Parliamentary elections were held in Cyprus on 24 May 1981.[1] AKEL and the Democratic Rally both won 12 of the 35 seats. Voter turnout was 95.7%.[2]
Results
edit| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Party of Working People | 95,364 | 32.77 | 12 | +3 | |
| Democratic Rally | 92,886 | 31.92 | 12 | +12 | |
| Democratic Party | 56,749 | 19.50 | 8 | –13 | |
| Movement for Social Democracy | 23,772 | 8.17 | 3 | –1 | |
| Pan-Cyprian Fighting Front | 8,115 | 2.79 | 0 | New | |
| Union of the Centre | 7,968 | 2.74 | 0 | New | |
| New Democratic Front | 5,584 | 1.92 | 0 | New | |
| Independents | 583 | 0.20 | 0 | –1 | |
| Total | 291,021 | 100.00 | 35 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 291,021 | 98.45 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 4,581 | 1.55 | |||
| Total votes | 295,602 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 308,729 | 95.75 | |||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Ker-Lindsay & Faustmann | |||||
References
edit- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p442