Nicosia, Cyprus. Cyprus’s legislative elections returned a smaller-than-expected parliament, with six parties winning seats and several smaller groups failing to enter the House. Traditional parties held their ground overall, despite pre-election forecasts of a broader political fragmentation.
Election results
Disy won 27.1 per cent of the vote and 17 seats, while Akel secured 23.9 per cent and 15 seats. Elam came third with 10.9 per cent and eight seats, followed by Diko with 10 per cent and eight seats.
Alma won 5.8 per cent and four seats, and Direct Democracy took 5.4 per cent and four seats.
Compared with the 2021 election, Disy received a lower share of the electorate but more votes in absolute terms. Akel increased its share by 1.4 percentage points and gained about 9,000 additional votes. Both parties kept their representation in parliament.
Elam increased its result by four percentage points and gained four more seats. Diko fell by 1 percentage point and lost one seat.
Parties left out
Edek, Dipa and the Greens failed to pass the 3.6 per cent threshold and won no seats. Together, they had held 11 seats in the outgoing parliament, which were redistributed to Elam, Alma and Direct Democracy.
Volt, one of the newer parties, came close to entering parliament with 3.1 per cent of the vote.
Analyst assessment
Political analyst Vasilis Protopapas said opinion polls had suggested a stronger result for smaller parties and a seven-party parliament. He said lingering dissatisfaction with the traditional parties appeared to benefit Alma, Direct Democracy and Volt, which had campaigned as anti-establishment.
“But the outcome essentially reproduced the system we had in 2021,” Protopapas said.
