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Cyprus 1991 legislative election

What was the result of the 1991 legislative election in Cyprus?

Democratic Rally won 20 of 56 seats with 35.8% of the vote. 93.0% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Democratic Rally won 20 of 56 seats with 35.8% of the vote; 93.0% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.6 points on 1985.

  • Democratic Rally 20 +1 seat 35.8% +2.2 points
  • Progressive Party of Working People 18 +3 seats 30.6% +3.2 points
  • Democratic Party 11 −5 seats 19.6% −8.1 points
  • EDEK Socialist Party 7 +1 seat 10.9% −0.2 points
  • Democratic Socialist Renewal Movement 0 2.4%
  • 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 1985 legislative election, party by party.

29 of 56 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 35.8%

    Share of the vote won by Democratic Rally

    Democratic Rally won 20 of 56 seats. A majority needs 29.

  2. +3 seats

    Seats gained by Progressive Party of Working People

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1985. Democratic Party lost 5 seats.

  3. 93.0%

    Voter turnout

    Down 1.6 points on 1985.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Democratic Rally20+135.8+2.2122,495
Progressive Party of Working People18+330.6+3.2104,771
Democratic Party11−519.6−8.166,687
EDEK Socialist Party7+110.9−0.237,264
Democratic Socialist Renewal Movement02.48,199

± is the change against the Cyprus 1985 legislative election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Democratic Rally 122,495
  • Progressive Party of Working People 104,771
  • Democratic Party 66,687
  • EDEK Socialist Party 37,264
  • Democratic Socialist Renewal Movement 8,199

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?

93.0% of the 381,322 registered voters cast a ballot (354,683 ballots), down 1.6 points on 1985. 342,038 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1976 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Democratic Rally35.8% of votes35.7% of seats
  • Progressive Party of Working People30.6% of votes32.1% of seats
  • Democratic Party19.6% of votes19.6% of seats
  • EDEK Socialist Party10.9% of votes12.5% of seats
  • Democratic Socialist Renewal Movement2.4% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.7 by votes and 3.5 by seats; Democratic Rally led Progressive Party of Working People by 5.2 points of the vote.

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