1995 Northern Cypriot presidential election

1995 Northern Cypriot presidential election

15 April 1995 (first round) 22 April 1995 (second round)

Candidate Rauf Denktaş Derviş Eroğlu Party Independent UBP Popular vote 53,235 31,972 Percentage 62.48% 37.52%

President before election Rauf Denktaş Independent Elected President Rauf Denktaş Independent

Presidential elections were held in Northern Cyprus on 15 April 1995. As no candidate received over 50% of the vote, a run-off was held on 22 April. Rauf Denktaş was re-elected with 62% of the vote.

Results

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Rauf Denktaş	Independent	37,563	40.40	53,235	62.48
	Derviş Eroğlu	National Unity Party	22,450	24.14	31,972	37.52
	Özker Özgür	Republican Turkish Party	17,627	18.96
	Mustafa Akıncı	Peace and Democracy Movement	13,233	14.23
	Alpay Durduran	Patriot Union Party	1,628	1.75
	Ayhan Kaymak	Independent	349	0.38
	Sami Düdenoğlu	Independent	132	0.14
Total			92,982	100.00	85,207	100.00
Valid votes			92,982	96.31	85,207	93.75
Invalid/blank votes			3,558	3.69	5,684	6.25
Total votes			96,540	100.00	90,891	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			113,398	85.13	113,440	80.12
Source: YSK, YSK