2018 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election

2018 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election
Northern Cyprus
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50 seats in the Assembly of the Republic
26 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats +/–
UBP Hüseyin Özgürgün 35.61 21 +7
CTP Tufan Erhürman 20.95 12 −9
HP Kudret Özersay 17.07 9 New
TDP Cemal Özyiğit 8.65 3 0
DP Serdar Denktaş 7.82 3 −9
YDP Erhan Arıklı 6.99 2 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Map of the election results, showing the seats won by each party in each of the 6 multi-member constituencies.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Hüseyin Özgürgün
UBP
Tufan Erhürman
CTP

Parliamentary elections were held in Northern Cyprus on 7 January 2018 to elect the 50 members of the Assembly of the Republic for a five-year term.[1] Going into the elections, the government was led by Prime Minister Hüseyin Özgürgün, who had served since 16 April 2016, leading a coalition consisting of the National Unity Party and the Democratic Party.[2]

Following the elections, a new coalition government was formed by the Republican Turkish Party (CTP), the People's Party, Communal Democracy Party and the Democratic Party, with CTP leader Tufan Erhürman becoming Prime Minister.[3]

  1. ^ Gökhan Altıner. "Seçim kesin 7 Ocak ve son anket sonuçları!". Kıbrıs Postası. Archived from the original on 2017-10-17. Retrieved 2017-10-17.
  2. ^ "Özgürgün starts duty as new PM of Turkish Cyprus - EUROPE". hurriyetdailynews.com. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  3. ^ "KKTC'nin yeni Başbakanı Tufan Erhürman oldu!". Sözcü (in Turkish). 2 February 2018.

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