2018 Northern Cyprus parliamentary election facts for kids

The 2018 Northern Cyprus parliamentary election was held on 7 January 2018. It was held to elect the 50 members of the Assembly of the Republic.

The election was a victory for the National Unity Party and other right-wing parties.

Parties

• Republican Turkish Party (CTP): led by Tufan Erhürman. This party supports Cyprus reunification and social democracy.
• National Unity Party (UBP): led by Hüseyin Özgürgün. This party is nationalistic and conservative.
• Democratic Party (DP): led by Serdar Denktaş son of Rauf Denktaş. This party is nationalistic and conservative.
• Communal Democracy Party (TDP): led by Cemal Özyiğit. This party supports Cyprus reunification and social democracy.
• People's Party (HP): led by Kudret Özersay. This party supports Cyprus reunification and is centrist.
• Rebirth Party (YDP): led by Erhan Arıklı. This party is nationalistic.
• Communal Liberation Party-New Forces (TKP-YG): led by Mehmet Çakıcı. This party supports Cyprus reunification and social democracy.

The United Cyprus Party (BKP) was in an alliance with the TKP-YG. As such, BKP members ran for Parliament under the TKP-YG name. The New Cyprus Party refused to join the alliance.

Results

Parties		Results		Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	+/−
	National Unity Party	1,907,030	35.6%	21	+7
	Republican Turkish Party	1,121,478	20.9%	12	–9
	People's Party	915,666	17.1%	9	new
	Communal Democracy Party	463,081	8.6%	3	+1
	Democratic Party	420,102	7.8%	2	–10
	Rebirth Party	375,113	7.0%	3	new
	Communal Liberation Party-New Forces	143,645	2.7%	0	0
	Nationalist Democracy Party	7,083	0.1%	0	new
	Independents	6,951	0.1%	0	0
Totals		5,360,149	100.0%	50	0