2004 European Parliament election in Cyprus
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The 2004 European Parliament election in Cyprus was the election of MEPs representing Cyprus constituency for the 2004–2009 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2004 European election. The vote took place on 13 June.
This was the first time Cypriot voters had elected members of the European Parliament. They were election of the six deputies who would be representing the Republic of Cyprus at the European Parliament. The number of registered voters was 483,311 – out of which 503 were Turkish Cypriots and 2054 EU nationals – while the total number of people who voted was 350.387 or 72,50% of the registered voters. The number of polling stations was 1077, allocated to each polling district in the following manner: Nicosia 416, Limassol 323, Famagusta (Republic of Cyprus-administered area) 50, Larnaca 169 and Paphos 119.
The six seats were contested by 59 candidates, belonging to parties or party coalitions or running as individuals. The conservative Democratic Rally and the left-wing Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL) achieved the largest shares of the vote.
Results[]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic Rally | 94,355 | 28.23 | 2 | |
Progressive Party of Working People | 93,212 | 27.89 | 2 | |
Democratic Party | 57,121 | 17.09 | 1 | |
For Europe | 36,112 | 10.80 | 1 | |
Movement for Social Democracy | 36,075 | 10.79 | 0 | |
United Democrats–KPE–European Cyprus | 6,534 | 1.95 | 0 | |
New Horizons | 5,501 | 1.65 | 0 | |
Ecological and Environmental Movement | 2,872 | 0.86 | 0 | |
LASOK | 808 | 0.24 | 0 | |
Independents | 1,678 | 0.50 | 0 | |
Total | 334,268 | 100.00 | 6 | |
Valid votes | 334,268 | 95.40 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 16,119 | 4.60 | ||
Total votes | 350,387 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 483,311 | 72.50 | ||
Source: MOI |
See also[]
- MEPs for Cyprus 2004-2009
External links[]
- 2004 European Parliament election
- European Parliament elections in Cyprus
- 2004 in Cyprus
- 2000s in Cypriot politics
- European election stubs
- Asian election stubs
- Cyprus politics stubs