List of political parties in Cyprus
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Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

 in Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...

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Cyprus has a multi-party system
Multi-party system
A multi-party system is a system in which multiple political parties have the capacity to gain control of government separately or in coalition, e.g.The Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition in the United Kingdom formed in 2010. The effective number of parties in a multi-party system is normally...

, with three or four strong parties who generally dominate the political landscape.

Parliamentary parties

Name Ideology House
House of Representatives of Cyprus
The House of Representatives is the parliament of Cyprus. It has 59 members elected for a five year term, 56 members by proportional representation and 3 observer members representing the Maronite, Latin and Armenian minorities...

MEPs
Member of the European Parliament
A Member of the European Parliament is a person who has been elected to the European Parliament. The name of MEPs differ in different languages, with terms such as europarliamentarian or eurodeputy being common in Romance language-speaking areas.When the European Parliament was first established,...

Democratic Rally
Democratic Rally
The Democratic Rally , is a centre-right political party in Cyprus, led by Nicos Anastasiades.The party was founded on 4 July 1976 by veteran politician Glafkos Klerides. Clerides served as Cyprus president from 1993 until 2003....


Δημοκρατικός Συναγερμός
ΔΗΣΥ
DISY
Liberal conservatism
Liberal conservatism
Liberal conservatism also known as progressive conservatism is a variant of political conservatism which incorporates liberal elements. As "conservatism" and "liberalism" have had different meanings over time and across countries, the term "liberal conservatism" has been used in quite different...

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Progressive Party of Working People
Progressive Party of Working People
The Progressive Party of Working People is a communist party in Cyprus. It supports an independent, demilitarized and non-aligned Cyprus, and a federal solution of the internal aspect of the Cyprus problem. It places particular emphasis on rapprochement with the Turkish Cypriots. It supported...


Ανορθωτικό Κόμμα Εργαζόμενου Λαού
AKEL
ΑΚΕΛ
Communism
Communism
Communism is a social, political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of a classless, moneyless, revolutionary and stateless socialist society structured upon common ownership of the means of production...

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Democratic Party
Democratic Party (Cyprus)
The Democratic Party is a centrist political party in Cyprus, founded in 1976 by Spyros Kyprianou. As it is reported in its founding statement , the Democratic Party proposes to the Cypriot society the political philosophy of "social centrism", which constitutes “a total of attributes and values...


Δημοκρατικό Κόμμα
DIKO
ΔΗKΟ
Centrism
Centrism
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Movement for Social Democracy
Movement for Social Democracy
The Movement for Social Democracy EDEK is a Social Democratic party in Cyprus. It was originally founded by Dr Vasos Lyssaridis in 1969 as the United Democratic Union of Centre, EDEK and it was socialist party. It has gradually evolved into a social-democratic political party...


Κινήμα Σοσιαλδημοκρατών
EDEK
ΕΔΕΚ
Social democracy
Social democracy
Social democracy is a political ideology of the center-left on the political spectrum. Social democracy is officially a form of evolutionary reformist socialism. It supports class collaboration as the course to achieve socialism...

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European Party
European Party (Cyprus)
The European Party is a centrist political party in Cyprus founded in 2005, largely out of the parties New Horizons and European Democracy....


Evropaiko Komma, Ευρωπαϊκό Κόμμα
Evroko
Ευρωκό
Right-wing populism
Right-wing populism
Right-wing populism is a political ideology that rejects existing political consensus and combines laissez-faire liberalism and anti-elitism. It is considered "right-wing" because of its rejection of social equality and government programs to achieve it, its opposition to social integration, and...

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Ecological and Environmental Movement
Ecological and Environmental Movement
The Ecological and Environmental Movement , also rendered as Cyprus Green Party, is a green political party in Cyprus.At the legislative elections, 27 May 2001, the party won 2.0% of the popular vote and 1 out of 56 seats. In the elections of 21 May 2006, the party won 2.0% and 1 out of 56...


Κίνημα Οικολόγων Περιβαλλοντιστών
KOP
KOΠ
Green politics
Green politics
Green politics is a political ideology that aims for the creation of an ecologically sustainable society rooted in environmentalism, social liberalism, and grassroots democracy...

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Non-parliamentary parties

  • Cyprus Social Ecology Movement
    Cyprus Social Ecology Movement
    The Cyprus Social Ecology Movement was founded in Cyprus to raise awareness of serious social and environmental problems and issues facing the island and the world...

     (ΚΙΝΗΜΑ ΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΚΗΣ ΟΙΚΟΛΟΓΙΑΣ ΚΥΠΡΟΥ)
  • United Democrats
    United Democrats
    The United Democrats is a liberal political party in Cyprus. The party was founded by former President of Cyprus George Vasiliou in 1993 as "Kinima Eleftheron Dimokraton"...

     (Enomeni Dimokrates)
  • Fighting Democratic Movement
    Fighting Democratic Movement
    The Fighting Democratic Movement is a political party in Cyprus.At the 2001 legislative elections, 27 May 2001, the party won 2.2 % of the popular vote and 1 out of 56 seats. In 2006 it lost parliamentary representation. In 2011, ADIK decided to become part of the centre party DIKO.- External...

     (Agonistiko Dimokratiko Kinima)
  • CWI Cyprus
    CWI Cyprus
    CWI Cyprus is part of the Committee for a Workers International.In 2006, CWI members in Cyprus organised an international solidarity campaign with Kurdish refugees who were to be deported to back to Syria where they would likely be in great danger. Protests were staged in Sweden, Belgium, the UK,...

  • National Popular Front
    ELAM (Cyprus)
    ELAM , the National Popular Front , is a nationalist movement founded in 2008 in the Republic of Cyprus. It describes its ideology as "popular and social nationalism" and promoting Greek nationalism. The Cyprus Mail describes it as an "extreme right wing party", as "ultra right-wing"...

     (Εθνικό Λαϊκό Μέτωπο)

Non-parliamentary parties that no longer exist

Democratic Front (DIPA) led by Spyros Kyprianou
Spyros Kyprianou
Spyros Achilleos Kyprianou was one of the most prominent politicians of modern Cyprus. He served as the second President of the Republic of Cyprus from 1977 to 1988....

 in 1976.

Democratic Rally, led by Glafcos Clerides in 1976.

Democratic National Party (DEK).

New Democratic Front (NEDIPA) founded by Alecos Michaelides in 1980.

Pancyprian Renewal Front (PAME) founded by Chrysostomos A. Sofianos
Chrysostomos A. Sofianos
Dr. Chrysostomos A. Sofianos is a Cypriot educator who became known because of his role in advocating and strategizing the educational reform of Cyprus in the eighties from the post of the Minister of education, and of a party leader.-Positions held:...

 in 1980.

Union of the Center founded by Tassos Papadopoulos
Tassos Papadopoulos
Tassos Nikolaou Papadopoulos was a Cypriot politician. He served as the fifth President of the Republic of Cyprus from February 28, 2003 to February 28, 2008.His parents were Nicolas and Aggeliki from Assia. He was the first of three children...

 in 1980.

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