R. DENKTASH 62.5%, Dervis EROGLU
37.5%; Dervis EROGLU has been "prime minister" of the Turkish Cypriot
area since 16 August 1996; there is a Council of Ministers (cabinet)
in the Turkish Cypriot area

Legislative branch: unicameral-Greek Cypriot area: House of
Representatives or Vouli Antiprosopon (80 seats of which only 56
assigned to the Greek Cypriots are filled; members are elected by
popular vote to serve five-year terms); Turkish Cypriot area: Assembly
of the Republic or Cumhuriyet Meclisi (50 seats; members are elected
by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: Greek area: last held 26 May 1996 (next to be held May
2001); Turkish area: last held 12 December 1993 (next to be held
December 1998)
election results: Greek area: House of Representatives-percent of vote
by party-DISY 34.5%, AKEL (Communist) 33.0%, DIKO 16.4%, EDEK 8.1%,
KED 3.7%, others 4.1%; seats by party-DISY 20, AKEL (Communist) 19,
DIKO 10, EDEK 5, KED 2; Turkish area: Assembly of the Republic-percent
of vote by party-UBP 29.9%, DP 29.2%, CTP 24.2% TKP 13.3%, others
3.4%; seats by party-UBP (conservative) 17, DP 15, CTP 13, TKP 5; as
of 13 May 1997, seats by party-UBP 18, DP 13, CTP 13, TKP 5,
independent 1

Judicial branch: Supreme Court, judges are appointed by the Supreme
Council of Judicature
note: there is also a Supreme Court in the Turkish Cypriot area

Political parties and leaders: Greek Cypriot area: Restorative Party
of the Working People or AKEL (Communist Party) [Dimitrios
CHRISTOFIAS]; Democratic Rally or DISY [Nikos ANASTASIADHIS];
Democratic Party or DIKO [Spyros KYPRIANOU]; United Democratic Union
of Cyprus or EDEK [Vassos LYSSARIDIS]; Eurodemocratic Renewal Movement
[Alexis GALANOS]; United Democrats Movement or EDI (formerly Free
Democrats Movement or KED) [George VASSILIOU]; New Horizons [Nikolaos
KOUTSOU, secretary general]; Ecologists [Yeoryios PERDHIKIS]; Turkish
Cypriot area: National Unity Party or UBP [Dervis EROGLU]; Communal
Liberation Party or TKP [Mustafa AKINCI]; Republican Turkish Party or
CTP [Mehmet ALI TALAT]; Unity and Sovereignty Party or BEP [Arif Salih
KIRDAG]; Democratic Party or DP [Serdar DENKTASH]; National Birth
Party or UDP [Enuer EMIN]; New Cyprus Party of YKP [Alpay DURDURAN];
Our Party or BP [Okyay SADIKOGLU]

Political pressure groups and leaders: Pan-Cyprian Labor Federation or
PEO (Communist controlled); Confederation of Cypriot Workers or SEK
(pro-West); Federation of Turkish Cyp