Cyprus 1981 legislative election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Progressive Party of Working People won 12 of 35 seats with 32.8% of the vote; 95.7% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 10.5 points on 1976.
- Cyprus
- Held
Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Party of Working People | 12 | +3 | 32.8 | 95,364 | |
| Democratic Rally | 12 | +12 | 31.9 | +4.3 | 92,886 |
| Democratic Party | 8 | −13 | 19.5 | −51.7 | 56,749 |
| EDEK Socialist Party | 3 | −1 | 8.2 | 23,772 | |
| Pancypriot Militant Front | 0 | 2.8 | 8,115 | ||
| Union Centre | 0 | 2.7 | 7,968 | ||
| New Democratic Front | 0 | 1.9 | 5,584 |
± is the change against the Cyprus 1976 legislative election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Progressive Party of Working People 95,364
- Democratic Rally 92,886
- Democratic Party 56,749
- EDEK Socialist Party 23,772
- Pancypriot Militant Front 8,115
- Union Centre 7,968
- New Democratic Front 5,584
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
Share of the vote
Turnout
95.7% of the 308,729 registered voters cast a ballot (295,602 ballots), up 10.5 points on 1976. 291,021 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Progressive Party of Working People32.8% of votes34.3% of seats
- Democratic Rally31.9% of votes34.3% of seats
- Democratic Party19.5% of votes22.9% of seats
- EDEK Socialist Party8.2% of votes8.6% of seats
- Pancypriot Militant Front2.8% of votes0.0% of seats
- Union Centre2.7% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.9 by votes and 3.4 by seats; Progressive Party of Working People led Democratic Rally by 0.8 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
Our text and compilation: CC BY 4.0. How to reuse and cite this page.