2021 Cypriot legislative election

2021 Cypriot legislative election
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56 of 80 seats in the House of Representatives
Turnout	65.72% ( 1.02 pp)
	Results by district
President of the House of Representatives before election; Adamos Adamou ; AKEL	Elected President of the House of Representatives ; Annita Demetriou ; DISY

Last updated December 23, 2024

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:

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

Parties

	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

Date	Polling Firm	DISY	AKEL	DIKO	EDEK	SYPOL	KA	KOSP	ELAM	DIPA	GA	Others	Lead
Date	Polling Firm											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

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



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Democratic Rally	99,328	27.77	17	–1
	Progressive Party of Working People	79,913	22.34	15	–1
	Democratic Party	40,395	11.29	9	0
	National Popular Front	24,255	6.78	4	+2
	Movement for Social Democracy–Citizens' Alliance	24,022	6.72	4	–2
	Democratic Front	21,832	6.10	4	New
	Movement of Ecologists – Citizens' Cooperation	15,762	4.41	3	+1
	Active Citizens – Movement of Cypriot United Hunters	11,712	3.27	0	New
	Generation Change	10,095	2.82	0	New
	Solidarity Movement	8,254	2.31	0	–3
	Famagusta for Cyprus	5,596	1.56	0	New
	Awakening 2020	4,839	1.35	0	New
	People's Breath	4,585	1.28	0	0
	Animal Party Cyprus	3,593	1.00	0	0
	Patriotic Coalition	376	0.11	0	New
	Independents	3,155	0.88	0	0
Total		357,712	100.00	56	0

Valid votes		357,712	97.57
Invalid votes		6,826	1.86
Blank votes		2,070	0.56
Total votes		366,608	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		557,836	65.72
Source: Ministry of Interior

Notes

↑ Hunters’ Party 1.5%
↑ Animal Party Cyprus 1.8%, Hunters’ Party 2.1%, Famagusta for Cyprus 0.9%, People's Breath 0.5%
↑ Hunters’ Party 2.2%
↑ Famagusta for Cyprus 2.7%, Hunters’ Party 2.0%, Animal Party Cyprus 1.4%, A2020 0.4%, People's Breath 0.3%
↑ Famagusta for Cyprus 2.0%, Hunters’ Party 2.0%, A2020 1.5%
↑ Animal Party Cyprus 1.2%, Famagusta for Cyprus 0.9%, People's Breath 1.4%
↑ Animal Party Cyprus 1.5%, Famagusta for Cyprus 1.0%
↑ Animal Party Cyprus 1.8%, Famagusta for Cyprus 1.6%, A2020 1.6%
↑ Animal Party Cyprus 1.5%, Famagusta for Cyprus 1.3%
↑ Animal Party Cyprus 1.0%, Famagusta for Cyprus 1.2%, A2020 0.6%, People's Breath 0.4%
↑ People's Breath 0.5%
↑ Animal Party Cyprus 2.0%

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References

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

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[3] Hunters’ Party 1.5%

[4] Animal Party Cyprus 1.8%, Hunters’ Party 2.1%, Famagusta for Cyprus 0.9%, People's Breath 0.5%

[5] Hunters’ Party 2.2%

[6] Famagusta for Cyprus 2.7%, Hunters’ Party 2.0%, Animal Party Cyprus 1.4%, A2020 0.4%, People's Breath 0.3%

[7] Famagusta for Cyprus 2.0%, Hunters’ Party 2.0%, A2020 1.5%

[8] Animal Party Cyprus 1.2%, Famagusta for Cyprus 0.9%, People's Breath 1.4%

[9] Animal Party Cyprus 1.5%, Famagusta for Cyprus 1.0%

[10] Animal Party Cyprus 1.8%, Famagusta for Cyprus 1.6%, A2020 1.6%

[11] Animal Party Cyprus 1.5%, Famagusta for Cyprus 1.3%

[12] Animal Party Cyprus 1.0%, Famagusta for Cyprus 1.2%, A2020 0.6%, People's Breath 0.4%

[13] People's Breath 0.5%

[14] Animal Party Cyprus 2.0%

[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.

[15] ""I saw chaos": Cypriot demonstrator injured by police water cannon". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2021-02-24.

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