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The next Cypriot legislative elections are expected to be held in May 2026, [1] to elect 56 of the 80 members of the House of Representatives. The elections could be held earlier if parliament is dissolved before it reaches the end of its five-year term.
The 80 members of the House of Representatives are elected from six multi-member constituencies which corresponds to the six districts of Cyprus, with the number of seats allocated according to the population of each area. [2] [3] Of the 80, 56 are elected by Greek Cypriots and 24 by Turkish Cypriots. [4] However, since 1963 the Turkish Cypriot seats have been unfilled, [5] and the House of Representatives has de facto had 56 seats since its enlargement in the 1980s. [6]
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 seat allocations for the 2021 election were as follows:
| Districts | Seats |
|---|---|
| Nicosia | 20 |
| Limassol | 12 |
| Famagusta | 11 |
| Larnaca | 6 |
| Paphos | 4 |
| Kyrenia | 3 |
| Total | 56 |
| Party | Ideology | Leader | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Rally (DISY) | Liberal conservatism | TBD | |
| Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL) | Communism, Marxism-Leninism, Cypriotism | TBD | |
| Democratic Party (DIKO) | Greek Cypriot nationalism, Centrism | TBD | |
| National Popular Front (ELAM) | Neo-fascism, Ultranationalism | TBD | |
| Movement for Social Democracy (EDEK) | Greek Cypriot nationalism, Social democracy | TBD | |
| Democratic Front (DIPA) | Centrism | TBD | |
| Movement of Ecologists – Citizens' Cooperation (KOSP) | Green politics, Social democracy | TBD | |
| Date | Polling firm | DISY | AKEL | DIKO | ELAM | EDEK | DIPA | KOSP | EP | ZgtZ | VOLT | Others | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12–16 Feb 2024 | SIGMA | 29.0 | 27.5 | 11.6 | 14.5 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 2.9 | – | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 1.5 |
| 3–11 Jan 2024 | IMR | 25.7 | 27.8 | 9.7 | 17.4 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 4.9 | 0.7 | – | 1.8 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| 18–22 Sep 2023 | IMR | 26.1 | 28.0 | 10.1 | 17.4 | 2.9 | 1,4 | 5.8 | 1.4 | – | 1.4 | 4.4 | 1.9 |
| 30 May | Election 2021 | 27.8% | 22.3% | 11.3% | 6.8% | 6.7% | 6.1% | 4.4% | 3.3% | 1.0% | - | 10.3% | 5.5 |
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