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 NORTHERN CYPRUS (disputed status)

President: Tufan Erhürman (CTP) · Prime Minister: Ünal Üstel (UBP) · Governing parties: UBP, DP, YDP
Legislative elections: Assembly, 5-year term, 50 seats, 5% threshold, party-list PR:

  2026 2022 2018 2013
Party Ideology % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats
Ulusal Birlik Partisi (UBP)
National Unity Party
National conservatism       39,5 24 35,6 21 27,3 14
Cumhuriyetçi Türk Partisi (CTP)
Republican Turkish Party (a)
Social democracy
United Cyprus 
    32,0 18 20,9 12 38,4 21
Demokrat Parti (DP)
Democratic Party (b)
Conservatism       7,4 3 7,8 3 23,1 12
Halkın Partisi (HP)
People's Party
Centrism       6,7 3 17,1 9 - -
Yeni Doğuş Partisi (YDP)
New Dawn Party
Nationalism       6,4 2 7,0 2 - -
Toplumcu Demokrasi Partisi (TDP)
Communal Democracy Party
Social democracy
United Cyprus 
    4,4 - 8,6 3 7,4 3
Others     3,6 - 3,0 - 3,8 -
Total     - 50 - 50 - 50
Turnout   57,6 66,2 69,6

© 2026 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: BRTK (www.brtk.net).  For full coverage, click here (1976-present). Notes: (a) 2013: Republican Turkish Party-United Forces (CTP-BG); (b) 2013: Democratic Party-National Forces (DP-UG).