Overview
- Official results show Erhürman won about 62.7% of the vote to incumbent Ersin Tatar’s roughly 35.8%, according to the TRNC High Electoral Council.
- Erhürman campaigned on restarting UN-brokered negotiations toward a federal solution, marking a sharp turn from Tatar’s push for permanent partition.
- Greek Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides congratulated Erhürman and expressed readiness to meet, with an informal meeting announced by the UN secretary-general next month seen as a chance to relaunch talks.
- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan congratulated the winner and vowed to defend Turkish Cypriot interests, while Erhürman said he will consult Ankara on foreign policy and make his first visit there.
- Reactions in Turkey were mixed, with nationalist leader Devlet Bahçeli rejecting the outcome and urging north Cyprus to cede to Turkey, underscoring political constraints on restarting formal negotiations.