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🗳️ Parliamentary elections 2016

2016-05-22

Lowest turnout for a legislative election until then (66.7%); eight parties entered parliament, including ELAM for the first time. The electoral threshold had been raised to 3.6%.

Registered voters
543,186
Turnout
66.7%
362,542 votes
Valid votes
351,389
Invalid + Blank
11,153
7,675 / 3,478

National results

DISY
30.7%
18 seats
AKEL
25.7%
16 seats
DIKO
14.5%
9 seats
EDEK
6.2%
3 seats
Citizens' Alliance
6.0%
3 seats
Solidarity
5.2%
3 seats
Greens
4.8%
2 seats
ELAM
3.7%
2 seats
ΚΟΜΜΑ ΓΙΑ ΤΑ ΖΩΑ ΚΥΠΡΟΥ
1.2%
ΠΝΟΗ ΛΑΟΥ
0.9%
ΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΚΟ ΚΙΝΗΜΑ ΣΗΜΑΙΑ
0.6%

Results by district

Nicosia

Turnout: 65.5%
DISY
29.3%
AKEL
23.9%
DIKO
13.3%
Greens
7.4%
EDEK
6.8%

Kyrenia

Turnout: 65.6%
DISY
28.6%
AKEL
25.8%
DIKO
19.3%
Citizens' Alliance
6.3%
Greens
5.0%

Famagusta

Turnout: 67.1%
DISY
38.2%
AKEL
30.7%
DIKO
9.0%
Citizens' Alliance
4.7%
Solidarity
4.0%

Larnaca

Turnout: 67.9%
AKEL
29.4%
DISY
28.4%
DIKO
15.7%
EDEK
6.2%
Solidarity
5.6%

Limassol

Turnout: 66.1%
DISY
30.5%
AKEL
24.9%
DIKO
16.1%
Solidarity
7.3%
Citizens' Alliance
7.2%

Pafos

Turnout: 72.3%
DIKO
24.3%
DISY
23.0%
AKEL
18.1%
EDEK
15.4%
ELAM
6.5%

Source: Ministry of Interior via data.gov.cy