IFES Election Guide | Country Profile: Cyprus

Republic of Cyprus

1,295,102	17
Population (as of Feb. 8, 2023)	Elections in our database
561,273	81.91%
Registered Voters (as of None)	Average Turnout

Name	Official Name	Type
Cypriot Presidency	None	Head of State
Cypriot House of Representatives	Vouli Antiprosopon	Assembly

Description of government structure:

Chief of State: President Nikos CHRISTODOULIDES *
Head of Government: President Nilkos CHRISTODOULIDES
Assembly: Cyprus has a unicameral House of Representatives (Vouli Antiprosopon) with 80 seats.

* *Note: The 1960 Constitution stipulates that the President (who must be a Greek Cypriot) is elected by the Greek Cypriot community while the Vice President (who must be a Turkish Cypriot) is elected by the Turkish Cypriot community. However, the position of Vice President remains vacant.

Description of electoral system:

The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
In the House of Representatives (Vouli Antiprosopon), 80 members are elected by open list proportional representation in multi-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms.***

*** Seats are divided into 6 multi-member constituencies. 56 seats are assigned to the Greek Cypriots and 24 to Turkish Cypriots, but only those assigned to Greek Cypriots are filled. The seats for the Turkish Cypriots have remained vacant since 1964.

Elections

Election For	Date	Votes	Registered Voters	Turn Out
Cypriot Presidency	1998-02-08	409,979	446,732	91.77%
Cypriot Presidency	1998-02-15	417,406	447,046	93.37%
Cypriot House of Representatives	2001-05-27	428,981	467,543	91.75%
Cypriot Presidency	2003-02-16	431,690	476,345	90.63%
Referendum	2004-04-24	428,587	480,564	89.18%
Cypriot House of Representatives	2006-05-21	445,989	501,024	89.02%
Cypriot Presidency	2008-02-17	462,847	516,441	89.62%
Cypriot Presidency	2008-02-24	469,143	516,448	90.84%
Cypriot House of Representatives	2011-05-22	418,247	531,463	78.7%
Cypriot Presidency	2013-02-17	453,534	545,491	83.14%
Cypriot Presidency	2013-02-24	445,009	545,493	81.58%
Cypriot House of Representatives	2016-05-22	362,542	543,186	66.74%
Cypriot Presidency	2018-01-28	395,949	550,876	71.88%
Cypriot Presidency	2018-02-04	407,475	550,876	73.97%
Cypriot House of Representatives	2021-05-30	366,608	557,836	65.72%
Cypriot Presidency	2023-02-05	404,321	561,273	72.04%
Cypriot Presidency	2023-02-12	406,616	561,273	72.45%

Republic of Cyprus

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Elections

Voter Turnout