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Democratic Party (Cyprus)

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Political party in Cyprus
Democratic Party
Δημοκρατικό Κόμμα
AbbreviationDIKO
LeaderNikolas Papadopoulos
FounderSpyros Kyprianou
Founded12 May 1976
Split fromEniaion[1]
HeadquartersNicosia,Cyprus
Student wingANAGENNISI
Youth wingNE DIK (Democratic Party Youth)
Women's wingGODIK
Ideology
Political positionCentre[A]
European Parliament groupProgressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
International affiliationProgressive Alliance[2][3]
Colours  Blue,Orange
House of Representatives
9 / 56
European Parliament
1 / 6
Municipal Councils
57 / 443
Website
diko.org.cy
^ A: It has also been attributed to bothcentre-left andcentre-right policies.

TheDemocratic Party (Greek:Δημοκρατικό Κόμμα (ΔΗΚΟ),Dimokratikó Kómma (DIKO)) is aGreek-Cypriot nationalist,centrist[4]political party in Cyprus founded in 1976 bySpyros Kyprianou.[5][6]

DIKO is variously described ascentrist,[7][8]centre-left[9] orcentre-right;[10][11][12][13] internationally, it is a member of theProgressive Alliance, which groups together mainly centre-left parties.[2] Among all Cypriot political parties, DIKO claims to be the most loyal follower of the policies of ArchbishopMakarios, the founding father of the Republic of Cyprus.[14]

Overview

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As stated in its founding declaration, the Democratic Party proposes the political philosophy of "social centrism", which constitutes "a total of attributes and values that offer in the state social cohesion, political prospect, improvement of terms of life and development of human culture, that should be shared between the entire population and not only between the privileged teams of the population". In June 2003, under the leadership ofTassos Papadopoulos, DIKO announced it was moving away from its traditionalcentre-right political positioning,[15] and declared its intention of moving towardssocial democracy.[15]

The party has developed a strict and hardline stance on theCyprus problem and strongly opposed theAnnan plan in 2004. DIKO also supportsEuropean integration and a non-aligned foreign policy, even though it showed support for Cyprus joining NATO'sPartnership for Peace. TheMovement for Social Democracy (EDEK), together with DIKO, constitute the so-called "space in-between" (ενδιάμεσος χώρος) in Cypriot politics, in that they strongly differentiate themselves from both the right-wingDemocratic Rally and the left-wingAKEL.[16]

From 2000 to 2006, the party was led byTassos Papadopoulos, who wasPresident of Cyprus from 2003 to 2008. Papadopoulos was succeeded as DIKO leader byMarios Garoyian, who was President of theHouse of Representatives from 2008 to 2011. The party leadership was taken over by Nicolas Papadopoulos, son of Tassos, following an internal ballot in December 2013.[17]

The Democratic Party's traditional third place in legislative elections has allowed to it to assume thebalance of power in parliament, where it has alternated between support for the communistProgressive Party of Working People (AKEL) and the conservativeDemocratic Rally (DISY). In the2011 legislative election, the party won 15.8 percent of the vote and 9 out of 56 seats. The party's decision not to field a candidate in the2013 presidential election and to back conservative leaderNicos Anastasiades instead was controversial amongst members, and contributed to Marios Garoyian's loss of the leadership to Nicolas Papadopoulos later in the year.[17]

During theSeventh European Parliament, the sole DIKOMEP was attached to theProgressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats group.[18]

Party leaders

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No.LeaderPortraitTerm of officePresident
1Spyros Kyprianou197620001977–1988
2Tassos Papadopoulos200020062003–2008
3Marios Garoyian20062013
4Nikolas Papadopoulos2013Incumbent

Election results

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Parliament

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House of Representatives
ElectionVotesSeats
#%Rank#±
1976WithAKEL andEDEK[a]
21 / 35
new
198156,74919.503rd
8 / 35
Decrease 13
198588,32227.652nd
16 / 56
Increase 8
199166,86719.553rd
11 / 56
Decrease 5
199660,72616.433rd
10 / 56
Decrease 1
200160,97714.843rd
9 / 56
Decrease 1
200675,42917.923rd
11 / 56
Increase 2
201163,76315.763rd
9 / 56
Decrease 2
201650,92214.493rd
9 / 56
Steady 0
202140,39511.293rd
9 / 56
Steady 0

European Parliament

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European Parliament
ElectionVotesSeats
#%Rank#±
200457.12117.093rd
1 / 6
new
200937,62512.283rd
1 / 6
Steady 0
201428,04410.833rd
1 / 6
Steady 0
201938,75613.803rd
1 / 6
Steady 0
202435,8159.725th
1 / 6
Steady 0

References

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  1. ^DIKO came 1st with 163,207 votes (71.2%)
  1. ^Oliver P. Richmond (1998).Mediating in Cyprus: The Cypriot Communities and the United Nations. Frank Cass. pp. xvii.
  2. ^abΤο ΔΗ.ΚΟ. συνδέεται με την "Προοδευτική Συμμαχία" (in Greek). Nicosia: Democratic Party. 24 September 2013. Archived fromthe original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved2 December 2013.
  3. ^"Parties & Organisations: Political Parties and Associated Partners of the Progressive Alliance".Progressive Alliance.
  4. ^Nordsieck, Wolfram (2021)."Cyprus".Parties and Elections in Europe.
  5. ^Farid Mirbagheri (1 October 2009).Historical Dictionary of Cyprus. Scarecrow Press. pp. 44–.ISBN 978-0-8108-6298-2.
  6. ^Peter Loizos (15 June 2008).Iron in the Soul: Displacement, Livelihood and Health in Cyprus. Berghahn Books. pp. 202–.ISBN 978-0-85745-067-8.
  7. ^"Cyprus – Political parties".European Election Database.Norwegian Centre for Research Data.
  8. ^"Appendix A3: Political Parties"(PDF).European Social Survey (9th ed.). 2018.
  9. ^Athanasiadis, Konstantinos (30 May 2014). "Cyprus: Disapproval through abstention in EU's remotest 'outpost'". In De Sio, Lorenzo; Emanuele, Vincenzo; Maggini, Nicola (eds.).The European Parliament Elections of 2014(PDF). CISE. p. 164.ISBN 978-88-98012-16-9. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 11 August 2017. Retrieved31 May 2019.
  10. ^Ker-Lindsay, James (2005)."Government, Politics and Accession to the European Union". In Dew, Philip (ed.).Doing Business with the Republic of Cyprus.GMB Publishing. p. 16.ISBN 978-1-905050-54-3.
  11. ^Neofytos Loizides (2012).Transformations of the Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot Right: Right-wing Peace-makers?. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 186.ISBN 9780230338548.{{cite book}}:|work= ignored (help)
  12. ^Nathalie Tocci (2007).Greece, Turkey and Cyprus. Oxford University Press. p. 125.{{cite book}}:|work= ignored (help)
  13. ^Escalona, Fabien; Keith, Daniel; March, Luke (2023-04-17).The Palgrave Handbook of Radical Left Parties in Europe.Springer Nature. p. 120.ISBN 1137562641. Retrieved2025-08-14.[...] communist AKEL (Progressive Party of Working People—1926), social democratic EDEK (United Democratic Union of the Centre—1969), centre-right DIKO (Democratic Party—1976) and right-wing DISY (Democratic Rally—1976).
  14. ^Eric Solsten, ed. Cyprus: A Country Study, US Congress
  15. ^abPhilip Dew (2005).Doing Business with the Republic of Cyprus. GMB Publishing Ltd. pp. 16–.ISBN 978-1-905050-54-3.
  16. ^Christophoros Christophorou (2009). The Evolution of Greek Cypriot Party Politics. The Government and Politics of Cyprus. Peter Lang. p. 90.
  17. ^ab"Nicolas Papadopoulos elected as leader of DIKO on Cyprus".Kathimerini.Athens. 2 December 2013. Retrieved2 December 2013.
  18. ^Brüssel Centre for European Studies (2013).From Reform to Growth. Managing the Economic Crisis in Europe. Eburon Uitgeverij B.V. pp. 100–.ISBN 978-90-5972-751-9.

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