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2005 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election

Field	Value
country	Northern Cyprus
previous_election	2003
next_election	2009
election_date	20 February 2005
seats_for_election	50 seats in the Assembly of the Republic
majority_seats	26
party1	Republican Turkish Party
leader1	Mehmet Ali Talat
percentage1	44.51
seats1	24
last_election1	19
party2	National Unity Party (Northern Cyprus)
leader2	Derviş Eroğlu
percentage2	31.67
seats2	19
last_election2	18
party3	Democratic Party (Northern Cyprus)
leader3	Serdar Denktaş
percentage3	13.47
seats3	6
last_election3	7
party4	BDH
colour4	#000099
leader4	Mustafa Akıncı
percentage4	5.84
seats4	1
last_election4	6
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Mehmet Ali Talat
before_party	Republican Turkish Party
after_election	Mehmet Ali Talat
after_party	Republican Turkish Party

Early parliamentary elections were held in Northern Cyprus on 20 February 2005, after the coalition government led by Mehmet Ali Talat lost its majority in the House of Representatives. The vote was a resounding victory for Mehmet Ali Talat's CTP-United Forces alliance, although it fell just short of a majority. The UBP, Democratic Party and BDH also crossed the 5% election threshold and won seats in the House.

Electoral system

The House had 50 members, elected for a five-year term by mitigated proportional representation. Under North Cyprus law, a party had to receive 5% of the total vote to get any seats in parliament.

Results

Aftermath

Talat became Prime Minister, leading a coalition of the CTP and DP.

June 2006 by-election

A by-election was held on 25 June 2006 to fill the positions left vacant by the death of Salih Miroğlu (UBP general secretary) and the election of Talat as president. The two parliamentary seats in contention were in Lefkoşa and Kyrenia. This by-election was held together with municipal elections, and the United States Department of State reported that both "were generally free and fair". Of the two vacant seats, one was held by the National Unity Party, the other by the CTP. The two elected candidates were Gülboy Beydağlı and Özkan Yorgancıoğlu, both of which belong to the CTP. The latter thus increased its representation in the Assembly from 24 to 25 seats. The ruling coalition of the CTP and DP had difficulty forming a government after this by-election. When three deputies (two from the National Unity Party and one from the Democratic Party) resigned to form the new, progovernment Freedom and Reform Party in September, the coalition collapsed and Serdar Denktaş quit the government. The CTP then formed a coalition government with the newly formed Freedom and Reform Party, in which it was the biggest partner, holding seven ministries.

References

(2006-07-07). "Results out for TRNC local elections". Cypnet.
(2008-03-11). "Cyprus". [[Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor]].
"List of deputies". Official Website of the Assembly of the Republic.
(2007-04-16). "Northern (Turkish) Cyprus". [[Freedom House]].
(August 2007). "Political situation in the occupied areas". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus.

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