1993 Cypriot presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Cyprus on 7 February 1993, with a second round on 14 February.[1] The result was a victory for Glafcos Clerides of the Democratic Rally after he finished as runner-up behind George Vassiliou, supported by AKEL, in the first round, a reverse of the 1988 elections. Voter turnout was 92.4% in the first round and 93.3% in the second.[2]

1993 Cypriot presidential election

← 1988 7 February 1993 (first round)
14 February 1993 (second round)
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Candidate Glafcos Clerides George Vassiliou
Party DISY Independent
Popular vote 178,945 176,769
Percentage 50.31% 49.69%

President before election

George Vassiliou
Independent

Elected President

Glafcos Clerides
DISY

Results

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CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
George VassiliouIndependent157,02744.15176,76949.69
Glafcos CleridesDemocratic Rally130,66336.74178,94550.31
Pashalis Pashalidis66,30018.64
Georgios Mavrogenis8900.25
Giannakis Taliotis7550.21
Total355,635100.00355,714100.00
Valid votes355,63597.67355,71496.80
Invalid/blank votes8,4832.3311,7603.20
Total votes364,118100.00367,474100.00
Registered voters/turnout393,99392.42393,99393.27
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p446