Woman MP Rate Decreases in November 1 Election

According to unofficial results of November 1 general election, 82 women entered parliament.

According to United Nations data, average rate of woman parliamentary is 22 percent in whole world. Turkey ranks 91st in woman-man equality in the world.

No women in 43 cities

No woman was elected in 43 out of 81 cities, which marks 53 percent.
Here are the cities with no woman deputies:

Adıyaman, Amasya, Ardahan, Artvin, Bartın, Bayburt, Bilecik, Bingöl, Bolu, Burdur, Çanakkale, Çankırı, Edirne, Erzincan, Giresun, Hatay, Iğdır, Isparta, Karabük, Karaman, Kars, Kastamonu, Kırıkkale, Kırklareli, Kırşehir, Kilis, Kütahya, Mersin, Muğla, Nevşehir, Niğde, Ordu, Osmaniye, Rize, Sakarya, Sinop, Sivas, Tokat, Dersim, Uşak, Yalova, Yozgat, Zonguldak.

HDP holds highest rate

Peoples' Democratic Party's (HDP) total number of MPs dropped to 59 from 80.

HDP entering parliament in June 7 elections with 32 women deputies (40 percent) enters parliament with 23 women deputies following November 1 election.

HDP's rate of women deputies is 38.9 percent.

Woman MP rate is 15.5 percent in CHP

People's Republican Party's (CHP) total number of deputies rose to 134 from 132.

CHP entering parliament with 21 women MPs (15.9 percent) in June 7 election got again 21 women elected while the ratio fell to 15.5 percent.

Woman MP rate decreased to 11 percent from 15.5 percent in AKP

Total number of woman MP in Justice and Development Party (AKP) increased to 317 from 258.

AKP entering parliament with 40 women deputies in June 7 elections got 35 women deputies (11 percent) elected in November 1 election.

Three women deputies from MHP

The total number of deputies of Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) regressed to 40 from 80.

While MHP had four women deputies (5 percent) in June 7 election, the number is three women deputies (7.5 percent) for the November 1 election.

List of women deputies

HDP: Meral Danış Beştaş, Leyla Zana, Dirayet Taşdemir, Ayşe Acar Başaran, Saadet Becerekli, Nursel Aydoğan, Feleknas Uca, Çağlar Demirel, Sibel Yiğitalp, Selma Irmak, Hüda Kaya, Filiz Kerestecioğlu, Pervin Buldan, Gülser Yıldırım, Burcu Çelik Özkan, Besime Konca, Dilek Öcalan, Leyla Birlik, Aycan İrmez, Figen Yüksekdağ Şenoğlu, Tuğba Hezer Öztürk, Bedia Özgökçe Ertan, Mizgin Irgat.

CHP: Elif Doğan Türkmen, Burcu Köksal, Ayşe Gülsün Bilgehan, Aylin Nazlıaka, Şenal Sarıhan, Lale Karabıyık, Nurhayat Altaca Kayışoğlu, Melike Basmacı, Gaye Usluer, Şafak Pavey, Gamze Akkuş İlgezdi, Selina Doğan, Gülay Yedekci, Didem Engin, Bihlun Tamaylıgil, Sibel Özdemir, Selin Sayek Böke, Zeynep Altıok, Fatma Kaplan Hürriyet, Tur Yıldız Biçer, Candan Yüceer.

AKP: Fatma Güldemet Sarı, Hatice Dudu Özkal, İlknur İnceöz, Jülide Sarıeroğlu, Tülay Selamoğlu, Lütfiye Selva Çam, Gökcen Özdoğan Enç, Sena Nur Çelik, Sema Kırcı, Emine Yavuz Gözgeç, Bennur Karaburun, Lütfiye İlksen Ceritoğlu Kurt, Sema Ramazanoğlu, Ayşe Keşir, Zehra Taşkesenlioğlu, Emine Nur Günay, Canan Candemir Çelik , Mihrimah Belma Satır, Ravza Kavakcı Kan, Ayşe Nur Bahçekapılı, Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya, Şirin Ünal, Fatma Benli, Serap Yaşar, Tülay Kaynarca, Fatma Seniha Nükhet Hotar, Nursel Reyhanlıoğlu, Hülya Nergis, Radiye Sezer Katırcıoğlu, Hüsnüye Erdoğan, Öznur Çalık, Ceyda Çankırı, Çiğdem Karaaslan, Ayşe Doğan, Ayşe Sula Köseoğlu.

MHP: Zühal Topcu, Deniz Depboylu, Arzu Erdem. (ÇT/TK)

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