List of political parties in Cyprus

Last updated

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.

Contents

List of political parties

Parliamentary parties

As per the parliamentary elections of 2024

NameAcronymIdeology House MEPs
Democratic Rally
Δημοκρατικός Συναγερμός		DISY,
ΔΗΣΥ		 Christian democracy
17 / 56
2 / 6
Progressive Party of Working People
Ανορθωτικό Κόμμα Εργαζόμενου Λαού		AKEL,
ΑΚΕΛ		 Communism [1]
15 / 56
2 / 6
Democratic Party
Δημοκρατικό Κόμμα		DIKO,
ΔΗΚΟ		 Greek Cypriot nationalism
9 / 56
1 / 6
National Popular Front
Εθνικό Λαϊκό Μέτωπο		ELAM,
ΕΛΑΜ		 Neo-fascism
4 / 56
0 / 6
Movement for Social Democracy
Κινήμα Σοσιαλδημοκρατών		EDEK,
ΕΔΕΚ		 Social democracy
4 / 56
1 / 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
1 / 56
0 / 6

Non-parliamentary parties and political organisations

Non-parliamentary parties that no longer exist

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">EDEK Socialist Party</span> Political party in Cyprus

The EDEK Socialist Party is a Greek Cypriot, social-democratic political party in Cyprus.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Democratic Rally</span> Liberal-conservative political party in the Republic of Cyprus

The Democratic Rally is a Christian-democratic and liberal-conservative political party in Cyprus led by Annita Demetriou. The party was founded on 4 July 1976 by veteran politician Glafcos Clerides. Two leaders of the party have served as presidents of Cyprus, Clerides from 1993 until 2003 and Nicos Anastasiades from 2013 to 2023.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">European Party (Cyprus)</span> Political party in Cyprus

The European Party was a political party in Cyprus founded in 2005, largely out of the parties New Horizons and European Democracy. In March 2016, it dissolved to merge into the Solidarity Movement.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2009 Greek legislative election</span>

Early parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 4 October 2009. Elections were not required until September 2011, but on 2 September 2009 Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis of New Democracy announced that he would request President Karolos Papoulias dissolve Parliament and call elections. Parliament was dissolved on 9 September.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">ELAM (Cyprus)</span> Political party in Cyprus

The National Popular Front is a far-right, ultranationalist and fascist movement, founded in 2008 in the Republic of Cyprus. It describes its ideology as "popular and social nationalism". As of May 2011, it has been approved as a legal political party. ELAM is a Eurosceptic political party which also praises Greek former dictator Ioannis Metaxas.

Drachmi Greek Democratic Movement Five Stars was a Greek eurosceptic political party established on May 1, 2013 by Theodore Katsanevas (1947-2021), a one-time member of PASOK and son-in-law of Andreas Papandreou, with a primary target for Greece to abandon the euro and to return to the drachma.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">New Right (Greece)</span> Political party in Greece

The New Right is a national conservative and far-right political party in Greece. The party was formed in May 2016 by Failos Kranidiotis, a lawyer and former advisor to former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, after Kranidiotis was ousted from the New Democracy party.

The 2024 European Parliament elections in Cyprus will be held on 9 June 2024 as part of the 2024 European Parliament election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">National Party – Greeks</span> Greek political party

National Party – Greeks, formerly Greeks for the Fatherland, is a Greek far-right political party founded on 4 June 2020, by Ilias Kasidiaris, a former MP and spokesperson of Golden Dawn, who is currently serving a 13-year prison term for his involvement in the criminal organisation run by Golden Dawn, allegations for which he maintains his innocence.

The Free People is a political party founded in February 2021 by journalist Giorgos Tragas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2023 Cypriot presidential election</span>

Presidential elections were held in Cyprus on 5 February 2023. No candidate received a majority of the vote in the first round, so a runoff was held on 12 February. Incumbent president Nicos Anastasiades of the Democratic Rally (DISY), who won the presidential elections in 2013 and 2018, was ineligible to run due to the two-term limit mandated by the Constitution of Cyprus.

New Wave – The Other Cyprus was a political movement in the Republic of Cyprus. The movement's main stated goal was to mobilize society for reform and new prospects for Cyprus and the young people of the country.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">National Creation</span> Political party in Greece

National Creation was a Greek political alliance, founded in 2022 and formed between Recreate Greece and New Right.

The Animal Party Cyprus is a political party in Cyprus advocating for animal rights and welfare. It was founded on April 27, 2014, and is led by Kyriakos Kyriakou.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Democratic Responsibility</span> Greek political party

Democratic Responsibility was a Greek centrist political party founded by the former minister of PASOK Alekos Papadopoulos and independent MP Harry Theoharis. The current President of the party is Vasileios Pavlidis, an economist from Thessaloniki.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Victory (Greek political party)</span> Political party in Greece

The Democratic Patriotic Movement “Victory”, often shortened to simply Victory, is a Greek far-right political party. It was founded by educator Dimitris Natsios in 2019.

Dimitris Natsios is a Greek politician, educator, theologian, author and presenter of television shows with educational, social and ecclesiastical content. In 2019 he founded the Democratic Patriotic Movement – Victory, assuming the presidency of the party.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Volt Cyprus</span> Political party in Cyprus

Volt Cyprus is a political party in Cyprus and the Cyprus branch of Volt Europa, a Eurofederalist pan-European political party and movement, which advocates for greater European cooperation across Europe.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">New Left (Greece)</span> Political party in Greece

The New Left is a pro-European centre-left to left-wing political party in the Hellenic Parliament. It was founded on 5 December 2023 by eleven independent MPs who left the Syriza party. The president of the parliamentary group is Alexis Haritsis. The New Left officially became a party on 3 March 2024 after its founding conference.

References

  1. ↑ "Parties and Elections in Europe". www.parties-and-elections.eu. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  2. ↑ "liberalscy.org - liberalscy Resources and Information". www.liberalscy.org.
  3. ↑ "Βουλευτικές Εκλογές 2021: Επίσημα Αποτελέσματα". results.elections.moi.gov.cy. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
  4. ↑ "Aναστέλει την λειτουργία του ο "Πατριωτικός Συνασπισμος" του Χρίστου Ρότσα | AlphaNews.Live". www.alphanews.live (in Greek). Retrieved 2024-04-01.
  5. ↑ "Παρουσιάστηκε το Volt Cyprus: «Καθαρά προοδευτικό κόμμα, ξεπερασμένες δεξιά-αριστερά»". cyprustimes.com (in Greek). 2023-10-26. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
  6. ↑ Κουρούσιη, Νικολέττα (2023-12-01). "Εξαγγέλλουν συνένωση Κόμμα Κυνηγών και Αφύπνιση". Φιλελεύθερος | Philenews (in Greek). Retrieved 2024-04-01.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.