UBP unveils 50 election candidates

The final slate, drawn up following the October 24 internal ballot, comprises 16 candidates for Lefkoşa, 12 each for Gazimağusa and Girne, five for İskele, three for Güzelyurt and two for Lefke.

UBP said turnout had reached a record level and that the list had been finalised with the inclusion of candidates under gender quota and party allocation arrangements.

Prime Minister Ünal Üstel heads the Girne list, while former prime minister Faiz Sucuoğlu takes first place in Lefkoşa. Oğuzhan Hasipoğlu leads the Gazimağusa slate, Yasemi Öztürk heads İskele, Ali Pilli leads Güzelyurt and Aytaç Çaluda tops the Lefke list.

Campaigning under a slogan promising a TRNC “stronger than yesterday, ready for tomorrow”, the party reaffirmed its aim of securing enough seats to govern alone.

The full candidate lists, in the order announced, are:

Lefkoşa: Faiz Sucuoğlu, Ahmet Savaşan, Hüseyin Ballı, Sadık Gardiyanoğlu, Hasan Sapsızoğlu, Olgun Amcaoğlu, Emre Dalgıç, Hasan Taçoy, Alişan Şan, Berhan Ongan, Zorlu Töre, Şerife Ünverdi, Özlem Bendaşan, Serap Topal, Havva Dağsever and Betül Peyravi.

Gazimağusa: Oğuzhan Hasipoğlu, Sunat Atun, Neriman Kaşif, Hüseyin Çavuş, Melih İlktuğ, Dursun Oğuz, Hamit Fırat Kalfaoğlu, Hakan Dinçyürek, Lütfü Oflaz, Elif Abiç, Sultan Vural and Ayşe Demir.

Girne: Ünal Üstel, Kutlu Evren, İlgen Bağcıer, Özdemir Berova, Özcan Hüdaverdi, Hasan Küçük, Kaan Resa Saçar, Mehmet Hulusioğlu, Murat Karalar, Alev Ecevit, Vesile Erdoğan and Sinem Arıca.

İskele: Yasemi Öztürk, Nazım Çavuşoğlu, İsmail Demirci, Emine Uzun and Emrah Yeşilırmak.

Güzelyurt: Ali Pilli, İbrahim Ürcan and Ziya Öztürkler.

Lefke: Aytaç Çaluda and Adil Özgey.