Elections in Northern Cyprus
Elections in Northern Cyprus, Turkish Cypriots elect a president and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by the people. The Assembly of the Republic (Cumhuriyet Meclisi) has 50 members, elected for a five year term by mitigated proportional representation. Northern Cyprus has a multi-party system, with two or three strong parties and a third party that is electorally successful.
However the presidency, the parliament and any other authority in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is unrecognized and it is just de facto because they are authorities of an unrecognized state, but the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus recognized by Turkey.
Presidential elections in TRNC take place every 5 years. In the elections in order to secure outright victory a candidate has to have at least 50% of the votes. Otherwise the candidates that receive the two highest votes will go to second round voting one week later and the winner becomes the president.
The Assembly of the Republic of Northern Cyprus is elected for a five year term by mitigated proportional representation. A party must cross the election threshold (5% of the total vote) to get any seats in parliament. The TRNC parliament is composed of 50 MPs, chosen from five electoral districts, Nicosia (Lefkoşa), Famagusta (Gazimağusa), Kyrenia (Girne), Morphou (Güzelyurt) and Trikomo (İskele).
In the TRNC parliamentary elections, voters vote for individual candidates. There are two ways of voting.
- One can either vote for a party, which in effect means is voting for every MP candidate from that party in that elections district once. The voter can further prioritize the MPs in this kind of voting.
- Or alternatively one may not choose a party but would vote for different MP candidates from different parties. In this kind of mixed voting, a person can not choose more than the number of MPs from that district.
Residents of northern Cyprus are eligible to stand for election and vote in the national elections of the Republic of Cyprus (The Constitution states that a Turkish-Cypriot should be Vice-President of the Republic) but most have chosen not to since the 1974 operations by Turkey. Turkish-Cypriots in the living in the free areas do participate in the elections.
Latest elections
2005 Presidential election
2005 Parliamentary elections
Past elections
Presidential elections
| Date: | Candidates: | Party Affiliation: | % Vote: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 April 2000 | Mustafa Akıncı Mehmet A. Talat Arif Hasan T. Desem Dr. Derviş Eroğlu Ayhan Kaymak Rauf R. Denktas Sener Levent Turgut Afsaroglu | TKP CTP YBH UBP Independent Independent Independent Independent | %11.70 %10.03 %2.60 %30.14 %0.38 %43.67 %0.92 %0.56 | 1- Number of registered voters: 126675 2-Participation Rate: %81.02 3-Dr. Derviş Eroğlu and Rauf R. Denktas was to run for the second round, but Dr. Derviş Eroğlu had forfeited so second round did not toke place |
| 15 Feb 1995 | | 1- 1st round of 1995presidential elections. | ||
| 22 April 1995 | 1- 2nd round of 1995 presidential elections. | |||
| 22 April 1990 | 1- 1st round of 1990 presidential elections. | |||
| 09 June 1985 | 1- 1st round of 1985 presidential elections. | |||
| 28 June 1981 | 1- 1st round of 1981 presidential elections. |
Parliamentary elections
| Date: | Parties: | % Votes: | Seats: | +/- | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Feb 2005 | CTP - Cumhuriyetçi Turk Partisi UBP - Ulusal Birlik Partisi DP - Demokrat Parti BDH - Baris ve Demokrasi Hareketi TKP - Toplumcu Kurtuluş Partisi YP - New Party MAP - Milli Adalet Partisi | %44.5 %31.7 %13.5 %5.8 %2.4 %1.6 %0.5 | 24 19 6 1 - - - | width="60px" align=“left” valign=“top” +1 -1 -5 - - - | 1- (+/-) - Difference in seats from 2003 election. |
| 14 Dec 2003 | CTP - Cumhuriyetçi Turk Partisi UBP - Ulusal Birlik Partisi BDH - Baris ve Demokrasi Hareketi DP - Demokrat Parti | % 35.18 % 32.93 % 13.14% %12.93 | 19 18 6 7 | 1- TKP entered the elections under the list of BDH. | |
| 6 Dec 1998 | UBP - Ulusal Birlik Partisi DP - Demokrat Parti TKP - Toplumcu Kurtuluş Partisi CTP - Cumhuriyetçi Turk Partisi Others | %40.4 %22.6 %15.4 %13.4 % 8.2 | 24 13 7 6 - | 1- Others includes UDP, BP, YBH | |
| 12 Dec 1993 | UBP - Ulusal Birlik Partisi DP - Demokrat Parti CTP - Cumhuriyetçi Turk Partisi TKP - Toplumcu Kurtuluş Partisi Others (YKP, MMP, BEP) | %29.8 %29.2 %24.2 %13.3 % 5.2 | 17 15 13 5 - | 1-Early General Elections 2- Others includes YKP, MMP, BEP | |
| 13 Oct 1991 | UBP - Ulusal Birlik Partisi Free Democratic Party (HDP) Others (YKP) | %67.1 %13.9 %19 | 11 1 - | 1- Interim elections done to fill the seats of 12 MPs who had resigned. 2- CTP and TKP boycotted the election. 3-Others include SDP, MAP, BEP, YDP | |
| 06 May 1990 | UBP - Ulusal Birlik Partisi Democratic Struggle Party (DMP) Others (YKP) | %54.7 %44.5 %0.8 | 17 15 - | 1- DMP is an election alliance party for CTP, TKP, YDP. | |
| 23 Jun 1985 | UBP - Ulusal Birlik Partisi CTP - Cumhuriyetçi Turk Partisi TKP - Toplumcu Kurtuluş Partisi YDP - Yeni Dogus Partisi (YDP) Others | %36.7 %21.4 %15.8 %8.8 %17.3 | 24 12 10 4 - | Others include TAP, SDP, DHP |
Local elections
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