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1970 Cypriot legislative election

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1970 Cypriot legislative election

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35 of 50 seats in the House of Representatives
Turnout75.85% (Increase1.68pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
AKEL
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PM
Leader Ezekias Papaioannou Glafkos Clerides Odysseus Ioannidis
Party AKEL Eniaion Progressive Front
Last election 5 seats, 37.71% New New
Seats won 9 15 7
Seat change Increase 4 New New
Popular vote 79,666 51,082 35,783
Percentage 35.67% 22.87% 16.02
Swing Decrease 2.04 pp New New

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
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DEK
Leader Vassos Lyssarides Takis Evdokas
Party EDEK DEK
Last election New New
Seats won 2 0
Seat change New New
Popular vote 26,908 19,655
Percentage 12.05% 8.80%
Swing New New

President of the House of Representatives before election

Glafcos Clerides

Elected President of the House of Representatives

Glafcos Clerides

Parliamentary elections were held in Cyprus on 5 July 1970.[1] Out of the 50 available seats, 35 were filled through elections within the Greek community, while the remaining 15 were designated for the Turkish community. The Turkish community did not take part in this particular election.[2] The result was a victory for Eniaion, which won 15 of the 35 seats despite AKEL receiving a far larger share of the vote.

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Progressive Party of Working People79,66635.679+4
Eniaion51,08222.8715New
Progressive Front35,78316.027New
Movement for Social Democracy26,90812.052New
Democratic National Party19,6558.800New
Independents10,2564.592+2
Vacant15
Total223,350100.00500
Valid votes195,73797.80
Invalid/blank votes4,4042.20
Total votes200,141100.00
Registered voters/turnout263,87575.85
Source: IPU

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ "Cyprus" (PDF). Inter-Parliamentary Union. Retrieved 28 August 2023.