2020 Northern Cypriot presidential election

Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in Northern Cyprus on 11 October 2020. They were originally scheduled to take place on 26 April 2020,^[1] but they were postponed in March 2020 for six months due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Cyprus.^[2]

Electoral system[edit source | edit]

The President of Northern Cyprus is elected using the two-round system.^[3] If no candidate receives a majority of the vote in the first round, a second will be held between the top two candidates.

Candidates[edit source | edit]

The candidates running are:^[4]

Mustafa Akıncı (Independent, supported by TDP and others)
Tufan Erhürman (CTP)
Ersin Tatar^[5] (UBP)
Kudret Özersay^[6] (Independent, supported by HP)
Serdar Denktaş (Independent, supported by DP)
Erhan Arıklı (YDP)
Fuat Türköz Çiner (MDP)
Arif Salih Kırdağ (Independent)
Alpan Uz (Independent)
Ahmet Boran (Independent)
Mustafa Ulaş (Independent)

Opinion polling[edit source | edit]

First round[edit source | edit]

Polling firm	Date	Sample size	Akıncı TDP	Tatar UBP	Erhürman CTP	Özersay HP	Others	Lead
Polling firm	Date	Sample size	style="background:Template:Communal Democracy Party/meta/color;"\|	style="background:Template:National Unity Party (Northern Cyprus)/meta/color;"\|	style="background:Template:Republican Turkish Party/meta/color;"\|	style="background:Template:People's Party (Northern Cyprus)/meta/color;"\|		Lead
Gezici	8–10 February 2020	4,428	29.3	style="background:Template:National Unity Party (Northern Cyprus)/meta/color; color:white;"\| 32.6	17.4	-	29.7	style="background:Template:National Unity Party (Northern Cyprus)/meta/color; color:white;"\|3.3
Gezici	11–13 January 2020	3,264^[7]	28.8	style="background:Template:National Unity Party (Northern Cyprus)/meta/color; color:white;"\| 34.2	17.4	8.3	14.2	style="background:Template:National Unity Party (Northern Cyprus)/meta/color; color:white;"\|5.4
Gezici	December 2019	–	28.2	style="background:Template:National Unity Party (Northern Cyprus)/meta/color; color:white;"\| 33.9	19.7	10.5	7.7	style="background:Template:National Unity Party (Northern Cyprus)/meta/color; color:white;"\| 5.7

Second round[edit source | edit]

Polling firm	Date	Sample size	Akıncı TDP	Tatar UBP	Lead
Polling firm	Date	Sample size	style="background:Template:Communal Democracy Party/meta/color;"\|	style="background:Template:National Unity Party (Northern Cyprus)/meta/color;"\|	Lead
Gezici	8–10 February 2020	4,428	46.9	style="background:Template:National Unity Party (Northern Cyprus)/meta/color; color:white;"\| 53.1	style="background:Template:National Unity Party (Northern Cyprus)/meta/color; color:white;"\|6.2
Gezici	11–13 January 2020	3,264^[7]	47.5	style="background:Template:National Unity Party (Northern Cyprus)/meta/color; color:white;"\| 52.5	style="background:Template:National Unity Party (Northern Cyprus)/meta/color; color:white;"\|5.0
Gezici	December 2019	–	45.4	style="background:Template:National Unity Party (Northern Cyprus)/meta/color; color:white;"\| 54.6	style="background:Template:National Unity Party (Northern Cyprus)/meta/color; color:white;"\| 9.2

References[edit source | edit]

↑ KKTC'de cumhurbaşkanlığı seçim yarışı hız kazanıyor Anadolu Ajansı, 06 February 2020
↑ KKTC’de Cumhurbaşkanlığı seçimleri 6 ay erteleniyor CNN Turkish, 17 March 2020
↑ Election for President IFES
↑ "KKTC'de 11 Cumhurbaşkanı adayı yarışacak . 2020 Cumhurbaşkanı Adayları kimler?". Online Gazete. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
↑ https://www.aa.com.tr/en/politics/turkish-cypriot-premier-to-seek-presidency/1706831
↑ http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/top-diplomat-to-run-for-2020-turkish-cypriot-presidency-150794
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 [1]

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[1] KKTC'de cumhurbaşkanlığı seçim yarışı hız kazanıyor Anadolu Ajansı, 06 February 2020

[2] KKTC’de Cumhurbaşkanlığı seçimleri 6 ay erteleniyor CNN Turkish, 17 March 2020

[3] Election for President IFES

[4] "KKTC'de 11 Cumhurbaşkanı adayı yarışacak . 2020 Cumhurbaşkanı Adayları kimler?". Online Gazete. Retrieved 6 October 2020.

[5] ttps://www.aa.com.tr/en/politics/turkish-cypriot-premier-to-seek-presidency/1706831

[6] ttp://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/top-diplomat-to-run-for-2020-turkish-cypriot-presidency-150794

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