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House president
Annita Demetriou was re-elected President of the House with 29 votes in the second round.
Country desk · updated 25 Oct
Cyprus
The seat map is IPU Parline, Cyprus House of Representatives, election of 24 May 2026. It shows 56 seats: Democratic Rally 17, Progressive Party of Working People 15, National Popular Front 8, Democratic Party 8, Alma – Citizens for Cyprus 4, Direct Democracy Cyprus 4. A majority of 56 is 29. The 24 seats reserved for Turkish Cypriots have stayed empty, so the House sits with 56 members. Vote shares are from the Robert Schuman Foundation results table for 24 May 2026. They are a share of votes cast, not a share of seats.
Key takeaways
- 1
Parliament. Democratic Rally holds the most seats: 17 of 56 (30%). A majority needs 29.
- 2
Headlines. The tone is brightening: 15% of the last 4 days' headlines read grim, 23% upbeat. Top topic: Politics (54%).
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Government. Government barometer 60/100 (Builder). 0 of 2 moves on file read as smart, 0 as harmful.
Headline mood · 4 days
Line: mood · bars: stories
25 Oct · 4 stories · upbeat1 upbeat · 3 neutral · 0 grim
What the headlines are about
- Politics 54%
- Other 31%
- Security 8%
- Society 8%
A simple word-list estimate from the daily wire headlines. Not a judgement.
Who holds the seats · House of Representatives
56 seats · 29 for a majority (line)
Democratic Rally
17 seats · 30.4%
17 of 56 seats. IPU Parline lists 17 seats for the Democratic Rally. The Schuman Foundation table prints 27.1 percent of the vote on 24 May 2026. The CyBC poll of March 2026, before the vote, printed 18 percent with undecided voters still in the base.
Map · mood compared
Cyprus
Overall mood: 15% grim, 23% upbeat · today +25
What changed today
25 Oct
- 25 Oct: 4 stories (average 3); tone more upbeat than usual.
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Parties, people, promises, money
56 seats, and Democratic Rally holds 17.
The seat map is IPU Parline, Cyprus House of Representatives, election of 24 May 2026. It shows 56 seats: Democratic Rally 17, Progressive Party of Working People 15, National Popular Front 8, Democratic Party 8, Alma – Citizens for Cyprus 4, Direct Democracy Cyprus 4. A majority of 56 is 29. The 24 seats reserved for Turkish Cypriots have stayed empty, so the House sits with 56 members. Vote shares are from the Robert Schuman Foundation results table for 24 May 2026. They are a share of votes cast, not a share of seats.
A score on this desk is an editorial average of six work topics, times ten, with the method written on the row.
The room
House of Representatives
56 seats · 29 to govern alone · Democratic Party 8
The deal
A president with ministers outside the House, and one party in his camp
Cyprus elects its president separately. Ministers do not sit in the House. 29 seats would be a majority of 56. DIKO, with 8 seats, is the House party the Schuman report names among those supporting President Christodoulides; the other five parties hold 48.
The mood
Election vs now
The left bar is the vote share. The right bar is seats divided by 56. They are different counts.
- DISY18.0%
- AKEL18.0%
- ELAM11.5%
- DIKO7.5%
- ALMA7.5%
- ADK5.5%
The first point is the 2021 House election as the House of Representatives publishes it: Democratic Rally 27.77, AKEL 22.34, DIKO 11.29 and ELAM 6.78 percent, rounded here. The second point is the CyBC telephone poll of 1,402 voters on 10–26 March 2026, which still counted undecided and abstaining people, so its shares are lower. The third point is the 2026 result as the Schuman Foundation table prints it.
The trend
From election night to now
Public pollster blend — not a forecast
The split
Seat share beside the vote share
The right bar is seats divided by 56. The left bar is the vote share. The electoral system means the two differ.
The mismatch
Seats they hold vs the poll
The seat bar is seats divided by 56. The other bar is the CyBC poll of 10–26 March 2026.
The rude gauge
Growth king or a fight with work
Who grows the pie, who picks a fight with work. Cabinet sits at 60 / 100. The number is an editorial reading, not an official index. Six topics are averaged and multiplied by ten: energy supply, hiring, keeping and investing money, building, hours in paid work, and paperwork. Ten means the public record makes that easier for work. Zero means it makes it harder. The band is a label for that average, not a court ruling.
Against the workBuilderGrowth king
Full causal chains live on every promise
This week
The pulse
Government
Reshuffle
New ministers for transport and agriculture and new deputy ministers for social welfare and culture were sworn in.
Politics 101
How this country actually works
What this chamber drawing is
56 seats. 29 to govern alone.
The seat map is IPU Parline, Cyprus House of Representatives, election of 24 May 2026. It shows 56 seats: Democratic Rally 17, Progressive Party of Working People 15, National Popular Front 8, Democratic Party 8, Alma – Citizens for Cyprus 4, Direct Democracy Cyprus 4. A majority of 56 is 29. The 24 seats reserved for Turkish Cypriots have stayed empty, so the House sits with 56 members. Vote shares are from the Robert Schuman Foundation results table for 24 May 2026. They are a share of votes cast, not a share of seats.
Who holds the offices this desk names
Nikos Christodoulides, President of the Republic; Makis Keravnos, Minister of Finance.
Office holders come from the CIA World Leaders list for Cyprus, updated 22 September 2026. Party leaders are named from the press reports linked on each bio.
How foreigners are seen
Openness in Cyprus
Published surveys only. Each figure shows its source and year.
Who's welcomed
Share of adults in Cyprus with a favourable opinion of each country Pew asked about.
No data
Pew's 2025 Global Attitudes survey did not poll in Cyprus, and no other survey of views of other countries is on this desk yet.
Openness score
Three separate measures, each in its own year. We do not blend them.
Gallup, 2016
MIPEX, 2024
What expats say
InterNations Expat Insider 2025: rank out of 46 destinations, 1 is best.
- Ease of settling in10 of 46
- Culture and welcome9 of 46
- Local friendliness16 of 46
- Finding friends12 of 46
In plain words
- Expats ranked Cyprus 10 of 46 for ease of settling in (2025); its best sub-score was culture and welcome at 9.
- No published survey here asks people about other countries, so who's welcomed shows no data.
Sources and method
Pew asks adults for their opinion of a country. That is a view of the country, not of its people or of any visitor. We never estimate a pair that was not asked.
InterNations ranks come from expats living in the country (46 destinations). Gallup's Migrant Acceptance Index runs from 0 to 9. MIPEX scores integration law and policy from 0 to 100.
What it means for you
What it means for you
Only figures with a source, a date, and a link. Anything not listed here is not on file.
Taxes
The summary says the standard rate in Cyprus is 19 percent, with reduced rates of 9, 5 and 3 percent.
PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries, Cyprus, other taxes, 2026-08-04 Source
Pay
Decree 427/2025 sets the minimum monthly wage at €1,088 for full-time work from 1 January 2026, and €979 until a worker has six months of continuous work with the same employer.
Cyprus Council of Ministers, Decree 427/2025 (Minimum Wages Law, Cap. 183), 2026-01-01 Source
Business
As of the 2026 tax year the corporate income tax rate rose from 12.5 to 15 percent. Corporate income tax is the tax on company profits.
EY Global Tax News, Cyprus enacts major tax reform legislation (7 January 2026), 2026-01-07 Source
Sources, licences and image credits
Data
- Wire (public RSS feeds): X, Cyprus Mail.
- The left bar is the vote share. The right bar is seats divided by 56. They are different counts.
- Editorial economic-competence gauge, not a court and not a Nobel. Six axes: energy, hiring, capital, building, hours in work, red tape. Scores are a judgement from public records of this term and the last — not a bribery charge, not a voting recommendation.
Survey sources
- Cyprus — Gallup Migrant Acceptance Index 2016: Gallup. Neli Esipova, John Fleming and Julie Ray, “New Index Shows Least-, Most-Accepting Countries for Migrants”, Gallup, 23 August 2017. The full-country table lists Cyprus at 5.41. The survey-methods note says the index was asked in 138 countries in 2016, so the year used here is 2016. Source. Gallup allows a contextual citation when the publication date and a link are given. The table and graphics are not reproduced.
- Cyprus — MIPEX overall score 2024: MIPEX. Migrant Integration Policy Index, Cyprus country page. The block headed 2024 prints “MIPEX Score (with Health): 41” and the label “Integration denied”. Source. The overall score is cited from the country page. The report is not reproduced.
Image credits
- Democratic Rally mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
- Progressive Party of Working People mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
- National Popular Front mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
- Democratic Party mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
- Alma – Citizens for Cyprus mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
- Direct Democracy Cyprus mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
- Council of Ministers (no House seat) mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
- Flag of Cyprus — Wikimedia Commons · Public domain Source
Questions the desk actually answers
FAQ
Questions the desk actually answers
- Is the Cyprus desk live on Nation Runner?
- Yes. It draws IPU Parline, Cyprus House of Representatives, election of 24 May 2026, the Robert Schuman Foundation results table for 24 May 2026, and the CIA World Leaders list for Cyprus, updated 22 September 2026. It is an editorial dashboard, not an official record.
- Which culture figures does the Cyprus desk show?
- Gallup’s Migrant Acceptance Index for Cyprus in 2016 (5.41 out of 9) and the Migrant Integration Policy Index score of 41, with 2024 printed beside that score. No Pew row for Cyprus is on the perceptions page, so none is added here.
- Does the money tab score political donations in Cyprus?
- No. Zeros mean the access scale is not filled. A zero is not a finding that a party has no donors.
How we source this
Seats: IPU Parline, Cyprus House of Representatives, election of 24 May 2026. Votes: the Robert Schuman Foundation results table for 24 May 2026. Ballot support: CyBC poll, 10–26 Mar 2026; House election 2026. Offices: the CIA World Leaders list for Cyprus, updated 22 September 2026. Culture: Gallup 2016 and the Migrant Integration Policy Index block headed 2024.