{"iso":"CY","name":"Cyprus","flag":"\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddfe","vote":"House of Representatives \u00b7 seat projection","model":"seat","updated":"2026-05-31","source":"Official results as published, Cyprus Ministry of Interior, 31 May 2026","credit":"Official results of the 2026 Cypriot legislative election, held 31 May 2026, as published by the Cyprus Ministry of Interior. Seats of the 56 elected: DISY 17, AKEL 15, ELAM 8, DIKO 8, ALMA 4, Direct Democracy (Fidias) 4. Turnout 66.9 percent.","shares":{"DISY":27.1,"AKEL":23.9,"ELAM":10.9,"DIKO":10.0,"ALMA":5.8,"ADK":5.4,"EDEK":3.2,"DIPA":3.2,"Volt":3.1},"polls":[],"parties":{"AKEL":{"name":"Anorthotiko Komma Ergazomenou Laou","color":"#c8102e","name_en":"Progressive Party of Working People"},"EDEK":{"name":"EDEK","color":"#e2001a","name_en":"Movement for Social Democracy"},"DIKO":{"name":"Dimokratiko Komma","color":"#1e8a45","name_en":"Democratic Party"},"DIPA":{"name":"Dimokratiki Parataxi","color":"#00a0a0","name_en":"Democratic Alignment"},"DISY":{"name":"Dimokratikos Synagermos","color":"#0a4ea2","name_en":"Democratic Rally"},"ELAM":{"name":"Ethniko Laiko Metopo","color":"#2c3e50","name_en":"National Popular Front"},"Volt":{"name":"Volt Kypros","color":"#5a2d82","name_en":"Volt Cyprus"},"ALMA":{"name":"ALMA \u2013 Polites gia tin Kypro","color":"#08397b","name_en":"ALMA \u2013 Citizens for Cyprus"},"ADK":{"name":"Amesi Dimokratia Kyprou","color":"#114576","name_en":"Direct Democracy (Fidias)"}},"seats":{"DISY":19,"AKEL":16,"ELAM":7,"DIKO":7,"ALMA":4,"ADK":3},"seat_meta":{"total":56,"majority":29,"method":"dhondt","threshold":3.6,"chamber":"House of Representatives","note":"Hare quota + largest-remainder system with a ~3.6% threshold; approximated by national D'Hondt over 56 elected seats.","largest":"DISY"},"primer":{"system":"Unitary presidential republic","head_of_state":"President Nikos Christodoulides, who is also head of government","legislature":"House of Representatives, 56 seats filled in practice \u00b7 seats reserved for Turkish Cypriots have been vacant since 1964","electoral_system":"Open-list proportional representation, with legislative elections every five years.","government_now":"President Christodoulides governs through a cabinet he appoints \u00b7 after the May 2026 legislative election only DIKO's 8 seats back him in the chamber, where DISY with 17 and AKEL with 15 are the largest blocs.","context":"Cyprus is the only fully presidential system in the European Union, so the government does not depend on parliamentary confidence. The island has been divided since 1974.","sources":"Open encyclopedic records of officeholders, parliament and elections \u00b7 checked 2 Jul 2026"},"parties_info":{"DISY":["Dimokratikos Synagermos","Democratic Rally","Centre-right, Christian-democratic; won a plurality in the May 2026 election under Annita Demetriou."],"AKEL":["Anorthotiko Komma Ergazomenou Laou","Progressive Party of Working People","Communist; the main left party and second-largest force."],"DIKO":["Dimokratiko Komma","Democratic Party","Centrist."],"ELAM":["Ethniko Laiko Metopo","National Popular Front","Far-right ultranationalist; rose to joint-third in 2026."],"EDEK":["EDEK","Movement for Social Democracy","Social democratic; lost all its seats in the 2026 election."],"DIPA":["Dimokratiki Parataxi","Democratic Alignment","Centrist-liberal DIKO splinter; lost all its seats in 2026."],"Volt":["Volt Kypros","Volt Cyprus","Pro-European; Cypriot branch of the pan-European Volt movement."],"ADK":["Amesi Dimokratia Kyprou","Direct Democracy","Party of YouTuber-turned-MEP Fidias Panayiotou, campaigning for direct democracy."],"ALMA":["ALMA \u2013 Polites gia tin Kypro","ALMA \u2013 Citizens for Cyprus","Centrist anti-corruption party of former auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides."]},"seats_now":{"chamber":"House of Representatives","as_of":"2026 election","total":56,"seats":{"DISY":17,"AKEL":15,"ELAM":8,"DIKO":8,"ALMA":4,"ADK":4,"EDEK":0,"DIPA":0,"Volt":0}},"region_winners":{"Nicosia":"DISY","Limassol":"DISY","Famagusta":"DISY","Larnaca":"AKEL","Paphos":"DISY"},"region_meta":{"election":"2021 House of Representatives","source":"public records, 2021 Cypriot legislative election, distribution by constituency (Republic of Cyprus Central Electoral Office)","note":"Plurality winner per government-controlled district. Kyrenia omitted (non-government-controlled north; displaced-voter seats only). Larnaca won by AKEL by 0.2 pts."},"has_geo":true,"next_election":{"date":"2031-05","title":"Cypriot legislative election (expected 2031)","chamber":"House of Representatives","type":"expected"}}