Politics Of Cyprus

Ministries

In bold is listed a Ministry that was not an original ministry, but created after London and Zürich Agreements.

Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, Minister: Petros Xenophontos
Ministry of Energy, Commerce and Industry, Minister: Giorgos Papanastasiou
Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works, Minister: Alexis Vafiades
Ministry of Defence, Minister: Michalis Georgallas
Ministry of Education and Culture, Minister: Dr Athena Michaelidou
Ministry of Finance, Minister: Makis Keravnos
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Minister: Constantinos Kombos
Ministry of Health, Minister: Popi Kanari
Ministry of Interior, Minister: Constantinos Ioannou
Ministry of Justice and Public Order, Minister: Anna Prokopiou
Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance, Minister: Yiannis Panayiotou

Deputy Ministries

Deputy Ministry of Shipping, Deputy Minister: Marina Hadjimanoli
Deputy Ministry of Tourism, Deputy Minister: Costas Koumis
Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy, Deputy Minister: Nicodemos Damianou
Deputy Ministry of Social Welfare, Deputy Minister: Marilena Evangelou
Deputy Ministry of Culture, Deputy Minister: Vasiliki Kassianidou

Legislative branch

The House of Representatives (Greek: Βουλή των Αντιπροσώπων, romanized: Voulḗ tōn Antiprosṓpōn; Turkish: Temsilciler Meclisi) has 59 members elected for a five-year term: 56 Greek Cypriot members chosen by proportional representation and 3 observer members representing the Maronite, Latin Catholic and Armenian minorities. 24 seats are allocated to the Turkish community, but are currently vacant.

Political parties and elections

Latest elections

President


Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Nikos Christodoulides	Independent	127,309	32.04	204,867	51.97
	Andreas Mavroyiannis	Independent	117,551	29.59	189,335	48.03
	Averof Neofytou	Democratic Rally	103,748	26.11
	Christos Christou	National Popular Front	23,988	6.04
	Achilleas Demetriades	Independent	8,137	2.05
	Constantinos Christofides	New Wave – The Other Cyprus	6,326	1.59
	Georgios Colocassides	Independent	5,287	1.33
	Alexios Savvides	Independent	2,395	0.60
	Charalampos Aristotelous	Independent	866	0.22
	Celestina de Petro	Independent	575	0.14
	Andronicos Zervides	Independent	341	0.09
	Ioulia Khovrina Komninou	United Cyprus Republican Party	330	0.08
	Andreas Efstratiou	Independent	299	0.08
	Loukas Stavrou	National Communitarian Reconstruction	165	0.04
Total			397,317	100.00	394,202	100.00

Valid votes			397,317	98.27	394,202	96.95
Invalid votes			5,333	1.32	8,428	2.07
Blank votes			1,671	0.41	3,986	0.98
Total votes			404,321	100.00	406,616	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			561,273	72.04	561,273	72.45
Source: Central Electoral Service, Central Electoral Service

Parliament



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	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

European


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Democratic Rally	81,539	29.02	2	0
	AKEL–Left–New Forces	77,241	27.49	2	0
	Democratic Party	38,756	13.80	1	0
	Movement for Social Democracy	29,715	10.58	1	0
	ELAM	23,167	8.25	0	0
	Democratic Front	10,673	3.80	0	New
	Citizens' Alliance–Movement of Ecologists	9,232	3.29	0	0
	Jasmine Movement	4,786	1.70	0	New
	Animal Party Cyprus	2,208	0.79	0	0
	Patriotic Movement	607	0.22	0	New
	Nationalist Liberation Movement	569	0.20	0	New
	Union of Fighters for Justice	457	0.16	0	New
	Cyprus Socialist Party	170	0.06	0	0
	Independents	1,815	0.65	0	0
Total		280,935	100.00	6	0

Valid votes		280,935	97.38
Invalid/blank votes		7,548	2.62
Total votes		288,483	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		641,181	44.99
Source: MOI

Political pressure groups and leaders

Cypriot Workers Union (Greek: Συνομοσπονδία Εργατών Κύπρου (Σ.Ε.Κ.))
Union of Cypriots (Greek: Ένωσις Κυπρίων; Turkish: Kıbrıslılar Birliği)
Revolutionary Trade Unions Federation (DEV-İŞ)
Pan-Cyprian Labour Federation or PEO (Greek: Παγκύπρια Εργατική Ομοσπονδία (Π.Ε.Ο.))
Eleftheria Citizens Initiative (Greek: Πρωτοβουλία Πολιτών Ελευθερία)

Administrative divisions

The island is divided into 6 administrative divisions: Nicosia (Lefkosia), Limassol (Lemesos), Larnaca, Paphos, Famagusta (Ammochostos), and Kyrenia.

Exclaves and enclaves

Cyprus has four exclaves, all in territory that belongs to the British Sovereign Base Area of Dhekelia. The first two are the villages of Ormidhia and Xylotymvou. Additionally there is the Dhekelia Power Station, which is divided by a British road into two parts. The northern part is an enclave, like the two villages, whereas the southern part is located by the sea and therefore not an enclave —although it has no territorial waters of its own.

The UN buffer zone separating the territory controlled by the Turkish Cypriot administration from the rest of Cyprus runs up against Dhekelia and picks up again from its east side, off of Ayios Nikolaos (connected to the rest of Dhekelia by a thin land corridor). In that sense, the buffer zone turns the south-east corner of the island, the Paralimni area, into a de facto, though not de jure, exclave.

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