Istanbul's second electoral district is one of three divisions of the Istanbul electoral district for the purpose of elections to

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. It elects twenty-seven members of parliament (deputies) to represent the district for a four-year term by the

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, a

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system. The district partially covers the

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an side of the Province of Istanbul, on the west of the

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. The third electoral district is situated to the west while the first electoral district occupies the

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n side of Istanbul on the east side of the Bosphorus.

Division

The first electoral district contains the following Istanbul administrative districts (''

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* Kağıthane *

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Zeytinburnu Zeytinburnu (literally, ''Olive Cape'') is a working-class neighbourhood, municipality (belediye) and district on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey, on the shore of the Marmara Sea just outside the walls of the ancient city, beyond the fortres ...

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 (II) gained 6 extra seats for the 2011 general election, thus electing 27 seats as opposed to 2q that it elected in 1999, 2002 and 2007.

General elections

2011

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Isparta (electoral district) Electoral districts of Turkey