The first Presidential Elections, 13 December 1959

Following the signing of the Zurich and London Agreements for the Independence of Cyprus, a Transitional Commission / Government was ...

The Presidential Elections of 1968 and the founding of parties

Political life in Cyprus entered a standstill period after the declaration of independence in August 1960. With the exception of ...

The Presidential Elections of 1978

Following Makarios' death on 3 August 1977, the Speaker of the House, Spyros Kyprianou, assumed the presidency of the Republic, ...

The Presidential Elections of 1983

The first post-Makarios presidential election to be contested took place in February 1983. Several changes to the political and party ...

The Presidential Elections of 1988

The AKEL-DIKO coalition, which won the re-election of Spyros Kyprianou in 1983, appeared to be problematic, starting with the election ...

The Presidential Elections of 1993

1991 was the beginning of a decisive shift that would lead to the rapprochement of DIKO and DISY and a ...

The Presidential Elections of 1998

Glafcοs Clerides, opposed by George Iacovou, who was supported by AKEL, was elected President of the Republic of Cyprus for ...

The Presidential Elections of 2003

The presidential elections of 2003 featured some special characteristics that justify their labeling as an extraordinary contest in the history ...

The Presidential Elections of 2008

The presidential election of 2008 made Cyprus a unique case among the 27 members of the EU in having a ...

The Presidential Elections of 2013

The global financial crisis was seriously affecting Cyprus since 2010 and its impact was gradually expanding on politics and the ...

The Presidential Elections of 2018

The setting of the 2018 elections was significantly different from that of 2013, while both contests were between almost the ...

The Presidential Elections of 2023

The most notable legacy of the presidency of Nicos Anastasiades was the generalised perception of a widespread corruption involving also ...