Cypriot legislative election, 2006
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Parliamentary elections were held in Cyprus on 21 May 2006.[1] AKEL and the Democratic Rally both won 18 of the 56 seats. Voter turnout was 89.0%.[2]
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AKEL | 131,237 | 31.1 | 18 | –2 |
| Democratic Rally | 127,735 | 30.3 | 18 | –1 |
| Democratic Party | 75,428 | 17.9 | 11 | +2 |
| Movement for Social Democracy | 37,531 | 8.9 | 5 | +1 |
| European Party | 24,152 | 5.8 | 3 | New¹ |
| Ecological and Environmental Movement | 8,192 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 |
| United Democrats | 6,563 | 1.6 | 0 | –1 |
| KEP | 5,155 | 1.2 | 0 | New |
| European Democracy | 1,861 | 0.4 | 0 | New |
| Political Hunting Movement | 1,111 | 0.3 | 0 | New |
| Popular Socialist Movement | 979 | 0.2 | 0 | New |
| Independents | 1,204 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 24,828 | – | – | – |
| Total | 445,976 | 100 | 56 | 0 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 501,024 | 89.0 | – | – |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | ||||
¹ The European Party had been formed by four MPs during the previous parliamentary term and this election saw it lose a seat.[3]
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p443
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p444
