House of Representatives (Cyprus)

The House of Representatives of Cyprus (Greek Βουλή των Αντιπροσώπων Vouli ton Antiprosópon, Turkish Temsilciler Meclisi) is the parliament of the Republic of Cyprus.

Of the 80 seats held by MPs, 56 are held by Greek-speaking Cypriots and 24 by Turkish-speaking Cypriots. The latter mandates have remained vacant since the events of 1963/1964. The legislative term is five years. The 56 seats are elected by proportional representation in six constituencies. Voting is compulsory by law. The religious groups Armenians, Latins and Maronites each send an elected representative to the House of Representatives, who is not entitled to vote, but otherwise has all the rights of deputies.

There is no vote of no confidence. Cypriot MPs therefore control the government through budget legislation and through questions that can be used to force a public statement.

Parties

Since the 2016 general election in Cyprus, eight parties are represented in the Cypriot parliament:

Abbreviation	Greek name	German name	Alignment	Seats 2006	Seats 2011	Seats 2016
DISY	Dimokratikos Synagermos	Democratic collection	conservative, Christian Democratic	18	20	18
AKEL	Anorthotiko Comma Ergazomenou Laou	progressive party of the working people	communist	18	19	16
DIKO	Dimokratiko comma	Democratic Party	liberal	11	09	9
EDEK	Kinima Sosialdimokraton	Movement of social democrats	social democratic	05	05	3
SYPOL	Symmachía Politón	Citizens Alliance	European	-	-	2
KA	Kinima Allilengyi	Movement Solidarity	right-wing conservative	-	-	2
KOSP	Kinima Ikologon - Synergasia Politon	Ecology movement - citizen cooperation	green	01	01	2
ELAM	Ethniko Laiko Metopo	National People's Front	extreme right-wing	-	-	2
Evroko	Evropaiko comma	European Party	centrist	03	02	-

Since the 2016 general election in Cyprus: DISY (18) AKEL (16) DIKO (9) EDEK (3) SYPOL (2) KA (2) Greens (2) ELAM (2)

Seats by districts in the Republic of Cyprus (as of 2008).

Districts	Seats
Nicosia	21
Limassol	12
Famagusta	11
Larnaca	5
Paphos	4
Kyrenia	3
Overall:	56