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New MPs to be officially proclaimed at 12 in Nicosia Municipal Theatre

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The official proclamation of the Members of the House of Representatives of Cyprus and the representative of the Maronite religious group elected during Sunday’s parliamentary elections will take place at noon at the Nicosia Municipal Theatre.

The proclamation ceremony marks the formal beginning of the new parliamentary term in Cyprus.

The first plenary session of the new Parliament will take place on Thursday, 4 June 2026, at 4 pm.

Three-stage proclamation process

The ceremony will consist of three separate stages.

First, the elected MPs who secured seats during the initial seat allocation process will be officially proclaimed by the respective Returning Officers.

This will be followed by the proclamation of MPs who secured seats through the second seat allocation process, conducted by the General Returning Officer.

Finally, the representative of the Maronite religious group will be proclaimed by the General Returning Officer in his capacity as Returning Officer for Representatives of Religious Groups.

Six parties enter new Parliament

Six political parties secured seats in the new House of Representatives following the parliamentary elections.

ELAM recorded the most notable rise, doubling its parliamentary seats and increasing its vote share by around 4 percentage points.

AKEL maintained its seat count while increasing its electoral percentage by 1.4 points.

Democratic Rally (DISY) retained first place and kept its seats despite a slight 0.8 percentage-point decline.

DIKO lost one parliamentary seat after recording a drop of 1.3 percentage points.

At the same time, ALMA and Direct Democracy Cyprus entered Parliament for the first time, securing 5.8% and 5.4% respectively.

Meanwhile, EDEK, DIPA and the Movement of Ecologists – Citizens’ Cooperation failed to secure representation in the new Parliament.

Turnout and abstention

Voter abstention reached 33.09% in the parliamentary elections.

Out of 569,182 registered voters, 380,851 cast their ballots during Sunday’s vote.

Source: CNA

Also read: Six parties enter Parliament: These are the 56 new MPs
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