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Democratic Party
Demokrat PartiLeader Serdar Denktaş Founded 1992 Headquarters Nicosia, Northern Cyprus Ideology Liberal conservatism Political position Center right International affiliation None European affiliation None Official colors Red, White, Green Parliament: 5 / 50Website www.demokratparti.net Politics of North Cyprus
Political parties
ElectionsThe Democratic Party (Turkish: Demokrat Parti, DP) is a center-right conservative political party in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. President of the party is Serdar Denktaş, son of the ex-president Rauf Denktaş.
At the legislative elections for the Assembly of the Republic on 20 January 2005, the party won 13.5 % of the popular vote and 6 out of 50 seats. Its candidate, Mustafa Arabacıoğlu, won 13.3 % of the votes in the Northern Cyprus presidential elections on 17 April 2005. At the last legislative elections on 19 April 2009 the DP won 5 out of 50 seats and 10.7% of the popular vote.
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