In less than a month, voters will choose their representatives in parliament for the next five‑year term. The new House of Representatives will emerge from the elections on 24 May, with 19 parties and 753 candidates – including nine independents – competing for the 56 parliamentary seats.
The contest is expected to be intense and highly competitive, with a high percentage of undecided voters and the appearance of several new parties and figures reshaping the political scene. At the same time, many familiar faces are returning to the ballot, as 37 outgoing MPs are again seeking election, either with the parties they represented in 2021 or under different party tickets.
DISY
DISY held 17 seats in the outgoing parliament. Of its 17 MPs, nine are re‑contesting seats in their respective districts. These include party leader Annita Demetriou and Prodromos Alambrítis in Larnaca, Dimitris M. Dimitriou and Savia Orphanidou in Nicosia, Fotini Tsiridou in Limassol, Rita Theodorou Superman in Kyrenia, Charalambos Pazaros in Paphos and Giorgos Karoullas and Nikos Georgiou in Famagusta.
Several MPs are stepping aside after completing the three‑term limit set by the party’s statute, including Nicos Tornaritis, Averof Neophytou, Kyriakos Hadjiyiannis, Harris Georgiades, Efthymios Diplaros and Marios Mavridis. Onoufrios Koullas, though not affected by term limits, chose not to run again. Nikos Sykas was removed from the Limassol ticket as he is standing trial on serious criminal charges.
AKEL
AKEL has 15 MPs, of whom ten will appear on the 24 May ballots. Re‑contesting in Nicosia are party general secretary Stefanos Stefanou, Giorgos Loukaidis, Christos Christofides and Aristos Damianou, with exemptions granted for Loukaidis and Damianou from term limits. Valentina Fakontis (Paphos), Giorgos Koukoumas, Nikos Kettirou and Yiannakis Gavriel (Famagusta), Marina Nikolaou (Limassol) and Andreas Pasiourtides (Larnaca) are also running.
Three outgoing MPs – Andreas Kafkalias, Costas Costa and Irini Charalambidou – reached the three‑term limit. Christos Christofias is not running due to party rules linked to his organisational position, while Andros Kyprianou is retiring from politics. Charalambidou is contesting a seat with the Alma Movement.
DIKO
DIKO holds nine seats, with seven MPs seeking re‑election. Party leader Nikolas Papadopoulos, Chrysis Pantelides and Christiana Erotokritou are running in Nicosia; Panicos Leonidou in Limassol; Christos Senekis and Zacharias Koulias in Famagusta; and Chrysanthos Savvides in Paphos. Pavlos Mylonas and Christos Orphanides have decided not to run again.
ELAM
ELAM won four seats in 2021 but expelled Limassol MP Andreas Themistocleous months later. The remaining three MPs – party leader Christos Christou (Nicosia), Sotiris Ioannou (Larnaca) and Linos Papayiannis (Famagusta) – are contesting the elections. Themistocleous is running in Limassol with the Democratic National Movement, which he founded.
EDEK
EDEK elected four MPs in 2021 but is now left with two, none of whom are on the party’s ballots. Marinos Sizopoulos and Ilias Myrianthous are stepping down after reaching term limits, Kostis Efstathiou was expelled in 2023 for not backing Nicos Christodoulides in the presidential elections, and Andreas Apostolou is contesting with DIKO in Larnaca. Notably, EDEK leader Nikos Anastasiou will not be a candidate.
DIKO (DIPA)
DIPA elected four MPs in 2021, but only one is running again – Alecos Tryfonidis in Nicosia. Party leader Marios Karoyian and former MP Marinos Mousiouttas are leaving parliament, while Michalis Yiakoumis has rejoined DIKO and is contesting in Famagusta.
Greens
The Greens had three seats in parliament. Party leader Stavros Papadouris is re‑contesting his seat in Limassol, while Charalambos Theopemptou is stepping down. Alexandra Attalidou is now running with Volt Cyprus.
