Northern Cyprus presidential election, 2010
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A presidential election was held in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Northern Cyprus or North Cyprus , officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus , is a self-declared state that comprises the northeastern part of the island of Cyprus...

 on 18 April 2010. If no candidate had gained more than 50% of the vote in the first round, a run-off round would have been held on 25 April 2010.

Background

The two main candidates were the current President Mehmet Ali Talat
Mehmet Ali Talat
Mehmet Ali Talat is the former President of the unrecognized Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. He was the leader of the left wing Republican Turkish Party . He became prime minister in 2004, and subsequently won the Presidential election held on 17 April 2005...

 which was independent and the incumbent Prime Minister Derviş Eroğlu
Dervis Eroglu
Dr. Derviş Eroğlu is the President of the unrecognized Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. He was Prime Minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus from 1985 to 1994 and from 1996 to 2004, and leader of the National Unity Party. His party won the general elections in 2009 and Eroğlu...

 from the National Unity Party (Ulusal Birlik Partisi, UBP). The parliamentary election the previous year
Northern Cyprus parliamentary election, 2009
Parliamentary elections were held in Northern Cyprus on 19 April 2009, a year earlier than necessary. The early election was decided upon by the ruling Republican Turkish Party...

 had been narrowly won by the UBP.

Talat supported the negotiations for a new plan to reunify the island (and had also been in favour of the Annan Plan for Cyprus
Annan Plan for Cyprus
The Annan Plan was a United Nations proposal to resolve the Cyprus dispute, reuniting the breakaway Northern Cyprus with the Republic of Cyprus. The proposal was to restructure Cyprus as the "United Cyprus Republic", which would be a federation of two states. It was revised a number of times before...

) whereas his opponent supports a "two-state solution".

The other five candidates (all of them independent
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...

) were:
  • Mustafa Kemal Tümkan
  • Arif Salih Kırdağ
  • Zeki Beşiktepeli
  • Ayhan Kaymak
  • Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu

Election

Turnout was 70%. The count on election night proceeded as follows:
  • 20% of the vote counted: Eroğlu at 48.9%, Talat at 43.7%
  • 32% of the vote counted: Eroğlu at 48.9%, Talat at 43.3%
  • 40% of the vote counted: Eroğlu at 49.2%, Talat at 43.3%
  • 48% of the vote counted: Eroğlu at 49.6%, Talat at 43.1%
  • 60% of the vote counted: Eroğlu at 49.7%, Talat at 43.0%
  • 96% of the vote counted: Eroğlu at 50.3%, Talat at 42.8%

Results

According to final results, Derviş Eroğlu got over 50% of the votes in the first round, meaning a runoff was not necessary.

Aftermath

Derviş Eroğlu of the right-wing National Unity Party (UBP) said that he wanted to continue negotiation on the reunification of Cyprus: "My dream for a solution to the Cyprus problem continues. We will be at the negotiating table for an agreement that will continue the existence of our people in this land with honour."
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