National Unity Party (Northern Cyprus)

National Unity Party

Ulusal Birlik Partisi
National Unity Party Ulusal Birlik Partisi
Leader	Ersan Saner
Founder	Rauf Denktaş
Founded	11 October 1975; 45 years ago
Headquarters	North Nicosia, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Ideology	Turkish nationalism; Conservatism; Two-state solution; Liberal conservatism; National conservatism
Political position	Centre-right to right-wing
European affiliation	Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe
Colours	- Orange, White, Black
Parliament	20 / 50
	5 / 28
Website
	http://www.ulusalbirlikpartisi.com
	Politics of Northern Cyprus; Political parties; Elections;

The National Unity Party (Turkish: Ulusal Birlik Partisi, UBP) is a national-conservative^[3] political party in Northern Cyprus. It was founded by Rauf Denktaş on 11 October 1975. The party was in power from its creation until the 2003 elections with the exception of the period from 1994–1996.

In the 2009 legislative elections for the House of Representatives of Northern Cyprus the party won 44% of the popular vote and 26 out of 50 seats, forming a majority government. Its candidate, former Prime Minister Derviş Eroğlu amassed at the Northern Cyprus presidential elections (of 17 April 2005) 22.8% of the votes.

From 2016 until elections in early 2018, the party was the senior partner in a minority government with the Democratic Party, with its leader Hüseyin Özgürgün serving as Prime Minister. It had previously been a junior partner in a coalition with the Republican Turkish Party, preceded by a period as the opposition party between 2013 and 2015.^[5]

Election results[]

Assembly of the Republic
Election	Votes			Seats		Role	Notes
Election	#	%	Rank	#	±	Role	Notes
1976	408,380	53.8	1st	30 / 40	new	in government
1981	431,732	42.5	1st	18 / 40	12	in government
1985	546,582	36.8	1st	24 / 50	6	in government
1990	954,592	54.7	1st	34 / 50	10	in government
1993	535,316	29.8	1st	16 / 50	18	in opposition	in government from 1996
1998	440,626	40.3	1st	24 / 50	8	UBP–DP coalition
2003	439,249	32.9	2nd	18 / 50	6	in opposition
2005	410,813	31.7	2nd	19 / 50	1	in opposition
2009	622,804	44.1	1st	26 / 50	7	in government
2013	339,864	27.3	2nd	14 / 50	12	in opposition	in government from 2016
2018	1,907,030	35.6	1st	21 / 50	7	in government	in government from 2019

Leaders of the National Unity Party[]

Rauf Denktaş (11 October 1975 - 3 July 1976)
Nejat Konuk (3 July 1976 - 2 March 1978)
Osman Örek (18 April 1978 - 7 January 1979)
Mustafa Çağatay (7 January 1979 - 30 November 1983)
Derviş Eroğlu (18 December 1983 - 11 February 2006)
Hüseyin Özgürgün (11 February 2006 - 16 December 2006)
Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu (16 December 2006 - 29 November 2008)
Derviş Eroğlu (29 November 2008 - 23 April 2010)
İrsen Küçük (9 May 2010 - 11 June 2013)
Hüseyin Özgürgün (31 August 2013 – 30 October 2018)
Ersin Tatar (30 October 2018 - 23 October 2020)
Ersan Saner (20 December 2020 – present)

References[]

^ "Cyprus talks cannot last forever: Turkish Cypriot PM - Turkey News".
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Andrekos Varnava; Christalla Yakinthou (2011). Cyprus: Political Modernity and the Structures of Democracy in a Divided Island. The Oxford Handbook of Local and Regional Democracy in Europe. Oxford University Press. p. 469.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "Northern Cyprus". Parties and Elections in Europe.
^ "Welcome to our new member parties". ACRE. 7 April 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
^ "KKTC'de Kalyoncu başbakanlığındaki yeni koalisyon hükümetine onay" (in Turkish). NTV. Retrieved 16 July 2015.

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[1] "Cyprus talks cannot last forever: Turkish Cypriot PM - Turkey News".

[VarnavaYakinthou469-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Andrekos Varnava; Christalla Yakinthou (2011). Cyprus: Political Modernity and the Structures of Democracy in a Divided Island. The Oxford Handbook of Local and Regional Democracy in Europe. Oxford University Press. p. 469.

[Nordsieck-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "Northern Cyprus". Parties and Elections in Europe.

[4] "Welcome to our new member parties". ACRE. 7 April 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.

[5] "KKTC'de Kalyoncu başbakanlığındaki yeni koalisyon hükümetine onay" (in Turkish). NTV. Retrieved 16 July 2015.

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