UBP announces 72 hopefuls for December general election
Lefkoşa has attracted the highest number of hopefuls, with 22 candidates competing for places on the party's list, followed by Girne with 18, Gazimağusa with 12, İskele with 11, Lefke with five and Güzelyurt with four.
Under the party's selection process, 16 candidates will be chosen from Lefkoşa, 12 each from Girne and Gazimağusa, five from İskele, three from Güzelyurt and two from Lefke.
UBP leader and Prime Minister Ünal Üstel, along with candidates nominated through the party's reserved quota system, are not included in the list of 72 hopefuls. They will enter the final candidate lists without participating in the internal selection contest.
Several prominent UBP politicians, including current ministers, MPs and former ministers, are among those seeking nominations.
Candidates by district
Lefkoşa (22): Ahmet Savaşan, Alişan Şan, Batu Beyit, Berhan Ongan, Betül Peyravi, Faiz Sucuoğlu, Hasan Taçoy, Havva Dağsever, Hüseyin Ballı, İsmail Yılmaz, Mehmet Aktan, Mehmet Öztürk, Murat Pirgot, Okan Donangil, Olgun Amcaoğlu, Özlem Bendaşan, Sadık Gardiyanoğlu, Sami Uzun, Serap Topal, Şerife Ünverdi, Veli Esendağlı and Zorlu Töre.
Girne (18): Adnan Ademoğlu, Adnan Altan, Alev Ecevit, Halit Soytürk, Hasan Küçük, Hüseyin Kayım, Hüsrev Tancer, Kaan Resa Saçar, Kutlu Evren, Mahmut Toray Hüdaverdi, Maşallah Cihangir, Mehmet Hulusioglu, Murat Karalar, Özdemir Berova, Redif Nurel, Sami Otçuoğlu, Sinem Arıca and Vesile Erdoğan.
Gazimağusa (12): Ayşe Demir, Durali Güçlüsoy, Dursun Oğuz, Elif Abiç, Hakan Dinçyürek, Hanime Kadriye Kontosoğlu, Hüseyin Çavuş, Lütfü Oflaz, Oğuzhan Hasipoğlu, Resmiye Canaltay, Sultan Vural and Sunat Atun.
İskele (11): Canan Mimar, Cenk Osman Şeren, Emine Uzun, Emrah Yeşilırmak, İsmail Demirci, Kemal Soybir, Letife Öğdü, Nazım Çavuşoğlu, Ramazan Korkmaz, Remziye Seven and Yasemi Öztürk.
Güzelyurt (4): Ali Pilli, İbrahim Ürcan, Menteş Gündüz and Ziya Öztürkler.
Lefke (5): Adil Özgey, Aykut Aksu, Aytaç Çaluda, Ediz Tuncel and Fırtına Karanfil.
The October 24 electronic vote will determine the candidates and their positions on UBP's district lists for the December 6 parliamentary election.
