1993 Cypriot presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Cyprus on 7 February 1993, with a second round on 14 February. The result was a victory for Glafcos Clerides of the Democratic Rally after he finished as runner-up behind George Vassiliou of the AKEL in the first round, a reverse of the 1988 elections. Voter turnout was 92.4% in the first round and 93.3% in the second.

Results

Candidate	Party	First round		Second round
		Votes	%	Votes	%
Glafcos Clerides	Democratic Rally	130,663	36.7	178,945	50.3
George Vassiliou	AKEL	157,027	44.2	176,769	49.7
Pashalis Pashalidis	Democratic Party, Movement for Social Democracy	66,300	18.6
Georgios Mavrogenis		890	0.3
Giannakis Taliotis		755	0.2
Invalid/blank votes		8,483	–	11,760	–
Total		364,118	100	367,474	100
Source: Nohlen & Stöver