1983 Cypriot presidential election

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1983 Cypriot presidential election

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Candidate Spyros Kyprianou Glafcos Clerides Vassos Lyssarides
Party DIKOAKEL DISY EDEK
Popular vote 173,791 104,294 29,307
Percentage 56.54% 33.93% 9.53%

President before election

Spyros Kyprianou
DIKOAKEL

Elected President

Spyros Kyprianou
DIKOAKEL

Presidential elections were held in Cyprus on 13 February 1983.[1] The result was a victory for Spyros Kyprianou of the Democratic Party (and also supported by AKEL), who received 56.5% of the vote. Voter turnout was 95.0%.[2]

Results[edit]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Spyros KyprianouDemocratic PartyAKEL173,79156.54
Glafcos CleridesDemocratic Rally104,29433.93
Vassos LyssaridesMovement for Social Democracy29,3079.53
Total307,392100.00
Valid votes307,39298.87
Invalid/blank votes3,5111.13
Total votes310,903100.00
Registered voters/turnout327,18495.02
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References[edit]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p445