2018 Northern Cyprus parliamentary election
Election in Northern Cyprus
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The 2018 Northern Cyprus parliamentary election was held on 7 January 2018. It was held to elect the 50 members of the Assembly of the Republic.[1]
The election was a victory for the National Unity Party and other right-wing parties.[2][3]
Parties
change- Republican Turkish Party (CTP): led by Tufan Erhürman. This party supports Cyprus reunification and social democracy.
- National Unity Party (UBP): led by Hüseyin Özgürgün. This party is nationalistic and conservative.
- Democratic Party (DP): led by Serdar Denktaş son of Rauf Denktaş. This party is nationalistic and conservative.
- Communal Democracy Party (TDP): led by Cemal Özyiğit. This party supports Cyprus reunification and social democracy.
- People's Party (HP): led by Kudret Özersay. This party supports Cyprus reunification and is centrist.
- Rebirth Party (YDP): led by Erhan Arıklı. This party is nationalistic.
- Communal Liberation Party-New Forces (TKP-YG): led by Mehmet Çakıcı. This party supports Cyprus reunification and social democracy.
The United Cyprus Party (BKP) was in an alliance with the TKP-YG. As such, BKP members ran for Parliament under the TKP-YG name.[4] The New Cyprus Party refused to join the alliance.[5]
Results
change| Parties | Results[6] | Total seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | +/− | ||
| National Unity Party | 1,907,030 | 35.6% | 21 | +7 | |
| Republican Turkish Party | 1,121,478 | 20.9% | 12 | –9 | |
| People's Party | 915,666 | 17.1% | 9 | new | |
| Communal Democracy Party | 463,081 | 8.6% | 3 | +1 | |
| Democratic Party | 420,102 | 7.8% | 2 | –10 | |
| Rebirth Party | 375,113 | 7.0% | 3 | new | |
| Communal Liberation Party-New Forces | 143,645 | 2.7% | 0 | 0 | |
| Nationalist Democracy Party | 7,083 | 0.1% | 0 | new | |
| Independents | 6,951 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 5,360,149 | 100.0% | 50 | 0 | |
References
change- ↑ Gökhan Altıner. "Seçim kesin 7 Ocak ve son anket sonuçları!". Kıbrıs Postası. Retrieved 2017-10-17.
- ↑ "Kuzey Kıbrıs'ta seçimin galibi merkez sağ oldu, sol büyük oy kaybetti". BBC Turkish. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ↑ "KKTC'de seçimin galibi sağ partiler". Gazete Duvar. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ↑ ""Değişim ve Kurtuluş İttifakı" kuruluyor!". kibrisgazetesi.com. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
- ↑ "BKP'DEN AÇIKLAMA". kibrisgenctv.com. Archived from the original on 2020-09-11. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
- ↑ "Seçim 2018 sonuçları an ve an BRT'de | BRTK". Archived from the original on 2018-01-08. Retrieved 2018-01-08.