Cyprus 1985 legislative election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Democratic Rally won 19 of 56 seats with 33.6% of the vote; 94.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.1 points on 1981.
- Cyprus
- Held
Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Rally | 19 | +7 | 33.6 | +1.6 | 107,223 |
| Democratic Party | 16 | +8 | 27.6 | +8.2 | 88,322 |
| Progressive Party of Working People | 15 | +3 | 27.4 | −5.3 | 87,628 |
| EDEK Socialist Party | 6 | +3 | 11.1 | +2.9 | 35,371 |
± is the change against the Cyprus 1981 legislative election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Democratic Rally 107,223
- Democratic Party 88,322
- Progressive Party of Working People 87,628
- EDEK Socialist Party 35,371
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
94.6% of the 346,454 registered voters cast a ballot (327,821 ballots), down 1.1 points on 1981. 319,467 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Democratic Rally33.6% of votes33.9% of seats
- Democratic Party27.6% of votes28.6% of seats
- Progressive Party of Working People27.4% of votes26.8% of seats
- EDEK Socialist Party11.1% of votes10.7% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 0.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.6 by votes and 3.6 by seats; Democratic Rally led Democratic Party by 5.9 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.