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]
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Results
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| Parties | Votes | % | ±pp | Seats | +/– | |
| Progressive Party of Working People (Anorthotiko Komma Ergazomenou Laou) | 131,066 | 31.13 | -3.6 | 18 | -2 | |
| Democratic Rally (Dimokratikos Sinagermos) | 127,776 | 30.34 | -3.7 | 18 | -1 | |
| Democratic Party (Dimokratiko Komma) | 75,458 | 17.92 | +3.1 | 11 | +2 | |
| Movement for Social Democracy (Kinima Sosialdimokraton) | 37,533 | 8.91 | +2.4 | 5 | +1 | |
| European Party (Evropaiko Komma) | 24,196 | 5.75 | new | 3 | -1[lower-alpha 1] | |
| Ecological and Environmental Movement (Kinima Ikologon Perivallontiston) | 8,193 | 1.95 | -0.0 | 1 | ±0 | |
| United Democrats (Enomeni Dimokrates) | 6,567 | 1.56 | -1.0 | 0 | -1 | |
| Free Citizens Movement (Kinima Eleftheri Polites) | 5,157 | 1.22 | new | 0 | ±0 | |
| European Democracy (Evropaiki Dimokratia) | 1,844 | 0.44 | new | 0 | ±0 | |
| Political Hunting Movement (Politiko Kinima Kinigon) | 1,112 | 0.26 | new | 0 | ±0 | |
| Popular Socialist Movement (Laiko Sosialistiko Kinima) | 981 | 0.23 | new | 0 | ±0 | |
| Independents | 1204 | 0.29 | — | 0 | — | |
| Reserved seats for minorities | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 421,087 | 94.43 | – | 59 | 0 | |
| Invalid votes | 14,724 | 3.30 | – | – | – | |
| Blank votes | 10,104 | 2.27 | – | – | – | |
| Voted/turnout | 445,915 | 89.00 | –3.0 | - | - | |
| Absenteeism | 55,109 | 11.00 | +3.0 | – | – | |
| Registered voters | 501,024 | - | - | – | – | |
| Sources: results.elections.moi.gov.cy | ||||||
Notes
- The European Party had been formed by four MPs during the previous parliamentary term and this election saw it lose a seat.[lower-alpha 2]
- Nohlen & Stöver, p444
References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- Nohlen & Stöver, p443
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