2015 Northern Cypriot presidential election

2015 Northern Cypriot presidential election

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Turnout	62.35% (first round), 64.12% (second round)
Candidate Mustafa Akıncı Derviş Eroğlu Party Independent Independent Popular vote 67,035 43,764 Percentage 60.50% 39.50%
First round results by district (red for Eroğlu, blue for Akıncı)
President before election Derviş Eroğlu Independent President-elect Mustafa Akıncı Independent

Presidential elections were held in Northern Cyprus in April 2015.^[1][2] In the first round on 19 April incumbent president and independent candidate Derviş Eroğlu and independent candidate Mustafa Akıncı progressed to the second round.^[3] The second round took place on 26 April and was won by Akıncı.^[4]

The results of the election were considered to be a major upset of power by the mainstream Turkish Cypriot media. The other major candidates of the election, who failed to progress to the second round were Sibel Siber, the candidate of the Republican Turkish Party, which headed the government at the time of the election, and Kudret Özersay, an independent candidate with no political history. Siber's failure to progress to the second round led to shock and controversy in her party and Prime Minister Özkan Yorgancıoğlu announced that he would be stepping down in the upcoming party congress. Özersay's share of the votes was seen as a major surprise success. Eroğlu announced his withdrawal from political life following the election.