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2021 Cypriot legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Cyprus on 30 May 2021 to elect 56 of the 80 Members of the House of Representatives.[1]

2021 Cypriot legislative election
← 2016 30 May 2021 (2021-05-30) 2026 →
56 of 80 seats in the House of Representatives
Turnout65.72% (Decrease 1.02 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader Averof Neophytou Andros Kyprianou Nikolas Papadopoulos
Party DISY AKEL DIKO
Last election 30.69%, 18 seats 25.67%, 16 seats 14.49%, 9 seats
Seats won 17 15 9
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 1 Steady
Popular vote 99,328 79,913 40,395
Percentage 27.77% 22.34% 11.29
Swing Decrease 2.92pp Decrease 3.33pp Decrease 3.20pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
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Leader Christos Christou Marinos Sizopoulos Marios Garoyian
Party ELAM EDEK–SYPOL DIPA
Last election 3.71%, 3 seats EDEK: 6.18%, 3 seats
SYPOL: 6.01%, 3 seats 		–
Seats won 4 4 4
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 2 New party
Popular vote 24,255 24,022 21,832
Percentage 6.78% 6.72% 6.10%
Swing Increase 3.07pp Decrease 5.44pp New party
  Seventh party
 
KOSP
Leader Charalambos Theopemptou
Party KOSP
Last election 4.81%, 2 seat
Seats won 3
Seat change Increase 1
Popular vote 15,762
Percentage 4.41%
Swing Decrease 0.40pp
Results by district
President of the House of Representatives before election

Adamos Adamou
AKEL

Elected President of the House of Representatives

Annita Demetriou
DISY

Electoral system

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The 80 members of the House of Representatives are elected from six multi-member constituencies, with the number of seats allocated according to the population of each area. Of the 80, 56 are elected by Greek Cypriots and 24 by Turkish Cypriots. However, since 1964, the Turkish Cypriot seats are unfilled and the House of Representatives has de facto had 56 seats since its enlargement in the 1980s. Each constituency corresponds to the six districts of Cyprus.

The elections are held using open list proportional representation; voters vote for a party and can then cast one preferential vote for a candidate on their party's list for every four seats available in their constituency (party leaders or other candidates heading coalitions are not required to receive preferential votes to be elected). Seats are allocated using the Hare quota, with any remaining seats allocated to lists that won at least one seat or parties that received at least 3.6% of the vote.[2] The current seat allocation for the 2021 election was as follows:

Districts Seats
Nicosia 20
Limassol 12
Famagusta 11
Larnaca 6
Paphos 4
Kyrenia 3
Total 56

Parties

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Party Ideology Leader
Democratic Rally (DISY) Liberal conservatism Averof Neophytou
Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL) Communism, Marxism-Leninism, Cypriotism Andros Kyprianou
Democratic Party (DIKO) Greek Cypriot nationalism, Centrism Nikolas Papadopoulos
Movement for Social Democracy (EDEK) Greek Cypriot nationalism, Social democracy Marinos Sizopoulos
Movement of Ecologists - Citizens' Cooperation (KOSP) Green politics, Social democracy Charalambos Theopemptou
National Popular Front (ELAM) Ultranationalism Christos Christou
Citizens' Alliance (SYPOL) Populism, Social democracy Giorgos Lillikas
Solidarity Movement (KA) National conservatism, Euroscepticism Eleni Theocharous
Democratic Front (DIPA) Centrism Marios Garoyian
Generation Change (GA) Social liberalism, Centrism Anna Theologou

Opinion polls

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Date Polling Firm DISY AKEL DIKO EDEK SYPOL KA KOSP ELAM DIPA GA Others Lead
14–20 May 2021 Symmetron 26.3 24.9 12.4 6.2 6.2 6.7 4.9 1.4
5–15 May 2021 IMR/UNic 21.0 19.0 9.5 5.5 1.5 5.5 5.5 3.0 2.5 6.5[a] 2.0
10–14 May 2021 Prime 25.7 23.4 13.0 5.7 1.5 5.4 6.8 3.5 3.4 11.5 2.3
5–13 May 2021 Noverna 26.1 24.8 10.7 5.8 1.4 7.0 8.5 4.3 4.4 7.0[b] 1.3
6–12 May 2021 Prime 18.8 17.3 9.5 4.2 1.8 4.6 4.9 2.8 2.5 7.2[c] 1.5
4–12 May 2021 CYMAR 26.9 22.9 14.3 6.0 1.7 7.1 6.2 2.7 3.5 8.7[d] 4.0
4–7 May 2021 Pulse 25.0 23.0 12.0 6.0 3.0 7.0 7.0 3.5 3.5 9.0[e] 2.0
7-23 Apr 2021 Noverna 28.4 26.9 12.9 6.1 0.9 6.5 6.5 3.1 3.4 5.3[f] 1.5
13-17 Apr 2021 Cypronetwork 25.8 22.7 14.0 6.8 2.9 7.6 6.2 2.5 6.5 5.0[g] 3.1
12-16 Apr 2021 Prime 26.3 24.0 13.3 5.1 1.8 6.1 6.6 3.4 4.6 7.8[h] 2.3
31 Mar-16 Apr 2021 IMR/UNic 27.2 24.5 13.6 6.8 1.4 6.8 6.1 4.1 5.4 4.1 2.7
2-9 Apr 2021 Symmetron 26.4 23.9 14.5 5.8 1.5 7.4 5.8 4.1 5.8 4.8[i] 2.5
26 Mar-9 Apr 2021 CYMAR 28.1 24.6 12.0 4.8 0.7 6.5 8.5 2.6 5.4 6.8[j] 3.5
9 Mar - 4 Apr 2021 Conread 26.9 22.1 14.1 6.1 0.6 6.1 6.2 2.2 8.3 7.4[k] 4.8
8-20 Mar 2021 IMR/UNic 26.0 23.3 14.4 5.5 2.1 8.2 6.2 4.1 6.8 3.4 2.7
8-18 Mar 2021 Pulse 25.8 21.2 13.6 6.1 1.5 9.1 4.5 3.0 4.5 10.7 4.8
8-12 Mar 2021 Prime 23.9 21.3 11.9 4.8 - 1.9 6.1 5.8 3.0 1.9 10.4 2.6
25 Feb - 2 Mar 2021 GPO 28.1 26.3 13.8 4.8 1.6 8.4 9.2 3.4 3.4 2.6 2.3
12-19 Feb 2021 Symmetron 26.9 22.0 14.2 5.5 2.0 7.7 5.7 3.9 3.0 2.6[l] 4.9
1-6 Feb 2021 Prime 28.4 24.5 13.5 5.4 0.9 7.0 6.7 2.8 3.3 7.5 3.9
20-25 Jan 2021 Interview 30.0 20.5 12.0 4.8 4.8 4.0 4.8 4.3 - 14.8 9.5
16-23 Oct 2020 Prime 30.5 26.1 13.2 6.2 - 1.8 6.0 6.2 2.5 - 7.5 4.4
26 May EP election 2019 29.0% 27.5% 13.8% 10.6% 3.3% - with SYPOL 8.3% 3.8% - 5.7% 1.5
22 May Election 2016 30.7% 25.7% 14.5% 6.2% 6.0% 5.2% 4.8% 3.7% - - 1.1% 1.6

Campaign

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Anti-government demonstrations have been taking place that resulted in clashes with the police.[3]

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic in Cyprus, the campaign and voting process is not expected to be significantly altered.[citation needed]

Results

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Results by locality
See also: List of members of the parliament of Cyprus, 2021–2026
 
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Democratic Rally99,32827.7717–1
Progressive Party of Working People79,91322.3415–1
Democratic Party40,39511.2990
National Popular Front24,2556.784+2
Movement for Social Democracy–Citizens' Alliance24,0226.724–2
Democratic Front21,8326.104New
Movement of Ecologists – Citizens' Cooperation15,7624.413+1
Active Citizens – Movement of Cypriot United Hunters11,7123.270New
Generation Change10,0952.820New
Solidarity Movement8,2542.310–3
Famagusta for Cyprus5,5961.560New
Awakening 20204,8391.350New
People's Breath4,5851.2800
Animal Party Cyprus3,5931.0000
Patriotic Coalition3760.110New
Independents3,1550.8800
Total357,712100.00560
Valid votes357,71297.57
Invalid votes6,8261.86
Blank votes2,0700.56
Total votes366,608100.00
Registered voters/turnout557,83665.72
Source: Ministry of Interior


Notes

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  1. ^ Hunters’ Party 1.5%
  2. ^ Animal Party Cyprus 1.8%, Hunters’ Party 2.1%, Famagusta for Cyprus 0.9%, People's Breath 0.5%
  3. ^ Hunters’ Party 2.2%
  4. ^ Famagusta for Cyprus 2.7%, Hunters’ Party 2.0%, Animal Party Cyprus 1.4%, A2020 0.4%, People's Breath 0.3%
  5. ^ Famagusta for Cyprus 2.0%, Hunters’ Party 2.0%, A2020 1.5%
  6. ^ Animal Party Cyprus 1.2%, Famagusta for Cyprus 0.9%, People's Breath 1.4%
  7. ^ Animal Party Cyprus 1.5%, Famagusta for Cyprus 1.0%
  8. ^ Animal Party Cyprus 1.8%, Famagusta for Cyprus 1.6%, A2020 1.6%
  9. ^ Animal Party Cyprus 1.5%, Famagusta for Cyprus 1.3%
  10. ^ Animal Party Cyprus 1.0%, Famagusta for Cyprus 1.2%, A2020 0.6%, People's Breath 0.4%
  11. ^ People's Breath 0.5%
  12. ^ Animal Party Cyprus 2.0%

References

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  1. ^ "Elections: Cyprus Parliament 2021". IFES Election Guide. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  2. ^ "IPU PARLINE database: CYPRUS (Vouli Antiprosopon), Electoral system". archive.ipu.org. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  3. ^ ""I saw chaos": Cypriot demonstrator injured by police water cannon". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
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