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Presidential elections were held in Cyprus on 14 February 1988, with a second round on 21 February.[1] They were the first presidential elections in the country's history to go to a second round,[1] and resulted in a victory for George Vassiliou as an independent candidate supported by AKEL after he finished as the runner-up behind Glafcos Clerides of the Democratic Rally in the first round. Voter turnout was 94.3% in both rounds.[2]
Results
Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
Glafcos Clerides | Democratic Rally | 111,504 | 33.32 | 157,228 | 48.37 | |
George Vassiliou | Independent | 100,748 | 30.11 | 167,834 | 51.63 | |
Spyros Kyprianou | Democratic Party | 91,335 | 27.29 | |||
Vassos Lyssarides | Movement for Social Democracy | 30,865 | 9.22 | |||
Thrasos Georgiadis | 187 | 0.06 | ||||
Total | 334,639 | 100.00 | 325,062 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 334,639 | 97.63 | 325,062 | 94.77 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 8,141 | 2.37 | 17,928 | 5.23 | ||
Total votes | 342,780 | 100.00 | 342,990 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 363,719 | 94.24 | 363,740 | 94.30 | ||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
References
- 1 2 Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p446
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