Assembly of the Republic (Northern Cyprus)

Assembly of the Republic Cumhuriyet Meclisi
9th Parliament of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Speaker of Parliament	Teberrüken Uluçay, CTP Since 9 February 2018
Deputy Speaker of Parliament	Zorlu Töre, UBP Since 9 February 2018
Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus	Tufan Erhürman, CTP Since 2 February 2018
Leader of the Main Opposition of Northern Cyprus	Hüseyin Özgürgün, UBP Since 2 February 2018
Structure
Seats	50
Political groups	Government (27)      Republican Turkish Party (12)      People's Party (9)      Communal Democracy Party (3)      Democratic Party (3) Opposition (23)      National Unity Party (21)      Rebirth Party (2)
Elections
Voting system	Party-list proportional representation D'Hondt method
Last election	7 January 2018
Next election	2023
Meeting place
Assembly of the Republic Köşklüçiftlik, North Nicosia, Northern Cyprus
Website
Assembly of the Northern Cyprus

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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 election 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.

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 7 January 2018. A coalition of four party was formed between Republican Turkish Party (CTP), People's Party (HP), Communal Democracy Party (TDP) and Democratic Party (DP)

Note: Each voter may cast multiple votes, one for each seat in the parliament. Hence, the vote totals of some parties exceed the number of registered voters.

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.^[1]

• 2005–2007: CTP Özdil Nami; UBP Huseyin Ozgurgun^[2]
• 27 January 2011: CTP Mehmet Caglar; UBP Ahmet Eti^[3]
• 4 December 2013: CTP Mehmet Caglar; UBP Tahsin Ertugruloglu^[4]

See also

• List of Speakers of the Assembly of the Republic (Northern Cyprus)

References

External links

• "Official website of the Assembly of the Republic" (in Turkish).
• "List of deputies" (in Turkish). Official Website of the Assembly of the Republic.

Coordinates: 35°10′56″N 33°21′30″E / 35.18222°N 33.35833°E / 35.18222; 33.35833