1970 Cypriot legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Cyprus on 5 July 1970.[2] Out of the 50 available seats, 35 were filled through elections within the Greek community, while the remaining 15 were designated for the Turkish community. The Turkish community did not take part in this particular election.[1] The result was a victory for Eniaion, which won 15 of the 35 seats despite AKEL receiving a far larger share of the vote.

1970 Cypriot legislative election
Cyprus
5 July 1970
35 of the 50 seats in the House of Representatives[lower-alpha 1]
Turnout75.85% (Increase1.68pp)
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
AKEL Ezekias Papaioannou 35.67 9 +4
Eniaion Glafcos Clerides 22.87 15 New
Progressive Front Odysseus Ioannidis 16.02 7 New
EDEK Vassos Lyssarides 12.05 2 New
DEK Takis Evdokas 8.80 0 New
Independents – 4.59 2 +2
President of the House of Representatives before President of the House of Representatives after
Glafcos Clerides Glafcos Clerides
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Results
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Progressive Party of Working People79,66635.679+4
Eniaion51,08222.8715New
Progressive Front35,78316.027New
Movement for Social Democracy26,90812.052New
Democratic National Party19,6558.800New
Independents10,2564.592+2
Vacant15–
Total223,350100.00500
Valid votes195,73797.80
Invalid/blank votes4,4042.20
Total votes200,141100.00
Registered voters/turnout263,87575.85
Source: IPU

Notes
  1. The 15 seats of the Turkish Community were not contested[1]

References
  1. "Cyprus" (PDF). Inter-Parliamentary Union. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  2. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
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