Northern Cyprus parliamentary election, 2013

Northern Cyprus parliamentary election, 2013

28 July 2013

All 50 seats of the Assembly of the Republic 26 seats needed for a majority Turnout 69.6% (12.1 pp)   First party Second party   Leader Özkan Yorgancıoğlu İrsen Küçük Party CTP UBP Leader's seat Lefkoşa Lefkoşa Last election 15 seats, 29.2% 26 seats, 44.1% Seats won 21 14 Seat change 6 12 Popular vote 477,209 339,864 Percentage 38.4% 27.3% Swing 9.2 pp 16.8 pp   Third party Fourth party   Leader Serdar Denktaş Mehmet Çakıcı Party DP TDP Leader's seat Lefkoşa Lefkoşa Last election 5 seats, 10.7% 2 seats, 6.9% Seats won 12 3 Seat change 7 1 Popular vote 288,021 92,110 Percentage 23.2% 7.4% Swing 12.5 pp 0.5 pp

Prime Minister before election Sibel Siber (interim) CTP Elected Prime Minister Özkan Yorgancıoğlu CTP

Parliamentary elections were held in Northern Cyprus on 28 July 2013, a year earlier than necessary.^[1] The Republican Turkish Party emerged as the largest in the Assembly of the Republic, winning 21 of the 50 seats.

Background

The government of Prime Minister İrsen Küçük collapsed in May 2013 after eight MPs left his National Unity Party and the government lost a vote of no confidence. On 23 June Sibel Siber became interim prime minister, forming a government consisting of the Republican Turkish Party, the Democratic Party and the Communal Democracy Party. The new government was approved by a vote of 26–11 in the Assembly.^[2]

Electoral system

The fifty members of the Assembly were elected by proportional representation in five multi-member constituencies with an electoral threshold of 5%. Voters could either vote for a party list or for individual candidates. If they chose the latter, they could cast as many votes as there were seats in a constituency.^[3]

Campaign

Five parties with 250 candidates registered to contest the election, as well as seven independents.^[4]

Though election campaigns in Northern Cypriot elections are usually related to the Cyprus dispute, this main focus of the 2013 elections concerns about the National Unity Party's Turkish-backed economic programmes and austerity.^[5]

Results

References

Elections and referendums in Northern Cyprus
Presidential elections	1976 1981 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
Parliamentary elections	1976 1981 1985 1990 1993 1998 2003 2005 2009 2013 next
Local elections	1976 1980 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2013 2014
Referendums	1975 1985 2004 2014
See also: Elections and referendums in Cyprus