Constituencies and their Deputy Allocations:
(9th Article of Law 4125, amended on 27 October 1995.) One deputy is spared for each province beforehand to the determination of the number of deputies allocated for that province (…)
(1st Article of Law 4138, amended on 23 November 1995.) Turkish population defined in the last census is divided into the remaining number of deputies, after excluding the number of deputies spared for each province according to the first paragraph. The result of this division is used for determining the extra number of deputies for each province, by dividing the population of provinces into that number.
The surplus population of The populations of The provinces that are not enough to have a deputy and The populations of The provinces having a surplus population are sorted in The order of magnitude. The deputies who are not distributed in The first calculation are distributed accordingly. (Additional sentence 22/10/2009 – 5922/1; repealed; Constitutional Court 10/02/2011 dated, 2009/88 – 2011/39 decision number)
In The case two or more provinces have The same population or The same surplus number in their population when defining The last deputy, one of The names of these provinces is drawn By lot.
After this determination, the provinces whose number of deputies are up to 18 are considered as one constituency. Those whose number of deputies are between 19 and 35 are considered as two constituencies and whose number of deputies are 36 and more than 36 are divided into three constituencies. These constituencies are numbered respectively.
When determining The constituencies of these provinces The following rules are taken into account :
A) when forming constituencies, it is tried to allocate The same number of deputies for each constituency or as close as possible
B) the population, the geographical distouces and the transportation opportunities are taken into account when allocating districts into the same constituency
During the distribution of the number of deputy of these provinces, the number of deputy of the constituencies is determined according to the principles concerning the determination of the number of deputies in line with the population