1970 Cypriot legislative election

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35 of the 50 seats in the House of Representatives^[a]

Turnout

75.85% (

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Party	Leader	%	Seats	+/–
AKEL	Ezekias Papaioannou	35.67	9	+4
Eniaion	Glafcos Clerides	22.87	15	New
Progressive Front	Odysseus Ioannidis [el]	16.02	7	New
EDEK	Vassos Lyssarides	12.05	2	New
DEK	Takis Evdokas	8.80	0	New
Independents	–	4.59	2	+2

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

President of the House of Representatives before	President of the House of Representatives after
Glafcos Clerides	Glafcos Clerides

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Parliamentary elections were held in Cyprus on 5 July 1970.^[2] Out of the 50 available seats, 35 were filled through elections within the Greek community, while the remaining 15 were designated for the Turkish community. The Turkish community did not take part in this particular election.^[1] The result was a victory for Eniaion, which won 15 of the 35 seats despite AKEL receiving a far larger share of the vote.

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Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Progressive Party of Working People	79,666	35.67	9	+4
	Eniaion	51,082	22.87	15	New
	Progressive Front	35,783	16.02	7	New
	Movement for Social Democracy	26,908	12.05	2	New
	Democratic National Party	19,655	8.80	0	New
	Independents	10,256	4.59	2	+2
Vacant				15	–
Total		223,350	100.00	50	0

Valid votes		195,737	97.80
Invalid/blank votes		4,404	2.20
Total votes		200,141	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		263,875	75.85
Source: IPU

Notes

^ The 15 seats of the Turkish Community were not contested^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Cyprus" (PDF). Inter-Parliamentary Union. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

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