1998 Cypriot presidential election

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8 February 1998 (first round)
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Candidate	Glafcos Clerides	Georgios Iacovou
Party	DISY	Independent
Popular vote	206,879	200,222
Percentage	50.82%	49.18%

President before election

Glafcos Clerides
DISY

Elected President

Glafcos Clerides
DISY

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Presidential elections were held in Cyprus on 8 February 1998, with a second round on 15 February. The result was a victory for Glafcos Clerides of the Democratic Rally after he finished as runner-up behind George Iacovou (who was supported by AKEL and the Democratic Party) in the first round. Voter turnout was 92% in the first round and 93% in the second.

Results


Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	George Iacovou	Independent	160,918	40.61	200,222	49.18
	Glafcos Clerides	Democratic Rally	158,763	40.06	206,879	50.82
	Vassos Lyssarides	Movement for Social Democracy	41,978	10.59
	Alexis Galanos		16,003	4.04
	George Vassiliou		11,908	3.00
	Nicolas Koutsou	New Horizons	3,625	0.91
	Nicos Rolandis		3,104	0.78
Total			396,299	100.00	407,101	100.00

Valid votes			396,299	96.66	407,101	97.53
Invalid/blank votes			13,680	3.34	10,305	2.47
Total votes			409,979	100.00	417,406	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			446,976	91.72	447,046	93.37
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p447

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