Parliamentary elections were held in Northern Cyprus on 28 July 2013, a year earlier than necessary. The

Republican Turkish Party The Republican Turkish Party ( tr, Cumhuriyetçi Türk Partisi, CTP) is a social democracy, social-democratic List of political parties in Northern Cyprus, political party in Northern Cyprus. The party was founded in 1970 by Ahmet Mithat Berberoğ ...

emerged as the largest in the Assembly of the Republic, winning 21 of the 50 seats.

Background

The government of Prime Minister

İrsen Küçük İrsen Küçük (1940 – 10 March 2019) was a Turkish Cypriot politician who was Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus from 2010 to 2013. He was the nephew of the Republic of Cyprus's first vice-president, Fazıl Küçük. Early life and education ...

collapsed in May 2013 after eight MPs left his National Unity Party and the government lost a vote of no confidence. On 23 June

Sibel Siber Sibel Siber (born 13 December 1960) is a Turkish Cypriot politician. She served as the Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus between 13 June 2013, following the fall of the government of İrsen Küçük in a vote of no confidence, and 2 September 20 ...

became interim prime minister, forming a government consisting of the

, the

Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to: *Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to: Active parties Africa *Botswana Democratic Party *Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea *Gabonese Democratic Party *Demo ...

and the

Communal Democracy Party The Communal Democracy Party ( tr, Toplumcu Demokrasi Partisi, TDP) is a social-democratic political party in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The party came into being in May 2007 as a merger of the Peace and Democracy Movement with the Co ...

. The new government was approved by a vote of 26–11 in the Assembly.

Electoral system

The fifty members of the Assembly were elected by

proportional representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divis ...

in five multi-member constituencies with an

electoral threshold The electoral threshold, or election threshold, is the minimum share of the primary vote that a candidate or political party requires to achieve before they become entitled to representation or additional seats in a legislature. This limit can ...

of 5%. Voters could either vote for a party list or for individual candidates. If they chose the latter, they could cast as many votes as there were seats in a constituency.

Campaign

Five parties with 250 candidates registered to contest the election, as well as seven independents. Though election campaigns in Northern Cypriot elections are usually related to the Cyprus dispute, this main focus of the 2013 elections concerns about the National Unity Party's Turkish-backed economic programmes and austerity.Austerity not territory defines N Cyprus poll
Al Jazeera, 11 August 2013

Results

References

Northern Cyprus Northern Cyprus Elections in Northern Cyprus 2013 in Northern Cyprus 2010s in Cypriot politics July 2013 events in Europe {{Cyprus-election-stub