2006 Cypriot legislative election

2006 Cypriot legislative election

← 2001 21 May 2006 2011 →

56 of 80 seats in the House of Representatives
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Demetris Christofias Nicos Anastasiades Tassos Papadopoulos
Party AKEL DISY DIKO
Leader since 1988 1997 2000
Last election 20 seats, 34.7% 19 seats, 34.0% 9 seats, 14.8%
Seats won 18 18 11
Seat change Decrease 2 Decrease 1 Increase 2
Popular vote 131,066 127,776 75,458
Percentage 31.1% 30.3% 17.9%
Swing Decrease 3.6% Decrease 3.7% Increase 3.1%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Yiannakis Omirou Demetris Syllouris George Perdikes
Party EDEK European Party Greens
Leader since 2001 2006 1996
Last election 4 seats, 6.5% 3.0%, 1 seat[a] 1 seat, 2.0%
Seats won 5 3 1
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 2 Steady 0
Popular vote 37,533 24,196 8,193
Percentage 8.9% 5.8% 2.0%
Swing Increase 2.4% Increase 2.8% Steady 0.0%

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]


Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p443

© MMXXIII Rich X Search. We shall prevail. All rights reserved. Rich X Search