#parliamentary elections

More than half of people aged between 18 and 25 years old have not yet registered to vote in May’s parliamentary elections, while the total number of eligible but unregistered voters ...

The newly formed ‘Green party of Cyprus’ and Animal party have announced a shared political platform for the 2026 parliamentary elections. At a press conference on Wednesday, the leaders of both ...

Next May parliamentary elections will be held, and it appears there will be a large number of parties competing for seats. Seven parties are currently represented in the House, but ...

Alma party has announced its first ten candidates for the 2026 parliamentary elections at the party’s offices in Nicosia. Party leader Odysseas Michaelides presented the candidates and outlined Alma’s ...

The final distribution of parliamentary seats and the official date for the 2026 parliamentary elections are expected to be confirmed with the submission of a new bill, House President Annita Demetriou ...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Cyprus violated the right to free elections by failing to address a legislative gap that left a parliamentary seat vacant ...

The House interior committee made significant decisions on Thursday regarding a sweeping package of 70 bills and legislative proposals aimed at reforming Cyprus’ electoral law. However, key changes, including lowering the ...

Romania’s hard-right Alliance for Uniting Romanians (AUR) party wants to be part of a coalition government, its leader said on Tuesday, as the nation eyes a presidential run-off vote ...

Disy MP Efthimios Diplaros on Sunday announced that he would not stand for re-election at the next parliamentary elections in 2026. His party is set to introduce a new internal rule ...

There was slightly reduced interest by Greek nationals living in Cyprus to cast their vote for the Greek Parliamentary repeat elections on Sunday compared with May’s elections. Of the 1,543 ...

Main opposition Akel on Wednesday said that the party has launched consultations to reflect on its disappointing showing in the House election amidst reports that leader Andros Kyprianou will not ...

With the elections behind them and ahead of the first plenary session next Thursday, parties were focusing on the House presidency, which has traditionally been a reason for intense horse-trading, ...

Changes are expected in local government councils after the election of some councillors as MPs on Sunday. Three vacant seats will have to be filled at the Larnaca municipal council ...

Sunday’s parliamentary elections saw four parties pick up seats with many other political hopefuls left to pick up the pieces, in a vote which was dogged by low turnout ...

Cyprus, already among the countries where women account for fewer than one in five members in parliaments, experienced a three per cent drop in representation compared with the 2016 parliamentary elections. ...

The Cyprus problem, corruption and possible protest votes were the focus of political parties on Friday in their final messages before Sunday’s parliamentary elections. With the election campaign period ...

No objections against any of the 658 candidates in the May 30 parliamentary elections have been filed the chief returning officer Costas Constantinou said on Thursday. By law objections to candidates have ...

The upcoming elections will be costlier than any other as a result of measures that will be followed as part of coronavirus protocols, chief returning officer Menelaos Vasiliou said on ...

The House plenum on Thursday convened for the last time before its resolution ahead of parliamentary elections on May 30. During this final session, the deputies will be called to discuss ...

Parties can use the same name in the upcoming parliamentary elections that they ran under in the previous elections given the short notice they were given that they cannot run ...

Priority for vaccinations will be given to all staff working for May’s parliamentary elections, it was announced on Monday. The cabinet approved on Monday the proposal put forward by ...

Ruling Disy on Friday expressed its support to one of its MP candidates, Mina Sampson, who said she has been receiving threats from people in the north and Turkey over ...

The decision by opposition parties to shelve a bill for state-backed lending to stricken businesses is a hard blow for workers who are deprived of important support, Labour Minister Zeta ...

Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis urged parliament anew on Wednesday to approve vital justice reform bills before the May elections or risk losing the momentum. The House legal affairs committee discussed ...