Northern Cyprus Election Results Point to Coalition Government

8-1-2018 Greek Reporter GreekReporter Warm

No party has bagged enough votes to emerge as the ruling party in snap parliamentary elections in the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which may lead to a coalition government, according to unofficial results Monday.

The National Unity Party (UBP), led by current Prime Minister Huseyin Ozgurgun, got the most votes with 35.44 percent out of the 93 percent total votes counted so far, Supreme Election Committee head Narin Sefik said.

Six of the eight parties running in the elections surpassed the 5 percent threshold needed for representation in the parliament....

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