List of political parties in Cyprus

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This article lists political parties in Cyprus . Cyprus has a multi-party system, with three or four strong parties who generally dominate the political landscape. No political parties registered in Northern Cyprus are known to be concurrently registered in the Republic of Cyprus and vice versa.

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List of political parties

Parliamentary parties

As per the parliamentary elections of 2024

NameAcronymIdeology House MEPs
Democratic Rally
Δημοκρατικός Συναγερμός
DISY,
ΔΗΣΥ
Christian democracy,

Liberal conservatism, Pro-Europeanism

17 / 56
2 / 6
Progressive Party of Working People
Ανορθωτικό Κόμμα Εργαζόμενου Λαού
AKEL,
ΑΚΕΛ
Communism, [1]

Soft-Euroscepticism

15 / 56
1 / 6
Democratic Party
Δημοκρατικό Κόμμα
DIKO,
ΔΗΚΟ
Greek Cypriot nationalism,

Pro-Europeanism

9 / 56
1 / 6
National Popular Front
Εθνικό Λαϊκό Μέτωπο
ELAM,
ΕΛΑΜ
Ultranationalism,

Metaxism

4 / 56
1 / 6
Movement for Social Democracy
Κινήμα Σοσιαλδημοκρατών
EDEK,
ΕΔΕΚ
Social democracy
4 / 56
0 / 6
Democratic Front
Δημοκρατική Παράταξη
DEPA,
ΔΗΠΑ
Liberalism
4 / 56
0 / 6
Movement of Ecologists – Citizens' Cooperation
Κίνημα Οικολόγων – Συνεργασία Πολιτών
KOSP,
ΚΟΣΠ
Green politics
2 / 56
0 / 6
Volt Cyprus
Βολτ Κύπρος
VOLT,
ΒΟΛΤ
Eurofederalism,

Progressivism

1 / 56
0 / 6

Non-parliamentary parties and political organisations

(As listed in the Registry of Political Parties)

Non-parliamentary parties that no longer exist

(As listed in the Registry of Political Parties)

See also

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