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Parliamentary elections were held in Cyprus on 24 May 1981. [1] AKEL and the Democratic Rally both won 12 of the 35 seats. Voter turnout was 95.7%. [2]
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | ||
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AKEL | 95,364 | 32.8 | 12 | +3 | ||
Democratic Rally | 92,886 | 31.9 | 12 | +12 | ||
Democratic Party | 56,749 | 19.5 | 8 | New | ||
Movement for Social Democracy | 23,772 | 8.2 | 3 | –1 | ||
PAME (Pan-Cyprian Fighting Front) | 8,115 | 2.8 | 0 | New | ||
Union of the Centre | 7,986 | 2.7 | 0 | New | ||
New Democratic Front | 5,584 | 1.9 | 0 | New | ||
Independents | 583 | 0.2 | 0 | –1 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 4,581 | – | – | – | ||
Total | 295,602 | 100 | 35 | 0 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 307,729 | 95.7 | – | – | ||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
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