1988 Cypriot presidential election

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1988 Cypriot presidential election

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Candidate George Vassiliou Glafcos Clerides Party Independent[a] DISY Popular vote 167,834 157,228 Percentage 51.63% 48.37%

President before election Spyros Kyprianou DIKO–AKEL Elected President George Vassiliou Independent

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Presidential elections were held in Cyprus on 14 February 1988, with a second round on 21 February.^[1] They were the first presidential elections in the country's history to go to a second round,^[1][2] and resulted in a victory for George Vassiliou as an independent candidate supported by AKEL after he finished as the runner-up behind Glafcos Clerides of the Democratic Rally in the first round. Voter turnout was 94% in both rounds.^[3]

Results

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Glafcos Clerides	Democratic Rally	111,504	33.32	157,228	48.37
	George Vassiliou	Independent[a]	100,748	30.11	167,834	51.63
	Spyros Kyprianou	Democratic Party	91,335	27.29
	Vassos Lyssarides	Movement for Social Democracy	30,865	9.22
	Thrasos Georgiadis		187	0.06
Total			334,639	100.00	325,062	100.00
Valid votes			334,639	97.63	325,062	94.77
Invalid/blank votes			8,141	2.37	17,928	5.23
Total votes			342,780	100.00	342,990	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			363,719	94.24	363,740	94.30
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} Supported by AKEL

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. ^ Dimitras, Panayote Elias (1988-12-01). "The Cypriot presidential election of 1988". Electoral Studies. 7 (3): 281–283. doi:10.1016/0261-3794(88)90007-8. ISSN 0261-3794.
3. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p446