2022 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election

2022 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election
Northern Cyprus
← 2018 23 January 2022

All 50 seats in the Assembly of the Republic
26 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
UBP Faiz Sucuoğlu 39.54 24 +3
CTP Tufan Erhürman 32.04 18 +6
DP Fikri Ataoğlu [tr] 7.41 3 0
HP Kudret Özersay 6.68 3 −6
YDP Erhan Arıklı 6.39 2 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Seats won by constituency
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Faiz Sucuoğlu
UBP
Faiz Sucuoğlu
UBP

Snap parliamentary elections were held in Northern Cyprus on 23 January 2022.[1] Going into the election, the government was led by Prime Minister Faiz Sucuoğlu of the National Unity Party (UBP). The Sucuoğlu cabinet, was formed in November 2021 and was a minority coalition government of the National Unity Party (UBP) and the Democratic Party (DP). It functioned as a caretaker government until the snap election.[2]

The National Unity Party won 24 seats, gaining three compared to the previous elections in 2018. The main opposition party, the Republican Turkish Party won 18 seats, gaining six. Three other parties won seats; the Democratic Party and the People's Party both won three seats, while the Rebirth Party won two. The Communal Democracy Party lost all the seats it held.[3]

  1. ^ "Komite onayladı: Erken seçim tarihi 23 Ocak 2022 olarak belirlendi" (in Turkish). Kıbrıs Postası. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  2. ^ "KKTC'de Ulusal Birlik Partisi ve Demokrat Parti koalisyon hükümeti kuruldu". Anadolu Agency. 5 November 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Pro-Ankara UBP wins majority in Turkish Cypriot polls". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-01-26.