The first post-Makarios presidential election to be contested took place in February 1983. Several changes to the political and party scene had preceded it. The coalition that united AKEL, DIKO and EDEK and left the Democratic Rally (27.6% of the vote) out of parliament in 1976 had split. Key DIKO split up from the [...]
Presidential Elections of 8 February 1998 (Votes) Pancyprian Nicosia Famagusta Larnaca Limassol Pafos Registered 446976 183935 23677 73939 126310 39115 Voted 409979 167073 21938 67934 117351 35683 Valid 396299 161534 21148 65867 113628 34122 Invalid 8944 3638 498 1255 2471 1082 Blank 4736 1901 292 812 1252 479 Nicos Rolandis 3104 1477 71 [...]
Glafcοs Clerides, opposed by George Iacovou, who was supported by AKEL, was elected President of the Republic of Cyprus for a second consecutive term, on 15 February 1998. The election, which, for many reasons, can be described as paradoxical, was ultimately decided by a slight vote difference - only 6,000 votes, despite predictions for [...]
No election took place in 1978. Spyros Kyprianou was elected unopposed.
