1983 Cypriot presidential election

1983 Cypriot presidential election

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

President before election Spyros Kyprianou DIKO–AKEL Elected President Spyros Kyprianou DIKO–AKEL

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Spyros Kyprianou	Democratic Party–AKEL	173,791	56.54
	Glafcos Clerides	Democratic Rally	104,294	33.93
	Vassos Lyssarides	Movement for Social Democracy	29,307	9.53
Total			307,392	100.00
Valid votes			307,392	98.87
Invalid/blank votes			3,511	1.13
Total votes			310,903	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			327,184	95.02
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

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