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Cyprus 1981 legislative election

What was the result of the 1981 legislative election in Cyprus?

Progressive Party of Working People and Democratic Rally each won 12 of 35 seats. 95.7% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Cyprus
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which parties won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Progressive Party of Working People and Democratic Rally each won 12 of 35 seats, more than any other party; 95.7% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 10.5 points on 1976.

  • Progressive Party of Working People 12 +3 seats 32.8%
  • Democratic Rally 12 +12 seats 31.9% +4.3 points
  • Democratic Party 8 −13 seats 19.5% −51.7 points
  • EDEK Socialist Party 3 −1 seat 8.2%
  • Pancypriot Militant Front 0 2.8%
  • Union Centre 0 2.7%
  • New Democratic Front 0 1.9%
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Cyprus 1976 legislative election, party by party.

18 of 35 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. +12 seats

    Seats gained by Democratic Rally

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1976. Democratic Party lost 13 seats.

  2. 95.7%

    Voter turnout

    Up 10.5 points on 1976.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Progressive Party of Working People12+332.895,364
Democratic Rally12+1231.9+4.392,886
Democratic Party8−1319.5−51.756,749
EDEK Socialist Party3−18.223,772
Pancypriot Militant Front02.88,115
Union Centre02.77,968
New Democratic Front01.95,584

± is the change against the Cyprus 1976 legislative election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Progressive Party of Working People 95,364
  • Democratic Rally 92,886
  • Democratic Party 56,749
  • EDEK Socialist Party 23,772
  • Pancypriot Militant Front 8,115
  • Union Centre 7,968
  • New Democratic Front 5,584

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 many people voted?

95.7% of the 308,729 registered voters cast a ballot (295,602 ballots), up 10.5 points on 1976. 291,021 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Progressive Party of Working People32.8% of votes34.3% of seats
  • Democratic Rally31.9% of votes34.3% of seats
  • Democratic Party19.5% of votes22.9% of seats
  • EDEK Socialist Party8.2% of votes8.6% of seats
  • Pancypriot Militant Front2.8% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Union Centre2.7% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.9 by votes and 3.4 by seats; Progressive Party of Working People led Democratic Rally by 0.8 points of the vote.

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