Van (electoral district)

Van
electoral district for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Van shown within Turkey
Province	Van
Electorate	547,016
Current electoral district
Created	1920
Seats	8 Historical 7 (1999-2011) 6 (1995-1999) 5 (1987-1995) 4 (1961-1987) 3 (1957-1961) 4 (1954-1957)
MPs	List Burhan Kayatürk AKP Fatih Çiftçi AKP Mustafa Bilici AKP Gülşen Orhan AKP Özdal Üçer BDP Nazmi Gür BDP Kemal Aktaş Ind Aysel Tuğluk Ind
Turnout at last election	80.49%
Representation
HDP	7 / 8
AK Party	1 / 8
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Van is an electoral district of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects 8 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.

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. Van's seat allocation has gradually increased over the last sixty years, from three seats in 1957 to eight seats today.

There are currently eight sitting members of parliament representing Van, one of which is from the governing party. Van was a district where the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) ran independent candidates in an attempt to overcome the 10 percent national electoral threshold. Four independent candidates were elected here in 2011; two have since joined the BDP.

Elected candidates in bold

Coordinates: 38°24′N 43°43′E / 38.400°N 43.717°E / 38.400; 43.717