2021 Cypriot legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Cyprus on 30 May 2021 to elect 56 of the 80 Members of the House of Representatives.

Electoral system The 80 members of the House of Representatives are elected from six multi-member constituencies, with the number of seats allocated according to the population of each area. Of the 80, 56 are elected by Greek Cypriots and 24 by Turkish Cypriots. However, since 1964, the Turkish Cypriot seats are unfilled and the House of Representatives has de facto had 56 seats since its enlargement in the 1980s. Each constituency corresponds to the six districts of Cyprus.

The elections are held using open list proportional representation; voters vote for a party and can then cast one preferential vote for a candidate on their party's list for every four seats available in their constituency (party leaders or other candidates heading coalitions are not required to receive preferential votes to be elected). Seats are allocated using the Hare quota, with any remaining seats allocated to lists that won at least one seat or parties that received at least 3.6% of the vote. The current seat allocation for the 2021 election was as follows:

Districts SeatsNicosia 20Limassol 12Famagusta 11Larnaca 6Paphos 4Kyrenia 3 Total 56

Parties PartyIdeologyLeaderDemocratic Rally (DISY)Liberal conservatismAverof NeophytouProgressive Party of Working People (AKEL)Communism, Marxism-Leninism, CypriotismAndros KyprianouDemocratic Party (DIKO)Greek Cypriot nationalism, CentrismNikolas PapadopoulosMovement for Social Democracy (EDEK)Greek Cypriot nationalism, Social democracyMarinos SizopoulosMovement of Ecologists - Citizens' Cooperation (KOSP)Green politics, Social democracyCharalambos TheopemptouNational Popular Front (ELAM)UltranationalismChristos ChristouCitizens' Alliance (SYPOL)Populism, Social democracyGiorgos LillikasSolidarity Movement (KA)National conservatism, EuroscepticismEleni TheocharousDemocratic Front (DIPA)CentrismMarios GaroyianGeneration Change (GA)Social liberalism, CentrismAnna Theologou

Opinion polls Date Polling Firm DISY AKEL DIKO EDEK SYPOL KA KOSP ELAM DIPA GA Others Lead 14–20 May 2021 Symmetron 26.3 24.9 12.46.2 2.1 6.2 6.7 4.93.2 7.2 1.4 5–15 May 2021 IMR/UNic 21.0 19.0 9.55.5 1.5 5.5 5.5 3.0 2.5 6.5 2.0 10–14 May 2021 Prime 25.7 23.4 13.05.7 1.5 5.4 6.8 3.5 3.4 11.5 2.3 5–13 May 2021 Noverna 26.1 24.8 10.75.8 1.4 7.0 8.5 4.3 4.4 7.0 1.3 6–12 May 2021 Prime 18.8 17.3 9.54.2 1.8 4.6 4.9 2.8 2.5 7.2 1.5 4–12 May 2021 CYMAR 26.9 22.9 14.36.0 1.7 7.1 6.2 2.7 3.5 8.7 4.0 4–7 May 2021 Pulse 25.0 23.0 12.06.0 3.0 7.0 7.0 3.5 3.5 9.0 2.0 7-23 Apr 2021 Noverna 28.4 26.9 12.96.1 0.9 6.5 6.5 3.1 3.4 5.3 1.5 13-17 Apr 2021 Cypronetwork 25.8 22.7 14.06.8 2.9 7.6 6.2 2.5 6.5 5.0 3.1 12-16 Apr 2021 Prime 26.3 24.0 13.35.1 1.8 6.1 6.6 3.4 4.6 7.8 2.3 31 Mar-16 Apr 2021 IMR/UNic 27.2 24.5 13.66.8 1.4 6.8 6.1 4.1 5.4 4.1 2.7 2-9 Apr 2021 Symmetron 26.4 23.9 14.55.8 1.5 7.4 5.8 4.1 5.8 4.8 2.5 26 Mar-9 Apr 2021 CYMAR 28.1 24.6 12.04.8 0.7 6.5 8.5 2.6 5.4 6.8 3.5 9 Mar - 4 Apr 2021 Cypronetwork 26.9 22.1 14.16.1 0.6 6.1 6.2 2.2 8.3 7.4 4.8 8-20 Mar 2021 IMR/UNic 26.0 23.3 14.45.5 2.1 8.2 6.2 4.1 6.8 3.4 2.7 8-18 Mar 2021 Pulse 25.8 21.2 13.66.1 1.5 9.1 4.5 3.0 4.5 10.7 4.8 8-12 Mar 2021 Prime 23.9 21.3 11.9 4.8 - 1.9 6.1 5.8 3.0 1.9 10.4 2.6 25 Feb - 2 Mar 2021 GPO 28.1 26.3 13.84.8 1.6 8.4 9.2 3.4 3.4 2.6 2.3 12-19 Feb 2021 Symmetron 26.9 22.0 14.25.5 2.0 7.7 5.7 3.9 3.0 2.6 4.9 1-6 Feb 2021 Prime 28.4 24.5 13.55.4 0.9 7.0 6.7 2.8 3.3 7.5 3.9 20-25 Jan 2021 Interview 30.0 20.5 12.04.8 4.8 4.0 4.8 4.3 - 14.8 9.5 16-23 Oct 2020 Prime 30.5 26.1 13.2 6.2 - 1.8 6.0 6.2 2.5 - 7.5 4.4 26 May 2019 EP election 2019 29.0 27.5 13.8 10.6 3.3 - 8.3 3.8 - 5.7 1.5 22 May 2016 Election 2016 30.7 25.7 14.5 6.2 6.0 5.2 4.8 3.7 - - 1.1 5.0

Campaign Anti-government demonstrations have been taking place that resulted in clashes with the police.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic in Cyprus, the campaign and voting process is not expected to be significantly altered.

Results

Distribution by constituency Constituency DISY AKEL DIKO ELAM EDEK DIPA KOSP % S % S % S % S % S % S % S Nicosia 25.5 5 21.1 6 11.0 3 6.1 1 7.4 1 6.7 2 6.9 2 Limassol 28.6 3 22.1 3 13.3 2 6.5 1 4.8 1 6.4 1 3.3 1 Famagusta 31.5 4 24.4 3 6.7 2 7.7 1 4.0 0 4.9 1 2.8 0 Larnaca 26.1 2 26.3 1 9.7 1 7.7 1 8.7 1 7.0 0 2.2 0 Paphos 29.9 1 17.2 1 18.5 1 7.3 0 13.3 1 3.7 0 3.6 0 Kyrenia 24.3 2 24.5 1 15.0 0 5.5 0 5.2 0 7.9 0 5.0 0 Total 27.8 17 22.3 15 11.3 9 6.8 4 6.7 4 6.1 4 4.4 3 Source.

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