Northern Cyprus parties file candidacy applications for 6 December elections

Political parties in Northern Cyprus (TRNC) are filing official candidacy applications today with the Supreme Election Council (YSK) for the general and local elections set for 6 December, according to the election calendar announced by the council. The Communal Democracy Party (TDP) submitted the first application.

TDP Chairman Zeki Çeler, accompanied by Mehmet Harmancı, mayor of the Nicosia Turkish Municipality and the TDP's renewed candidate for mayor, filed the application on behalf of party members. After filing, TAM Party leader Serdar Denktaş said the party has 100 percent trust in the YSK but does not trust the software system, following events during another party's candidate selection, and demanded that manual counting be brought back onto the agenda.

The CTP, TAM Party, HP, DP, YDP and Bağımsızlık Yolu also filed applications. Democrat Party leader Fikri Ataoğlu took part in the applications at the Gazimağusa District Election Committee, stressing the importance of a municipal approach that responds to the needs of the people in local administration.