | new |
| | DP | 0 | 578 | 0.45% | new |
| | Millet | 0 | 448 | 0.35% | 0.16% |
| | İP | 0 | 362 | 0.28% | 0.03% |
| | DEPAR | 0 | 314 | 0.25% | new |
| | YDP | 0 | 289 | 0.23% | 0.20% |
| | EMEP | 0 | 288 | 0.23% | new |
| | SİP | 0 | 268 | 0.21% | new |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 127,238 | 100% | - |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 147,208 | 86.43% | 0.44% |

### 1995

1995 general election: Karabük :
| Party | Party | MPs | Votes | % |
| | DYP | 1 | 31,686 | 24.92% |
| | RP | 1 | 27,834 | 21.89% |
| | DSP | 1 | 22,802 | 17.93% |
| | ANAP | 0 | 20,525 | 16.14% |
| | MHP | 0 | 12,702 | 9.99% |
| | CHP | 0 | 8,431 | 6.63% |
| | HADEP | 0 | 970 | 0.76% |
| | Millet | 0 | 652 | 0.51% |
| | YDP | 0 | 548 | 0.43% |
| | YDH | 0 | 531 | 0.42% |
| | İP | 0 | 318 | 0.25% |
| | Yeni | 0 | 168 | 0.13% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 126,777 | 100% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 151,610 | 85.99% |

## Presidential elections
### 2023

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | Justice and Development Party | 94,396 | 59.40 | 98,521 | 63.72 |
| | Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu | Republican People's Party | 50,937 | 32.05 | 56,084 | 36.28 |
| | Sinan Oğan | Independent (Ancestral Alliance) | 12,564 | 7.91 | | |
| | Muharrem İnce | Homeland Party | 1,030 | 0.65 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | 158,927 | 100.00 | 154,605 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 158,927 | 97.44 | 154,605 | 98.17 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 4,179 | 2.56 | 2,886 | 1.83 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 163,106 | 100.00 | 157,491 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 182,049 | 89.59 | 182,181 | 86.45 |
| Source: YSK |||||||

### 2018

2018 presidential election: Karabük :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AK Party | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | 97,688 | 65.44% |
| | CHP | Muharrem İnce | 34,662 | 23.22% |
| | İYİ | Meral Akşener | 13,836 | 9.27% |
| | SAADET | Temel Karamollaoğlu | 1,967 | 1.32% |
| | HDP | Selahattin Demirtaş | 688 | 0.46% |
| | Patriotic | Doğu Perinçek | 432 | 0.29% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 149,273 | 100.00 |

### 2014

2014 presidential election: Karabük :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AK Party | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | 81,621 | 64.57 |
| | Independent | Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu | 43,018 | 34.03 |
| | HDP | Selahattin Demirtaş | 1,760 | 1.39 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 126,399 | 100.00 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 3,561 | 2.74 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 129,960 | 78.21 |
| | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan win |

## Referendums

| Referendum | Yes | Yes | No | No | Total electorate | Turnout | % | National result |
| Referendum | Votes | % | Votes | % | Total electorate | Turnout | % | National result |
| 2007 | 82,200 | 75.35% | 26,889 | 24.65% | 151,645 | 112,814 | 74.39% | Approved with 68.95% |
| 2010 | 84,821 | 63.76% | 48,203 | 36.24% | 163,081 | 136,555 | 83.73% | Approved with 57.88% |
| 2017 | 89,031 | 60.73% | 57,581 | 39.27% | 172,642 | 150,060 | 86.92% | Approved with 51.41% |