Political Parties and Elections
For other political parties see List of political parties in Cyprus. An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in Cyprus.| Candidates and nominating parties | 1st round | 2nd round | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |
| Dimitris Christofias | 150,016 | 33.29 | 240,604 | 53.37 |
| Ioannis Kasoulidis | 150,996 | 33.51 | 210,195 | 46.63 |
| Tassos Papadopoulos | 143,249 | 31.79 | ||
| Marios Matsakis | 3,460 | 0.77 | ||
| Kostas Kyriacou | 1,092 | 0.24 | ||
| Kostas Themistocleous | 753 | 0.17 | ||
| Andreas Efstratiou | 713 | 0.16 | ||
| Christodoulos Neophytou | 243 | 0.05 | ||
| Anastasis Michael | 117 | 0.03 | ||
| Valid votes | 450,639 | 100.00 | 450,799 | 100.00 |
| Blank votes | 4,410 | 0.95 | 7,768 | 1.66 |
| Invalid votes | 7,798 | 1.68 | 10,576 | 2.25 |
| Turnout (out of 516,441 registered votes) | 462,847 | 89.62 | 469,143 | 90.84 |
| Source: Cypriot Government (http://www.ekloges.gov.cy/index.aspx?ci=en-GB) | ||||
| Parties | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Rally (Dimokratikos Sinagermos) | 138,682 | 34.28% | +3.76% | 20 | +2 | |
| Progressive Party of Working People (Anorthotikon Komma Ergazomenou Laou) | 132,171 | 32.67% | +1.36% | 19 | +1 | |
| Democratic Party (Dimokratikon Komma) | 63,763 | 15.76% | −2.22% | 9 | −2 | |
| Movement for Social Democracy (Kinima Sosialdimokraton) | 36,113 | 8.93% | −0.03% | 5 | ±0 | |
| European Party (Evropaiko Komma) | 15,711 | 3.88% | −1.91% | 2 | −1 | |
| Ecological and Environmental Movement (Kinima Oikologon Perivallontiston) | 8,960 | 2.21% | +0.25% | 1 | ±0 | |
| National Popular Front (Ethniko Laiko Metopo) | 4,354 | 1.08% | +1.08% | 0 | ±0 | |
| Citizen's Rights Bureau of the Popular Socialist Movement (Grapheio Dikaiomaton tou Polite LASOK) | 2,667 | 0.66% | +0.42% | 0 | ±0 | |
| Balance – Independent Citizens Movement (Zygos – Kinima Anexartiton Politon) | 859 | 0.21% | — | 0 | — | |
| Cypriot Progressive Cooperation (Kypriaki Proodevtiki Synergasia) | 709 | 0.18% | — | 0 | — | |
| Independents | 588 | 0.14% | — | 0 | — | |
| Valid | 404,577 | 96.73% | 56 | |||
| Blank | 4,969 | 1.19% | ||||
| Invalid | 8,701 | 2.08% | ||||
| Voted | 418,247 | 78.70% | ||||
| Registered | 531,463 | |||||
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