Uşak is an
electoral district
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of the
Grand National Assembly of Turkey
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. It elects 3 members of parliament (deputies) to represent the
province of the same name for a four-year term by the
D'Hondt method
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, a
party-list proportional representation
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system.
Members
A population review of every electoral district is conducted before each general election, which can lead to certain districts being granted a smaller or greater number of parliamentary seats. Tunceli has elected two members of parliament since 1961; previously, it elected three.
There are currently three sitting members of parliament representing Uşak: two from the governing
Justice and Development Party Justice and Development Party may refer to several political parties, the best-known ones being:
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* Justice and Development Party (Turkey)
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* Justice and Dev ...
(AK Party) and one from the main opposition
Republican People's Party
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(CHP).
General elections
2011
June 2015
November 2015
2018
Presidential elections
2014
References
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Electoral districts of Turkey
Politics of Uşak Province