2022 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election

2022 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election

← 2018 23 January 2022

All 50 seats in the Assembly of the Republic 26 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader % Seats +/– UBP Faiz Sucuoğlu 39.54 24 +3 CTP Tufan Erhürman 32.04 18 +6 DP Fikri Ataoğlu [tr] 7.41 3 0 HP Kudret Özersay 6.68 3 −6 YDP Erhan Arıklı 6.39 2 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Seats won by constituency Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Faiz Sucuoğlu UBP Faiz Sucuoğlu UBP

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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]

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

The 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

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

Government formation

On 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

This page was last edited on 29 May 2024, at 16:25