Istanbul (2nd electoral district)

Istanbul (II)
electoral district
for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Istanbul (II) highlighted in red on a beige political map of Turkeym
Istanbul (II) shown within Turkey
ProvinceIstanbul
Electorate2,967,483
Current electoral district
Created1923
Seats27
Historical
  • 21 (1999–2007)
Parent districtIstanbul
Turnout at last election85.94%[1]
AK Party
11 / 27
CHP
5 / 27
İYİ
2 / 27
Party of Greens and the Left Future
2 / 27
MHP
1 / 27
Others
5 / 27

Istanbul's second electoral district is one of three divisions of the Istanbul electoral district for the purpose of elections to Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects twenty-seven members of parliament (deputies) to represent the district for a four-year term by the D'Hondt method, a party-list proportional representation system.

The district partially covers the European side of the Province of Istanbul, on the west of the Bosphorus. The third electoral district is situated to the west while the first electoral district occupies the Anatolian side of Istanbul on the east side of the Bosphorus.

  1. ^ "YSK Web Portal" (PDF).