The first organized political force on the island was the Communist Party of Cyprus - KKK . Its first nuclei appeared since 1922 and it officially held its founding congress in August 1926. In 1941, leaders of the outlawed (since 1931) KKK and some bourgeois notables founded the Progressive Party of Working People - AKEL. [...]
Following its victory in the 2009 election, the National Unity Party, NUP - UBP returned to power, while in April 2010 its leader, Derviş Eroğlu, emerged from the polls as the leader of the Turkish Cypriots. Once again in its history, the NUP suffered a split, and lost power in May 2013, due to [...]
The election of Mehmet Ali Talat and the win of his party two months earlier coincided with a difficult period in the efforts to find a solution to the Cyprus Problem. The rejection by the Greek Cypriots of the Annan Plan one year earlier and the presence of Tassos Papadopoulos as President of the [...]
Presidential Election, 13 December 1959 (Votes) Pancyprian Nicosia Kyrenia Ammochostos Larnaca Lemesos Pafos Registered 238879 83494 14431 48016 23014 46036 23888 Voted 218588 75349 13153 45262 20886 41927 22011 Valid 216864 74640 13062 45015 20715 41586 21846 Makarios 145010 49137 9469 29049 13422 27443 16490 Ioannis Clerides 71854 25503 3593 15966 7293 14143 [...]
