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1968 Cypriot presidential election
← 1959 25 February 1968 1973 →
 
Candidate Makarios III Takis Evdokas
Popular vote 220,911 8,577
Percentage 96.26% 3.74%
President before election

Makarios III

 Elected President

Makarios III

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Presidential elections were held in Cyprus on 25 February 1968. The result was a victory for the incumbent President Makarios III, who received 96% of the vote. Voter turnout was 93%.

Separate elections were held for the vice presidency, which were won by Fazıl Küçük.

Electoral system

The elections were held using a two-round system; if no candidate received over 50% of the vote in the first round, a second round was to be held between the top two candidates. The constitution required the President of Cyprus to be a Greek Cypriot and the Vice-President to be a Turkish Cypriot. Greek Cypriots elected the President and Turkish Cypriots elected the Vice-President.

Results

CandidateVotes%
Makarios III220,91196.26
Takis Evdokas8,5773.74
Total229,488100.00
Valid votes229,48899.16
Invalid/blank votes1,9500.84
Total votes231,438100.00
Registered voters/turnout247,65393.45
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p445
  3. The Elections (President and Vice-President) of the Republic laws 1959 to 2017 Legislation Online
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