Assembly of the Republic (Northern Cyprus)

Assembly of the Republic Cumhuriyet Meclisi
14th Parliament of Northern Cyprus
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Speaker of Parliament	Sibel Siber, CTP Since 4 September 2013
Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus	Ömer Kalyoncu, CTP Since 15 July 2015
Leader of the Main Opposition of Norhern Cyprus	Serdar Denktaş, DP Since 15 July 2015
Structure
Seats	50
Political groups	Government   Republican Turkish Party: 21 seats   National Unity Party: 18 seats Main Opposition   Democratic Party: 8 seats Opposition   Communal Democracy Party: 3 seats
Elections
Voting system	Party-list proportional representation D'Hondt method
Last election	28 July 2013
Next election	2017
Meeting place
Assembly of the Republic Köşklüçiftlik, North Nicosia, Northern Cyprus
Website
Assembly of the Norhern Cyprus

The Assembly of the Republic (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 election threshold (5% of the total vote) to be awarded any seats. The parliament is composed of 50 MPs, chosen from five electoral districts, which are coterminous with the districts of Northern Cyprus: Lefkoşa, Gazimağusa, Girne, Güzelyurt and İskele.

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.

2013 elections

Main article: Northern Cyprus parliamentary election, 2013

Parliamentary elections were last held on 28 July 2013. They were won by the Republican Turkish Party (CTP), thus deposing the National Unity Party (UBP) from power.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Republican Turkish Party	477,209	38.38	21	+6
National Unity Party	339,864	27.33	14	–12
Democratic Party	288,021	23.16	12	+7
Communal Democracy Party	92,110	7.41	3	+1
United Cyprus Party	39,127	3.15	0	0
Independents	7,110	0.57	0	0
Total	1,243,441	100	50	0
Turnout	120,287	69.61	N/A
Registered voters	172,803	100

Location

The parliament building is located on Osmanpaşa Caddesi, opposite the Turkish embassy in North Nicosia. The building is a two-storey colonial structure.

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)