2021 Cypriot legislative election

2021 Cypriot legislative election

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Turnout	65.72% ( 1.02 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Averof Neophytou Andros Kyprianou Nikolas Papadopoulos Party DISY AKEL DIKO Leader since 2013 2009 2013 Last election 18 seats, 30.7% 16 seats, 25.7% 9 seats, 14.5% Seats won 17 15 9 Seat change 1 1 0 Popular vote 99,328 79,913 40,395 Percentage 27.77% 22.34% 11.29 Swing 3.6pp 3.4pp 3.2pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   ELAM EDEK-SYPOL Leader Christos Christou Marinos Sizopoulos Marios Garoyian Party ELAM EDEK–SYPOL DIPA Leader since 2008 2015 2016 Last election 3 seats, 3.7% EDEK: 3 seats, 6.2% SYPOL: 3 seats, 6.0% New Party Seats won 4 4 4 Seat change 2 2 New Party Popular vote 24,255 24,022 21,832 Percentage 6.78% 6.72% 6.10% Swing 3pp New Party   Seventh party   KOSP Leader Charalambos Theopemptou Party KOSP Leader since 2020 Last election 2 seat, 4.8% Seats won 3 Seat change 1 Popular vote 15,762 Percentage 4.41% Swing 2.6pp
President of the House of Representatives before election Adamos Adamou AKEL Elected President of the House of Representatives Annita Demetriou DISY

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

Electoral system

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:

Parties

Opinion polls

Campaign

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