title: Batman (electoral district)
text: # Batman (electoral district)
  
  Batman is an electoral district of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects four 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. Batman became an electoral district for the 1991 general election and has continuously elected four MPs.
  
  MPs for Batman, 2002 onwards :
  
  | Election | 2002 (22nd Parliament) | | 2007 (23rd Parliament) | 2011 (24th Parliament) | | June 2015 (25th Parliament) | | November 2015 (26th Parliament) |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | MP | Afif Demirkıran AK Party | | Mehmet Emin Ekmen AK Party | Ziver Özdemir AK Party | Ziver Özdemir AK Party | Ziver Özdemir AK Party | | Ataullah Hamidi AK Party |
  | MP | Ahmet İnal AK Party | Ahmet İnal AK Party | Ahmet İnal AK Party | Mehmet Şimşek AK Party | | Ali Atalan HDP | | Mehmet Ali Aslan HDP |
  | MP | Mehmet Ali Suçin AK Party | | Ayla Akat Ata Independent | Ayla Akat Ata HDP | | Saadet Becerekli HDP | Saadet Becerekli HDP | Saadet Becerekli HDP |
  | MP | Mehmet Nezir Nasıroğlu CHP | | Bengi Yıldız Independent | Bengi Yıldız HDP | | Ayşe Acar Başaran HDP | Ayşe Acar Başaran HDP | Ayşe Acar Başaran HDP |
  
  ## General elections
  
  ### 2011
  
  2011 general election: Batman :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | 2 elected 0 Bengi Yıldız Y Ayla Akat Ata Y | 113,378 | 51.48 | 12.06 |
  | | AKP | 2 elected 0 1. Mehmet Şimşek Y 2. Ziver Özdemir Y 3. Ayhan İsen N 4. Mustafa Demir N | 81,778 | 37.13 | 9.28 |
  | | CHP | None elected 1. Faris Özdemir N 2. Mehmet Can Avcı N 3. Mehmet İhsan Erman N 4. Vehbi Ağaya N | 14,754 | 6.70 | 2.79 |
  | | BBP | None elected 1. Recep Er N 2. Ecevit Bayralı N 3. Medeni Orhan N 4. Şahabettin Gün N | 3,282 | 1.49 | 1.49 |
  | | Felicity | None elected 1. Salih Sevim N 2. Ahmet Çiftçi N 3. Mustafa Yıldız N 4. İbrahim Güneş N | 2,156 | 0.98 | 0.94 |
  | | MHP | None elected 1. İsa Boran N 2. Nihat Ercan N 3. Mehmet Aktaş N 4. Mehmet Ali Acar N | 1,281 | 0.58 | 0.35 |
  | | DP | None elected 1. Murat Şentürk N 2. Esen Sarı N 3. Ahmet Güneş N 4. Mehmet Ramazan Kebabcılar N | 930 | 0.42 | 5.34 |
  | | HAS Party | None elected 1. Osman Bağaç N 2. Kenan Özoğul N 3. Özlem Şahin Ermiş N 4. Mehmet Metin Emen N | 873 | 0.40 | 0.40 |
  | | DSP | None elected 1. Kadri Yaman N 2. Üzeyir Çelik N 3. Mehmet Tahir Türk N 4. Yusuf Yalçın N | 720 | 0.33 | N/A |
  | | Communist_Party_of_Turkey_(today) | None elected 1. Oya Sönmez N 2. Başak Yaman N 3. Evrim Kaya N 4. Cüneyt Arslan N | 460 | 0.21 | 0.12 |
  | | DYP | None elected 1. Abdulvehap Uruk N 2. Hanifi Taşdemir N 3. Osman Cengiz N 4. Mahşuk Özcan N | 188 | 0.09 | 0.09 |
  | | Liberal Democrat | None elected 1. Aziz Polat N 2. Mehmet Emin Yıldırım N 3. Rifat Aksoy N 4. Saadet Polat N | 167 | 0.08 | 0.07 |
  | | Nation | None elected 1. Mehmet Göktekin N 2. Nazmi Filiz N 3. İbrahim Çelik N 4. Nurcan Has N | 155 | 0.07 | 0.07 |
  | | Nationalist Conservative | None elected 1. Veysel Özel N 2. Orhan Yıldırım N 3. Nevzat Demir N 4. Zeki Sürgün N | 112 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
  | | HEPAR | No candidates | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
  | | Labour | No candidates | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 220,234 | 100.00 | |
  | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 6,774 | 2.99 | 1.37 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 226,642 | 83.82 | 8.08 |
  | | Independent gain from AKP Majority | Independent gain from AKP Majority | 31,600 | 14.35 | 21.34 |
  
  ### June 2015
  
  | Abbr. | Abbr. | Party | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | HDP | Peoples' Democratic Party | 191,310 | 72.6% |
  | | AKP | Justice and Development Party | 47,921 | 18.2% |
  | | HÜDA-PAR | Free Cause Party | 14,551 | 5.5% |
  | | MHP | Nationalist Movement Party | 2,752 | 1% |
  | | CHP | Republican People's Party | 2,083 | 0.8% |
  | | | Other | 4,986 | 1.9% |
  | Total | Total | Total | 263,604 | 263,604 | 263,604 | 263,604 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 90.25 | 90.25 | 90.25 | 90.25 |
  | source: YSK |||||
  
  ### November 2015
  
  | Abbr. | Abbr. | Party | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | HDP | Peoples' Democratic Party | 177,129 | 68.1% |
  | | AKP | Justice and Development Party | 73,775 | 28.4% |
  | | CHP | Republican People's Party | 3,101 | 1.2% |
  | | MHP | Nationalist Movement Party | 1,654 | 0.6% |
  | | | Other | 4,254 | 1.6% |
  | Total | Total | Total | 259,913 | 259,913 | 259,913 | 259,913 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 85.84 | 85.84 | 85.84 | 85.84 |
  | source: YSK |||||
  
  ### 2018
  
  | Abbr. | Abbr. | Party | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | HDP | Peoples' Democratic Party | 180,318 | 63.5% |
  | | AKP | Justice and Development Party | 67,789 | 23.9% |
  | | HÜDA-PAR | Free Cause Party | 15,998 | 5.6% |
  | | SP | Felicity Party | 8,971 | 3.2% |
  | | CHP | Republican People's Party | 3,740 | 1.3% |
  | | IYI | Good Party | 3,127 | 1.1% |
  | | MHP | Nationalist Movement Party | 2,833 | 1% |
  | | | Other | 1,284 | 0.5% |
  | Total | Total | Total | 284,060 | 284,060 | 284,060 | 284,060 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 85.67 | 85.67 | 85.67 | 85.67 |
  | source: YSK |||||
  
  ## Presidential elections
  
  ### 2014
  
  2014 presidential election: Batman :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | HDP | Selahattin Demirtaş | 134,370 | 60.00 |
  | | AKP | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | 85,153 | 38.02 |
  | | Independent | Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu | 4,424 | 1.98 |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 223,947 | 100.00 |
  | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 3,799 | 1.67 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 227,746 | 75.71 |
  | | Selahattin Demirtaş win | Selahattin Demirtaş win | Selahattin Demirtaş win | Selahattin Demirtaş win |
  