The final results for Sunday’s Turkish Cypriot ‘parliamentary’ elections were released in full on Tuesday after the ‘election board’ complained of difficulties in counting certain ballot boxes due to the new electoral system. While there were no major changes to the semi-official results announced on Monday, Serdar Denktash’s Democratic Party regained one seat from the Rebirth Party, giving them three ‘MPs’ and the latter two, bringing an end to the back and forth seat confusion.
Head of the ‘election board’ Narin Ferdi Sefik said on Monday “the new election system caused many difficulties for those who had duties on the ballot boxes,” which resulted in considerable delays and errors in counting.
“Many employees did not know what to do with the new system and were expecting help from the district election board,” she added and recommended the electoral law be amended.
Full Article: Complaints over counting ballots as official results announced – Cyprus Mail.