The Assembly of the Republic (Turkish: Cumhuriyet Meclisi) is the parliament of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. It has 50 members, elected for a five-year term by mitigated proportional representation. A party must cross the electoral threshold (5% of the total vote) to be awarded any seats. The parliament is composed of 50 MPs, chosen from six electoral districts, which are coterminous with the districts of Northern Cyprus: Lefkoşa, Gazimağusa, Girne, Güzelyurt, Lefke and İskele.
Assembly of the Republic Cumhuriyet Meclisi | |
|---|---|
| 10th Parliament of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus | |
| Type | |
| Type | Unicameral |
| History | |
| Founded | 15 November 1983 |
| Preceded by | Turkish Federated Assembly of Cyprus |
| Leadership | |
Speaker of Parliament | Ziya Öztürkler (UBP) since 21 October 2024 |
Deputy Speaker of Parliament | Fazilet Özdenefe (CTP) since 7 March 2022 |
Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus | Ünal Üstel (UBP) since 12 May 2022 |
Leader of the Main Opposition of Northern Cyprus | Tufan Erhürman (CTP) since 22 May 2019 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 50 |
Political groups | Government (29)
Opposition (20)
|
Length of term | 5 years |
| Elections | |
Voting system | Party-list proportional representation D'Hondt method with 5% electoral threshold |
Last election | 23 January 2022 |
Next election | 2026 |
| Motto | |
| Egemenlik Kayıtsız Şartsız Ulusundur Sovereignty unconditionally belongs to the Nation | |
| Meeting place | |
| Assembly of the Republic Building Ortaköy, Lefkoşa Northern Cyprus | |
| Website | |
| Assembly of the Northern Cyprus | |
In Northern Cyprus parliamentary elections, voters vote for individual candidates. There are two ways of voting.
- Voters can vote for a party, which in effect is voting for every MP candidate from that party in that district once. The voter can further prioritize the MPs in this kind of voting.
- Alternatively, the voter may not choose a party, but vote for candidates from different parties. In this kind of mixed voting, the voter cannot choose more than the number of MPs the district is allotted.
Current composition
Parliamentary elections were last held on 23 January 2022.
| Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Unity Party | 1,971,400 | 39.54 | +3.93 | 24 | +3 | |
| Republican Turkish Party | 1,597,137 | 32.04 | +11.09 | 18 | +6 | |
| Democratic Party | 369,239 | 7.41 | –0.41 | 3 | 0 | |
| People's Party | 333,090 | 6.68 | –10.39 | 3 | –6 | |
| Rebirth Party | 318,763 | 6.39 | –0.60 | 2 | 0 | |
| Communal Democracy Party | 220,610 | 4.42 | –4.23 | 0 | –3 | |
| Independence Path | 97,575 | 1.96 | New | 0 | New | |
| Communal Liberation Party New Forces | 76,902 | 1.54 | – | 0 | 0 | |
| Independents | 827 | 0.02 | –0.11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 4,985,543 | 100.00 | – | 50 | 0 | |
| Total votes | 117,421 | – | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 203,792 | 57.62 | ||||
| Source: BRTK | ||||||
Note: Each voter may cast multiple votes, one for each seat in the parliament. Hence, the vote totals may exceed the number of registered voters.
Location
The parliament building is located within new TRNC Republic Complex , opposite the TRNC Presidency in North Nicosia. The building is a new modern parliamentary building .
In 2025 National Assembly of Northern Cyprus relocated from Osmanpaşa Caddesi, North Nicosia to a newly designated administrative Complex. The move aimed to modernize parliamentary facilities in TRNC.
Council of Europe assembly representation
In 2004, the Turkish Cypriot community was awarded "observer status" in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). Since then, the two Turkish Cypriot representatives to PACE are elected by the Assembly of Northern Cyprus.
- 2005–2007: CTP Özdil Nami; UBP Huseyin Ozgurgun
- 27 January 2011: CTP Mehmet Caglar; UBP Ahmet Eti
- 4 December 2013: CTP Mehmet Caglar; UBP Tahsin Ertugruloglu
See also
- List of speakers of the Assembly of the Republic (Northern Cyprus)
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