Turkey › Gaziantep › Karkamış › Balaban Balaban · Karkamış · Gaziantep Highlights Latest Parliament (MP) (2023): CHP most votes · 56.1% Latest Metropolitan Mayor (2024): AK PARTİ most votes · 71.0% Latest District Municipality (2024): MHP most votes · 82.9% 31 MARCH 2024 METROPOLITAN MAYOR 2024-03-31 · 1 ballot boxes · 43 voters · 100.0% turnout · 38 valid votes
Party/Candidate Votes Percent AK PARTİ 27 71.0% YENİDEN REFAH 4 10.5% CHP 3 7.9% ZAFER PARTİSİ 3 7.9% YTP 1 2.6%
31 MARCH 2024 MUNICIPAL COUNCIL 2024-03-31 · 1 ballot boxes · 43 voters · 100.0% turnout · 40 valid votes
Party/Candidate Votes Percent MHP 29 72.5% CHP 5 12.5% İYİ PARTİ 4 10.0% YENİDEN REFAH 1 2.5% DP 1 2.5%
31 MARCH 2024 DISTRICT MAYOR 2024-03-31 · 1 ballot boxes · 43 voters · 100.0% turnout · 41 valid votes
Party/Candidate Votes Percent MHP 34 82.9% CHP 5 12.2% VATAN PARTİSİ 1 2.4% YENİDEN REFAH 1 2.4%
28 MAY 2023 PRESIDENT (Round 2) 2023-05-28 · 1 ballot boxes · 44 voters · 90.9% turnout · 39 valid votes
Party/Candidate Votes Percent KEMAL KILIÇDAROĞLU 25 64.1% RECEP TAYYİP ERDOĞAN 14 35.9%
14 MAY 2023 28. TERM MP 2023-05-14 · 1 ballot boxes · 44 voters · 93.2% turnout · 41 valid votes
Party/Candidate Votes Percent CHP 23 56.1% MHP 6 14.6% İYİ PARTİ 3 7.3% AK PARTİ 3 7.3% YENİDEN REFAH 3 7.3% ZAFER PARTİSİ 3 7.3%
14 MAY 2023 PRESIDENT (Round 1) 2023-05-14 · 1 ballot boxes · 44 voters · 93.2% turnout · 41 valid votes
Party/Candidate Votes Percent KEMAL KILIÇDAROĞLU 27 65.8% RECEP TAYYİP ERDOĞAN 9 21.9% SİNAN OĞAN 5 12.2%
31 MARCH 2019 DISTRICT MAYOR 2019-03-31 · 1 ballot boxes · 50 voters · 96.0% turnout · 48 valid votes
Party/Candidate Votes Percent MHP 25 52.1% CHP 23 47.9%
31 MARCH 2019 METROPOLITAN MAYOR 2019-03-31 · 1 ballot boxes · 50 voters · 96.0% turnout · 48 valid votes
Party/Candidate Votes Percent İYİ PARTİ 26 54.2% AK PARTİ 16 33.3% DSP 6 12.5%
31 MARCH 2019 MUNICIPAL COUNCIL 2019-03-31 · 1 ballot boxes · 50 voters · 96.0% turnout · 48 valid votes
Party/Candidate Votes Percent CHP 27 56.2% MHP 21 43.8%
24 JUNE 2018 27. TERM MP 2018-06-24 · 1 ballot boxes · 50 voters · 80.0% turnout · 40 valid votes
Party/Candidate Votes Percent İYİ PARTİ 21 52.5% CHP 6 15.0% AK PARTİ 6 15.0% MHP 6 15.0% HÜDA PAR 1 2.5%
24 JUNE 2018 PRESIDENT 2018-06-24 · 1 ballot boxes · 50 voters · 80.0% turnout · 40 valid votes
Party/Candidate Votes Percent MERAL AKŞENER 19 47.5% RECEP TAYYİP ERDOĞAN 10 25.0% MUHARREM İNCE 8 20.0% TEMEL KARAMOLLAOĞLU 2 5.0% DOĞU PERİNÇEK 1 2.5%
16 APRIL 2017 REFERENDUM 2017-04-16 · 1 ballot boxes · 56 voters · 80.4% turnout · 44 valid votes
Party/Candidate Votes Percent HAYIR 31 70.5% EVET 13 29.6%
01 NOVEMBER 2015 26. TERM MP 2015-11-01 · 1 ballot boxes · 57 voters · 82.5% turnout · 47 valid votes
Party/Candidate Votes Percent MHP 26 55.3% AK PARTİ 16 34.0% CHP 5 10.6%
07 JUNE 2015 25. TERM MP 2015-06-07 · 1 ballot boxes · 64 voters · 82.8% turnout · 53 valid votes
Party/Candidate Votes Percent MHP 38 71.7% AK PARTİ 9 17.0% CHP 6 11.3%
10 AUGUST 2014 PRESIDENT 2014-08-10 · 1 ballot boxes · 68 voters · 91.2% turnout · 62 valid votes
Party/Candidate Votes Percent EKMELEDDİN MEHMET İHSANOĞLU 41 66.1% RECEP TAYYİP ERDOĞAN 21 33.9%
30 MARCH 2014 METROPOLITAN MAYOR 2014-03-30 · 1 ballot boxes · 79 voters · 92.4% turnout · 73 valid votes
Party/Candidate Votes Percent MHP 29 39.7% AK PARTİ 26 35.6% CHP 18 24.7%
30 MARCH 2014 MUNICIPAL COUNCIL 2014-03-30 · 1 ballot boxes · 79 voters · 91.1% turnout · 72 valid votes
Party/Candidate Votes Percent MHP 44 61.1% CHP 27 37.5% AK PARTİ 1 1.4%
30 MARCH 2014 DISTRICT MAYOR 2014-03-30 · 1 ballot boxes · 79 voters · 91.1% turnout · 72 valid votes
Party/Candidate Votes Percent MHP 48 66.7% CHP 21 29.2% AK PARTİ 3 4.2%
12 JUNE 2011 24. TERM MP 2011-06-12 · 1 ballot boxes · 65 voters · 86.2% turnout · 56 valid votes
Party/Candidate Votes Percent MHP 30 53.6% AK PARTİ 19 33.9% CHP 4 7.1% BBP 1 1.8% BAĞIMSIZ ADAY 3 1 1.8% DSP 1 1.8%
12 SEPTEMBER 2010 REFERENDUM 2010-09-12 · 1 ballot boxes · 66 voters · 98.5% turnout · 60 valid votes
Party/Candidate Votes Percent HAYIR 44 73.3% EVET 16 26.7%
29 MARCH 2009 PROVINCIAL COUNCIL 2009-03-29 · 1 ballot boxes · 84 voters · 86.9% turnout · 73 valid votes
Party/Candidate Votes Percent MHP 73 100.0%
How Balaban votes With 44 voters on the roll at the 2023 parliamentary election, Balaban stands 33rd among the 39 localities of Karkamış, and its votes were cast at one ballot box.
The neighborhood parts ways with the district as a whole. At the 2023 parliamentary election it went to CHP with 23 votes, while across Karkamış the leading party was AK Parti, with CHP here running 28.1 points above its district average. In the presidential runoff, 25 of 39 valid votes went to Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu — 23.8 points above the district average. At the 2017 referendum 31 of 44 valid votes were 'no' — 29.3 points above the district average.
The tightest race came at the 2019 local election: MHP took 25 votes to CHP's 23 — a margin of just 2 votes. First place has changed hands 7 times here since 2009. At the 2024 local election the neighborhood went to MHP with 34 votes, while Karkamış as a whole was won by CHP. The electorate shrank from 65 registered voters in 2011 to 44 in 2023 — a change of about 32 percent.