1970 Cypriot legislative election

1970 Cypriot legislative election

5 July 1970 (1970-07-05)
35 of 50 seats in the House of Representatives
Turnout	75.85% (1.68pp)
First party Second party Third party   AKEL PM Leader Ezekias Papaioannou Glafkos Clerides Odysseus Ioannidis Party AKEL Eniaion Progressive Front Last election 5 seats, 37.71% New New Seats won 9 15 7 Seat change 4 New New Popular vote 79,666 51,082 35,783 Percentage 35.67% 22.87% 16.02 Swing 2.04 pp New New   Fourth party Fifth party   DEK Leader Vassos Lyssarides Takis Evdokas Party EDEK DEK Last election New New Seats won 2 0 Seat change New New Popular vote 26,908 19,655 Percentage 12.05% 8.80% Swing New New
President of the House of Representatives before election Glafcos Clerides Elected President of the House of Representatives Glafcos Clerides

Parliamentary elections were held in Cyprus on 5 July 1970. Out of the 50 available seats, 35 were filled through elections within the Greek community, while the remaining 15 were designated for the Turkish community. The Turkish community did not take part in this particular election. The result was a victory for Eniaion, which won 15 of the 35 seats despite AKEL receiving a far larger share of the vote.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Progressive Party of Working People	79,666	35.67	9	+4
	Eniaion	51,082	22.87	15	New
	Progressive Front	35,783	16.02	7	New
	Movement for Social Democracy	26,908	12.05	2	New
	Democratic National Party	19,655	8.80	0	New
	Independents	10,256	4.59	2	+2
Vacant				15	–
Total		223,350	100.00	50	0
Valid votes		195,737	97.80
Invalid/blank votes		4,404	2.20
Total votes		200,141	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		263,875	75.85
Source: IPU