A deputy from National Unity Party (UBP) of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) announced his candidacy for the presidential election that will take place in TRNC on April 18.
UBP Lefkosa deputy Tahsin Ertugruloglu said that he would run in the upcoming presidential election.
Earlier TRNC President Mehmet Ali Talat and Prime Minister Dervis Eroglu announced their candidacies. The number of presidential candidates rose to three with Ertugruloglu's candidacy.
The deadline for candidates to run in the election is set as March 12. The Board will officially announce the list of candidates on March 22.
The presidential election will be held on April 18. If any candidate cannot reach the required threshold of 50 percent in the first round, the second round of the election will be held on April 25 between the two candidates who received the highest number of votes in the first round.
Rauf Denktas was the first president of the TRNC which was established in 1983. He remained at office from 1983 to 2005. He was replaced by Mehmet Ali Talat during the 2005 election.
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By:Nick Lescure on Mar 16, 2010
Happy to see Turkish Cypriots have a good choise of Leaders. Sad that most of the voters are not the descendants of or the Turkish Cypriots of 1974, but mainland Anatolians. Talat will be lucky to hang on. This is main truth of these elections.
