Ä°stanbul (1st Electoral District)
Istanbul's first 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 thirty-five members of parliament (deputies) to represent the district for a five-year term by the D'Hondt method, a party-list proportional representation system. The district covers the entire Anatolian side of the Istanbul Province, on the east of the Bosphorus. Currently, one seat is vacant because of the death of Sırrı Süreyya Önder, Member of Parliament and Deputy Speaker of The Grand National Assembly from DEM Party. Division The first electoral district contains the following Istanbul administrative districts (''ilçe''): *Adalar *AtaÅŸehir *Beykoz * Çekmeköy *Kadıköy *Kartal * Maltepe * Pendik * Sancaktepe * Sultanbeyli *Åžile *Tuzla * Ãœmraniye *Ãœsküdar Ãœsküdar () is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 35 km2, and its population is 524,4 ...
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Electoral District
An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provide the voters therein with representation in a legislature or other polity. That legislative body, the state's constitution, or a body established for that purpose determines each district's boundaries and whether each will be represented by a single member or multiple members. Generally, only voters (''constituents'') who reside within the district are permitted to vote in an election held there. The district representative or representatives may be elected by single-winner first-past-the-post system, a multi-winner proportional representative system, or another voting method. The district members may be selected by a direct election under wide adult enfranchisement, an indirect election, or direct election using another form ...
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