National Unity Party Ulusal Birlik Partisi | |
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| Leader | Ünal Üstel |
| Founder | Rauf Denktaş |
| Founded | 11 October 1975; 50 years ago (1975-10-11) |
| Headquarters | North Nicosia |
| Ideology | Liberal conservatism[1] National conservatism[2] Turkish nationalism Two-state solution |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| European affiliation | European Conservatives and Reformists (until 2022) |
| Colors | Orange White Black |
| Parliament | 24 / 50 |
| Municipalities | 6 / 18 |
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TheNational Unity Party (Turkish:Ulusal Birlik Partisi,UBP) is a political party inNorthern Cyprus. The UBP party was founded byRauf Denktaş on 11 October 1975. The party was in power from its creation until the 2003 elections with the exception of the period from 1994–1996. Ideologically, it has been variously described asconservative,nationalist,liberal conservative, andnational-conservative.[3] The party is positioned on theright-wing of the political spectrum,[4] and it supports atwo-state solution to theCyprus dispute.[5][6][7] Until April 2022, the party was a member of theEuropean Conservatives and Reformists Party, which it had joined in April 2017.[8]
In the2005 Northern Cypriot presidential election, the party's candidateDerviş Eroğlu amassed 22.8% of the votes. In the2009 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election, the party won 44% of the popular vote and 26 out of 50 seats, forming amajority government led by Eroğlu.[9] The party also won the2010 Northern Cyprus presidential election with Eroğlu as its candidate, and the2020 Northern Cypriot presidential election withErsin Tatar as its candidate. From 2016 until2018 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election, the party was the senior partner in aminority government with theDemocratic Party, with its leaderHüseyin Özgürgün serving as prime minister. It had previously been a junior partner in acoalition government with theRepublican Turkish Party, preceded by a period as the opposition party between 2013 and 2015.[10] Since January 2023, the party has been led byÜnal Üstel, who replacedFaiz Sucuoğlu.[11]
| Election | Votes | Seats | Role | Notes | |||
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| No. | % | Rank | No. | ± | |||
| 1976 | 408,380 | 53.8 | 1st | 30 / 40 | new | Government | |
| 1981 | 431,732 | 42.5 | 1st | 18 / 40 |  12 | Government | |
| 1985 | 546,582 | 36.8 | 1st | 24 / 50 |  6 | Government | |
| 1990 | 954,592 | 54.7 | 1st | 34 / 50 | 10 | Government | |
| 1993 | 535,316 | 29.8 | 1st | 16 / 50 | 18 | Opposition | In government from 1996 |
| 1998 | 440,626 | 40.3 | 1st | 24 / 50 | 8 | UBP–DP coalition | |
| 2003 | 439,249 | 32.9 | 2nd | 18 / 50 | 6 | Opposition | |
| 2005 | 410,813 | 31.7 | 2nd | 19 / 50 | 1 | Opposition | |
| 2009 | 622,804 | 44.1 | 1st | 26 / 50 | 7 | Government | |
| 2013 | 339,864 | 27.3 | 2nd | 14 / 50 | 12 | Opposition | In government from 2016 |
| 2018 | 1,907,030 | 35.6 | 1st | 21 / 50 | 7 | Government | In government from 2019 |
| 2022 | 1,971,400 | 39.5 | 1st | 24 / 50 | 3 | UBP–DP–YDP coalition | |
Opinion polls indicate that the right-wing National Unity Party (UBP), which envisions a two-state solution to the island's division, will do the best in the election for a new parliament, where it holds 21 seats.
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