Overview

• Official results show Tufan Erhürman won about 62.7% of the vote to incumbent Ersin Tatar’s roughly 35.8%, according to the Turkish Cypriot High Electoral Council.
• Erhürman campaigned to restart United Nations‑brokered reunification efforts toward a bi‑zonal, bi‑communal federation, while Tatar pushed a two‑state solution aligned with Turkey.
• Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan congratulated Erhürman and pledged to defend Turkish Cypriot rights, and Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Christodoulides congratulated him and expressed readiness to meet.
• Erhürman pledged to consult Turkey on foreign policy and had said his first trip would be to Ankara as he seeks to revive talks.
• Diplomats and analysts said the result raises hopes after an eight‑year negotiating impasse, though a far‑right Turkish ally, Devlet Bahçeli, denounced the outcome, highlighting ongoing tensions.