1998 Cypriot presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Cyprus on 8 February 1998, with a second round on 15 February.[1] The result was a victory for Glafcos Clerides of the Democratic Rally after he finished as runner-up behind George Iacovou (who was supported by AKEL and the Democratic Party)[2] in the first round. Voter turnout was 91.7% in the first round and 93.4% in the second.[2]
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Results
| Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | ||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| Glafcos Clerides | Democratic Rally | 158,763 | 40.1 | 206,879 | 50.8 |
| George Iacovou | AKEL/DIKO | 160,918 | 40.6 | 200,222 | 49.2 |
| Vassos Lyssarides | Movement for Social Democracy | 41,978 | 10.6 | ||
| Alexis Galanos | 16,003 | 4.0 | |||
| George Vassiliou | 11,908 | 3.0 | |||
| Nicolas Koutsou | New Horizons | 3,625 | 0.9 | ||
| Nicos Rolandis | 3,104 | 0.8 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 13,680 | – | 10,305 | – | |
| Total | 409,979 | 100 | 417,406 | 100 | |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||||
References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- Nohlen & Stöver, p447
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