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 NORTHERN CYPRUS (internationally unrecognised)

Legislative elections: House of Represantatives, 5-year term, 5% threshold, party-list proportional representation system
           · President: Derviş Eroğlu (UBP) · Prime Minister: Hüseyin Özgürgün (UBP) · Government: UBP

Party

Ideology, Affiliation, Founding 2009 Seats 2005 Seats
Ulusal Birlik Partisi (UBP)
National Unity Party
National conservatism
 
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1975
44,1% 26 31,7% 19
Cumhuriyetçi Türk Partisi - Birleşik Güçler (CTP-BG)
Republican Turkish Party - United Forces
Social democracy
 
PESo, SIa
1970
29,2% 15 44,5% 24
Demokrat Parti (DP)
Democratic Party
Conservatism
 
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1992
10,7% 5 13,5% 6
Toplumcu Demokrasi Partisi (TDP)
Communal Democracy Party
(2005: BDH)
Social democracy
 
-
2007
6,9% 2 5,8% 1
Özgürlük ve Reform Partisi (ÖRP)
Freedom and Reform Party
Liberalism
 
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2006
6,2% 2 - -
Others - - 2,9% - 4,5% -
Total - - - 50 - 50
Turnout 81,4% 80,8%

 © 2009 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: Kibris Gazetesi (http://www.kibrisgazetesi.com). Archive: Elections 1976-2003.