Parliamentary elections were held in Cyprus on 8 December 1985.[1][2] The result was a victory for the Democratic Rally, which won 19 of the 56 seats. Voter turnout was 94.6%.[3]
The main issue in the election was the failed negotiations at the United Nations between the Greek-Cypriot President of Cyprus, Spyros Kyprianou, and Turkish-Cypriot community leader Rauf Denktash.[2]
These elections were the first for an enlarged House of Representatives (the size of the assembly had increased from 35 to 56 seats).[2]
Results
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Democratic Rally | 107,223 | 33.56 | 19 | +7 | |
| Democratic Party | 88,322 | 27.65 | 16 | +8 | |
| Progressive Party of Working People | 87,628 | 27.43 | 15 | +3 | |
| Movement for Social Democracy | 35,371 | 11.07 | 6 | +3 | |
| Independents | 923 | 0.29 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 319,467 | 100.00 | 56 | +21 | |
| Valid votes | 319,467 | 97.45 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 8,353 | 2.55 | |||
| Total votes | 327,820 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 346,549 | 94.60 | |||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||||
References
edit- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ a b c Dimitras, Panayote Elias (1986). "The Cypriot parliamentary elections of 1985". Electoral Studies. 5 (2): 183–186. doi:10.1016/0261-3794(86)90006-5. ISSN 0261-3794.
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p442