Democratic Party (TRNC)

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The Democratic Party (Demokrat Partisi) is a conservative political party in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus . President of the Democratic Party is Serdar Denktas, son of the ex-president Rauf Denktas. The Democratic Party is part of a coalition government with the CTP. Serdar Denktas is in the de facto government as the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister. At the last legislative elections for the House of Representatives of Northern Cyprus, 20 January 2005, the party won 13.5 % of the popular vote and 6 out of 50 seats. Its candidate, Mustafa Arabacioglu, won at the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus presidential elections of 17 April, 2005, 13.3 % of the votes.