The House of Representatives adopted a new legislation in 1979-81 that introduced a system of reinforced proportionality and made the right to vote mandatory. Reinforced proportionality set high thresholds for entry into the parliament, namely 8% plus one seat or 10%. These thresholds made it extremely difficult or rather impossible for new parties to [...]
The death of the Democratic Rally – DISY deputy Doctor Kostas Hatzikakos prompted a by-election in the Famagusta Constituency to fill the vacant seat, on 22 August 1982. DISY claimed the seat with Demetrakis Pantelides, EDEK with Demetris Eliades and DIKO with Zacharias Toulouras. AKEL supported the candidacy of Toulouras. AKEL and DIKO had [...]
The elections of 8 December 1985 were held to fill a higher number of seats than in the previous House of Representatives following a decision to increase the seats from 50 to 80. Greek Cypriot deputies would occupy 56 seats, while the other 24 for Turks were to remain vacant. The most important result [...]
