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Legislative elections: House of Represantatives, 5-year term, 1,8% threshold, party-list proportional representation system
           · President: Demetris Christofias (AKEL) · Government: AKEL, DIKO, EDEK

Party Ideology, Affiliation, Founding 2006 Seats 2001 Seats
Anorthotiko Komma Ergazomenou Laou (AKEL)
Progressive Party of Working People
Communism
  
ELo
1941
31,1% 18 34,7% 20
Dimokratikos Synagermos (DISY)
Democratic Rally
Liberal conservatism; Christian democracy EPP, CDI, IDU
1976
30,3% 18 34,0% 19
Dimokratiko Komma (DIKO)
Democratic Party
Centrism
 
-
1976
17,9% 11 14,8% 9
Kinima Sosialdimokraton (EDEK)
Movement of Social Democrats
Social democracy
 
PES, SI
1969
8,9% 5 6,5% 4
Evropaiko Komma (EK)
European Party
Centrism
 
EDP
2005
5,8% 3 3,0% 1
Kinima Oikologon Perivallontiston (KOP)
Ecological and Environmental Movement
Green politics
 
EGP, GG
1996
2,0% 1 2,0% 1
Enomenoi Dimokrates (EDI)
United Democrats
Liberalism
 
ELDR
1996
1,6% - 2,6% 1
Agonistiko Dimokratiko Kinima (ADIK)
Fighting Democratic Movement
National conservatism
 
AEN
1999
- - 2,2% 1
Others - - 2,4% - 0,2% -
Turkish community (vacant) - - - 24 - 24
Total - - - 80 - 80
Turnout - - 89,0% 91,8%

 © 2006 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: Press and Information Office (http://www.vouleftikes2006.gov.cy). Archive: Elections 1960-1996. Northern Cyprus.