Parliamentary elections were held in Cyprus on 30 May 2021 to elect 56 of the 80 Members of the House of Representatives.[1]
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Electoral system
editThe 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 |
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Nicosia | 20 |
Limassol | 12 |
Famagusta | 11 |
Larnaca | 6 |
Paphos | 4 |
Kyrenia | 3 |
Total | 56 |
Parties
editOpinion polls
editDate | Polling Firm | DISY | AKEL | DIKO | EDEK | SYPOL | KA | KOSP | ELAM | DIPA | GA | Others | Lead |
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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
editAnti-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
editParty | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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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 – United Cypriot Hunters Movement | 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
edit- ^ 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%
References
edit- ^ "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.