1981 Northern Cypriot general election
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40 seats in the National Council 21 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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General elections were held in Northern Cyprus on 28 June 1981.[1] Rauf Denktaş was re-elected President, whilst his National Unity Party remained the largest party in the National Council, although it lost its majority.
Results
President
Denktaş was also supported by the Turkish Union Party, the Social Justice Party and the National Goal Party.[2]
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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| Rauf Denktaş | National Unity Party | 36,386 | 51.71 | |
| Ziya Rızkı | Communal Liberation Party | 21,483 | 30.53 | |
| Özker Özgür | Republican Turkish Party | 8,958 | 12.73 | |
| Hüsamettin Tanyar | Democratic People's Party | 3,354 | 4.77 | |
| Servet Dedeçay | Independent | 180 | 0.26 | |
| Total | 70,361 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 70,361 | 93.75 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 4,690 | 6.25 | ||
| Total votes | 75,051 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 84,693 | 88.62 | ||
| Source: YSK | ||||
National Council
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| National Unity Party | 431,732 | 42.53 | 18 | –12 | |
| Communal Liberation Party | 289,555 | 28.53 | 13 | +7 | |
| Republican Turkish Party | 152,805 | 15.05 | 5 | +3 | |
| Democratic People's Party | 82,130 | 8.09 | 3 | New | |
| Turkish Union Party | 55,895 | 5.51 | 1 | New | |
| National Goal Party | 1,544 | 0.15 | 0 | New | |
| Social Justice Party | 990 | 0.10 | 0 | New | |
| Independents | 415 | 0.04 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 1,015,066 | 100.00 | 40 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 68,524 | 91.27 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 6,557 | 8.73 | |||
| Total votes | 75,081 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 84,721 | 88.62 | |||
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References
- ↑ James Ker-Lindsay & Hubert Faustmann (2008) The Government and Politics of Cyprus, Peter Lang, p167
- ↑ Vincent E. McHale (1983) Political parties of Europe, Greenwood Press, pp118–129 ISBN 0-313-23804-9