[1] The 80 members of the House of Representatives are elected from six multi-member constituencies, with the number of seats allocated according to the population of each area.

However, since 1964, the Turkish Cypriot seats are unfilled and the House of Representatives has de facto had 56 seats since its enlargement in the 1980s.

The elections are held using open list proportional representation; voters vote for a party and can then cast one preferential vote for a candidate on their party's list for every four seats available in their constituency (party leaders or other candidates heading coalitions are not required to receive preferential votes to be elected).

[2] The current seat allocation for the 2021 election was as follows: Anti-government demonstrations have been taking place that resulted in clashes with the police.

[3] Despite the COVID-19 pandemic in Cyprus, the campaign and voting process is not expected to be significantly altered.