Turkish Republic of North Cyprus – Local elections

On Sunday, local elections were held in the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus.

In April 2010, Derviş Eroğlu of the National Unity Party (Ulusal Birlik Partisi) – UBP) party was elected president. The UBP already had a parliamentary majority too.

At the local elections, the UBP has again emerged as the main winner. The TRNC media website is reporting that the UBP has won 12 of the 28 municipalities. The opposition Republican Turkish Party (Cumhuriyetçi Türk Partisi – CTP) won 8 municipalities and the Democratic Party (Demokrat Parti – DP) won five. Independents won the remaining three. Turnout was 79.5% of the 164,486 registered voters.

The vote share is not yet available, but the results confirm the general shift to the nationalist UBP party.

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