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Cyprus 2016 legislative election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Democratic Rally won 18 of 56 seats with 30.7% of the vote; 66.7% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 12.0 points on 2011.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Democratic Rally18−230.7−3.6107,825
Progressive Party of Working People16−325.7−7.090,204
Democratic Party9014.5−1.350,923
EDEK Socialist Party3−26.2−2.821,732
Citizens Alliance36.021,114
Solidarity Movement35.218,424
Movement of Ecologists – Citizens' Cooperation2+14.8+2.616,909
ELAM2+23.7+2.613,041
Animal Party Cyprus01.24,088

± is the change against the Cyprus 2011 legislative election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Democratic Rally 107,825
  • Progressive Party of Working People 90,204
  • Democratic Party 50,923
  • EDEK Socialist Party 21,732
  • Citizens Alliance 21,114
  • Solidarity Movement 18,424
  • Movement of Ecologists – Citizens' Cooperation 16,909
  • ELAM 13,041
  • Animal Party Cyprus 4,088

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

66.7% of the 543,186 registered voters cast a ballot (362,542 ballots), down 12.0 points on 2011. 351,389 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1976. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Democratic Rally30.7% of votes32.1% of seats
  • Progressive Party of Working People25.7% of votes28.6% of seats
  • Democratic Party14.5% of votes16.1% of seats
  • EDEK Socialist Party6.2% of votes5.4% of seats
  • Citizens Alliance6.0% of votes5.4% of seats
  • Solidarity Movement5.2% of votes5.4% of seats
  • Movement of Ecologists – Citizens' Cooperation4.8% of votes3.6% of seats
  • ELAM3.7% of votes3.6% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.1 by votes and 4.5 by seats; Democratic Rally led Progressive Party of Working People by 5.0 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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