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Snap parliamentary elections were held in Northern Cyprus on 23 January 2022.[1] Going into the election, the government was led by Prime Minister Faiz Sucuoğlu of the National Unity Party (UBP). The Sucuoğlu cabinet, was formed in November 2021 and was a minority coalition government of the National Unity Party (UBP) and the Democratic Party (DP). It functioned as a caretaker government until the snap election.[2]
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All 50 seats in the Assembly of the Republic 26 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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The National Unity Party won 24 seats, gaining three compared to the previous elections in 2018. The main opposition party, the Republican Turkish Party won 18 seats, gaining six. Three other parties won seats; the Democratic Party and the People's Party both won three seats, while the Rebirth Party won two. The Communal Democracy Party lost all the seats it held.[3]
Electoral system
editThe fifty members of the Assembly were elected by proportional representation in six multi-member constituencies with an electoral threshold of 5%. Voters can vote for either a party list or individual candidates. If they choose the latter, they may cast as many votes as there are seats in each constituency. Voters are not limited to their constituency if they wish to vote for individual candidates; they may vote for candidates in any constituency so long as the total number of votes cast is between 24 and 50.[4][5]
Results
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| Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
| National Unity Party | 1,971,400 | 39.54 | +3.93 | 24 | +3 | |
| Republican Turkish Party | 1,597,137 | 32.04 | +11.09 | 18 | +6 | |
| Democratic Party | 369,239 | 7.41 | –0.41 | 3 | 0 | |
| People's Party | 333,090 | 6.68 | –10.39 | 3 | –6 | |
| Rebirth Party | 318,763 | 6.39 | –0.60 | 2 | 0 | |
| Communal Democracy Party | 220,610 | 4.42 | –4.23 | 0 | –3 | |
| Independence Path | 97,575 | 1.96 | New | 0 | New | |
| Communal Liberation Party New Forces | 76,902 | 1.54 | – | 0 | 0 | |
| Independents | 827 | 0.02 | –0.11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 4,985,543 | 100.00 | – | 50 | 0 | |
| Total votes | 117,421 | – | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 203,792 | 57.62 | ||||
| Source: BRTK | ||||||
Seats by district
edit| District | UBP | CTP | DP | HP | YDP | Total | |||
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| Gazimağusa | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | |||
| Girne | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | |||
| Güzelyurt | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| İskele | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Lefke | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Lefkoşa | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | |||
| Source: Yeniduzen | |||||||||
Government formation
editOn 8 February President Ersin Tatar gave Faiz Sucuoğlu the task of forming a government, for which he had fifteen days to do so.[6] On 19 February Sucuoğlu stated an agreement had been reached to form a UBP–DP–YDP coalition government. The government will consist of eight ministers from the UBP, while the DP and YDP will have one each.[7] He presented his cabinet list to the president on 21 February.[8]
On 3 March the Assembly approved the government by a vote of 29–20, with one CTP member absent.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Komite onayladı: Erken seçim tarihi 23 Ocak 2022 olarak belirlendi" (in Turkish). Kıbrıs Postası. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ "KKTC'de Ulusal Birlik Partisi ve Demokrat Parti koalisyon hükümeti kuruldu". Anadolu Agency. 5 November 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ "Pro-Ankara UBP wins majority in Turkish Cypriot polls". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
- ^ ""Karma oy kullanacaklar dikkatli olsun"". Kıbrıs. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ "IFES Election Guide | Elections: Northern Cyprus Parl 2013". electionguide.org. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ^ "Sucuoğlu: Hükümet Çarşamba'ya kadar netleşecek". Kıbrıs Postası (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-02-13.
- ^ "UBP-DP-YDP koalisyon hükümetinde mutabakata varıldı". Evrensel Gazete (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-02-20.
- ^ "UBP-DP-YDP Hükümeti kuruldu: İşte yeni kabine!". Kıbrıs Postası (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ^ "Hükümet 29 kabul, 20 ret oyla güvenoyu aldı". Kıbrıs Postası (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-03-03.