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political parties A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ...

. Cyprus has a

multi-party system In political science, a multi-party system is a political system in which multiple political parties across the political spectrum run for national elections, and all have the capacity to gain control of government offices, separately or in ...

, with three or four strong parties who generally dominate the political landscape.

List of political parties

Parliamentary parties

As per the parliamentary elections of 2021

Non-parliamentary parties and political organisations

Solidarity Movement Solidarity ( pl, „Solidarność”, ), full name Independent Self-Governing Trade Union "Solidarity" (, abbreviated ''NSZZ „Solidarność”'' ), is a Polish trade union founded in August 1980 at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland. Subseq ...

(Κίνημα Αλληλεγγύη) * Cyprus Social Ecology Movement (Κίνημα Κοινωνικής Οικολογίας Κύπρου) * New Internationalist Left (Νέα Διεθνιστική Αριστερά) *

New Wave – The Other Cyprus New Wave – The Other Cyprus ( el, Νέο Κύμα – Η Άλλη Κύπρος, Néo Kýma – I Álli Kýpros) was a political movement in the Cyprus, Republic of Cyprus. The movement's main stated goal was to mobilize society for reform and new ...

(Νέο Κύμα - Η Άλλη Κύπρος) *

United Democrats The United Democrats ( el, Ενωμένοι Δημοκράτες (ΕΔΗ), ''Enomenoi Dimokrates'' (EDI)) is a liberal political party in Cyprus. The party was founded by former President of Cyprus George Vasiliou in 1993 as ''Kinima Eleft ...

(Ενωμένοι Δημοκράτες) *

Popular Socialist Movement The Popular Socialist Movement ( es, Movimiento Socialista Popular, MSP) was a Marxist and pro-independence organization in Puerto Rico. The MSP was originally known as the ''Juventud Independentista Universitaria'' ("University Independence Yout ...

(Λαϊκό Σοσιαλιστικό Κίνημα) *

Jasmine Movement The Jasmine Movement ( el, Κίνημα Γιασεμί; tr, Yasemin Hareketi) is a political movement in Cyprus. Jasmine Movement was established by Afrika newspaper's chief editor Şener Levent. It mainly consists of Turkish Cypriots struggli ...

(Κίνημα Γιασεμί) * Workers' Democracy (Εργατική Δημοκρατία) * Liberal Democrats (Φιλελεύθεροι Δημοκράτες) *

Famagusta for Cyprus Famagusta ( , ; el, Αμμόχωστος, Ammóchostos, ; tr, Gazimağusa or ) is a city on the east coast of Cyprus. It is located east of Nicosia and possesses the deepest harbour of the island. During the Middle Ages (especially under th ...

(Αμμόχωστος για την Κύπρο)http://www.famagustaforcyprus.org

Non-parliamentary parties that no longer exist

* Democratic Front (DIPA) led by

Spyros Kyprianou Spyros Achilleos Kyprianou ( el, Σπύρος Κυπριανού; 28 October 1932 – 12 March 2002) was one of the most prominent politicians and barristers of modern Cyprus. He served as the second president of Cyprus from 1977 to 1988. ...

in 1976. * Democratic National Party (DEK). * New Democratic Front (NEDIPA) founded by Alecos Michaelides in 1980. * Pancyprian Renewal Front (PAME) founded by

Chrysostomos A. Sofianos Chrysostomos A. Sofianos ( el, Χρυσόστομος Α. Σοφιανός 1939 – 27 February 2023) was a Greek Cypriot educator who became known because of his role in advocating and strategizing the educational reform of Cyprus in the 1980s fr ...

in 1980. * Union of the Center founded by Tassos Papadopoulos in 1980. * The Liberal Party, founded by former Foreign Minister Nicos Rolandis in 1986 and merged with Democratic Rally in 1998. * Fighting Democratic Movement, merged with DIKO in 2011. *

New Horizons ''New Horizons'' is an interplanetary space probe that was launched as a part of NASA's New Frontiers program. Engineered by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), with a ...

, merged with

European Democracy European Democracy ( it, Democrazia Europea, DE) was a minor Christian-democratic, centrist political party in Italy. History European Democracy was founded in 2001 by Sergio D'Antoni (former leader of the Italian Confederation of Workers' Tra ...

in 2005 and formed the European Party. *

, merged with

in 2005 and formed the European Party. *

Committee for a Radical Left Rally ERAS (Committee for a Radical Left Rally, ''Επιτροπή για μια Ριζοσπαστική Αριστερή Συσπείρωση'') was a far-left organisation in the Republic of Cyprus. It was founded in 2011 by communist and socialist ...

(''Επιτροπή για μια Ριζοσπαστική Αριστερή Συσπείρωση''). * European Party, merged with

in 2016. * Citizen's Alliance (Συμμαχία Πολιτών) founded by Giorgos Lilikas.

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Political parties in Cyprus Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studies ...

Politics of Northern Cyprus

Political parties A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

List of political parties

Parliamentary parties

Non-parliamentary parties and political organisations

Non-parliamentary parties that no longer exist

See also

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