2006 Cypriot legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Cyprus on 21 May 2006.[1] AKEL and the Democratic Rally both won 18 of the 56 seats. Voter turnout was 89.0%.[2]

2006 Cypriot legislative election

← 2001 21 May 2006 2011 →

56 of 80 seats in the House of Representatives
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Demetris Christofias Nicos Anastasiades Tassos Papadopoulos
Party AKEL DISY DIKO
Leader since 1988 1997 2000
Last election 20 seats, 34.7% 19 seats, 34.0% 9 seats, 14.8%
Seats won 18 18 11
Seat change Decrease 2 Decrease 1 Increase 2
Popular vote 131,066 127,776 75,458
Percentage 31.1% 30.3% 17.9%
Swing Decrease 3.6% Decrease 3.7% Increase 3.1%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Yiannakis Omirou Demetris Syllouris George Perdikes
Party EDEK European Party Greens
Leader since 2001 2006 1996
Last election 4 seats, 6.5% 3.0%, 1 seat[a] 1 seat, 2.0%
Seats won 5 3 1
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 2 Steady 0
Popular vote 37,533 24,196 8,193
Percentage 8.9% 5.8% 2.0%
Swing Increase 2.4% Increase 2.8% Steady 0.0%

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Progressive Party of Working People131,06631.1318–2
Democratic Rally127,77630.3418–1
Democratic Party 75,45817.9211+2
Movement for Social Democracy37,5338.915+1
European Party24,1965.753+2
Ecological and Environmental Movement8,1931.9510
United Democrats6,5671.560–1
Free Citizens Movement5,1571.220New
European Democracy1,8440.440New
Political Hunting Movement1,1120.260New
LASOK9810.230New
Independents1,2040.2900
Total421,087100.00560
Valid votes421,08794.43
Invalid/blank votes24,8285.57
Total votes445,915100.00
Registered voters/turnout501,02489.00
Source: MOI

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. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p443