Country Profile:

Upcoming Elections

  • Legislative
    May 2011
  • Presidential
    February 2013
Cyprus
  • Cyprus
  • Republic of Cyprus
  • Region: Europe

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: President Dimitris CHRISTOFIAS *
  • Head of Government: President Dimitris CHRISTOFIAS
  • 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 popular vote to serve a 5-year term.
  • In the House of Representatives (Vouli Antiprosopon) 80 members are elected through a party-list proportional representation system to serve 5-year terms.***

*** 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 1963.

Population:

  • Population: 788,457 (July 2007 est.)

Future elections

  • Presidential - February 2013
  • Legislative - May 2011

Past elections

Last Updated on 02/04/2010