Cypriot legislative election, 2006
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Parliamentary elections were held in Cyprus
on 21 May 2006. AKEL
and the Democratic Rally
both won 18 of the 56 seats. Voter turnout was 89.0%.
¹ The European Party had been formed by four MPs during the previous parliamentary term and this election saw it lose a seat.
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
on 21 May 2006. AKEL
Progressive Party of Working People
The Progressive Party of Working People is a communist party in Cyprus. It supports an independent, demilitarized and non-aligned Cyprus, and a federal solution of the internal aspect of the Cyprus problem. It places particular emphasis on rapprochement with the Turkish Cypriots. It supported...
and the Democratic Rally
Democratic Rally
The Democratic Rally , is a centre-right political party in Cyprus, led by Nicos Anastasiades.The party was founded on 4 July 1976 by veteran politician Glafkos Klerides. Clerides served as Cyprus president from 1993 until 2003....
both won 18 of the 56 seats. Voter turnout was 89.0%.
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AKEL Progressive Party of Working People The Progressive Party of Working People is a communist party in Cyprus. It supports an independent, demilitarized and non-aligned Cyprus, and a federal solution of the internal aspect of the Cyprus problem. It places particular emphasis on rapprochement with the Turkish Cypriots. It supported... |
131,237 | 31.1 | 18 | –2 |
| Democratic Rally Democratic Rally The Democratic Rally , is a centre-right political party in Cyprus, led by Nicos Anastasiades.The party was founded on 4 July 1976 by veteran politician Glafkos Klerides. Clerides served as Cyprus president from 1993 until 2003.... |
127,735 | 30.3 | 18 | –1 |
| Democratic Party Democratic Party (Cyprus) The Democratic Party is a centrist political party in Cyprus, founded in 1976 by Spyros Kyprianou. As it is reported in its founding statement , the Democratic Party proposes to the Cypriot society the political philosophy of "social centrism", which constitutes “a total of attributes and values... |
75,428 | 17.9 | 11 | |
| Movement for Social Democracy Movement for Social Democracy The Movement for Social Democracy EDEK is a Social Democratic party in Cyprus. It was originally founded by Dr Vasos Lyssaridis in 1969 as the United Democratic Union of Centre, EDEK and it was socialist party. It has gradually evolved into a social-democratic political party... |
37,531 | 8.9 | 5 | |
| European Party European Party (Cyprus) The European Party is a centrist political party in Cyprus founded in 2005, largely out of the parties New Horizons and European Democracy.... |
24,152 | 5.8 | 3 | New¹ |
| Ecological and Environmental Movement Ecological and Environmental Movement The Ecological and Environmental Movement , also rendered as Cyprus Green Party, is a green political party in Cyprus.At the legislative elections, 27 May 2001, the party won 2.0% of the popular vote and 1 out of 56 seats. In the elections of 21 May 2006, the party won 2.0% and 1 out of 56... |
8,192 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 |
| United Democrats United Democrats The United Democrats is a liberal political party in Cyprus. The party was founded by former President of Cyprus George Vasiliou in 1993 as "Kinima Eleftheron Dimokraton"... |
6,563 | 1.6 | 0 | –1 |
| KEP | 5,155 | 1.2 | 0 | New |
| European Democracy | 1,861 | 0.4 | 0 | New |
| Political Hunting Movement | 1,111 | 0.3 | 0 | New |
| Popular Socialist Movement Popular Socialist Movement The Popular Socialist Movement was a Marxist and pro-independence organization in Puerto Rico.The MSP was originally known as the Juventud Independentista Universitaria and served as the youth wing of the Puerto Rican Independence Party . The more radical JIU broke off from the Independence Party... |
979 | 0.2 | 0 | New |
| Independents | 1,204 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 24,828 | – | – | – |
| Total | 445,976 | 100 | 56 | 0 |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | ||||
¹ The European Party had been formed by four MPs during the previous parliamentary term and this election saw it lose a seat.