2006 Cypriot legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Cyprus on 21 May 2006. AKEL and the Democratic Rally both won 18 of the 56 seats. Voter turnout was 89.0%.

2006 Cypriot legislative election
21 May 2006
56 of 80 seats in the House of Representatives
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Demetris Christofias Nicos Anastasiades Tassos Papadopoulos
Party AKEL DISY DIKO
Leader since 1988 1997 2000
Last election 20 seats, 34.7% 19 seats, 34.0% 9 seats, 14.8%
Seats won 18 18 11
Seat change 2 1 2
Popular vote 131,066 127,776 75,458
Percentage 31.1% 30.3% 17.9%
Swing 3.6% 3.7% 3.1%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Yiannakis Omirou Demetris Syllouris George Perdikes
Party EDEK European Party Greens
Leader since 2001 2006 1996
Last election 4 seats, 6.5% 3.0%, 1 seat 1 seat, 2.0%
Seats won 5 3 1
Seat change 1 2 0
Popular vote 37,533 24,196 8,193
Percentage 8.9% 5.8% 2.0%
Swing 2.4% 2.8% 0.0%
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