Country: | Republic of Cyprus |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1960 Cypriot legislative election |
Previous Year: | 1960 |
Next Election: | 1976 Cypriot legislative election |
Next Year: | 1976 |
Seats For Election: | 35 of 50 seats in the House of Representatives |
Turnout: | 75.85% (1.68pp) |
Image1: | AKEL |
Leader1: | Ezekias Papaioannou |
Party1: | Progressive Party of Working People |
Last Election1: | 5 seats, 37.71% |
Seats1: | 9 |
Seat Change1: | 4 |
Swing1: | 2.04 pp |
Popular Vote1: | 79,666 |
Percentage1: | 35.67% |
Leader2: | Glafkos Clerides |
Party2: | Eniaion |
Last Election2: | New |
Seats2: | 15 |
Seat Change2: | New |
Swing2: | New |
Popular Vote2: | 51,082 |
Percentage2: | 22.87% |
Image3: | PM |
Leader3: | Odysseus Ioannidis |
Party3: | Progressive Front |
Last Election3: | New |
Seats3: | 7 |
Seat Change3: | New |
Swing3: | New |
Popular Vote3: | 35,783 |
Percentage3: | 16.02 |
Leader4: | Vassos Lyssarides |
Party4: | EDEK |
Last Election4: | New |
Seats4: | 2 |
Seat Change4: | New |
Swing4: | New |
Popular Vote4: | 26,908 |
Percentage4: | 12.05% |
Image5: | DEK |
Leader5: | Takis Evdokas |
Party5: | Democratic National Party (Cyprus) |
Last Election5: | New |
Seats5: | 0 |
Seat Change5: | New |
Swing5: | New |
Popular Vote5: | 19,655 |
Percentage5: | 8.80% |
President of the House of Representatives | |
Before Election: | Glafcos Clerides |
After Election: | Glafcos Clerides |
Parliamentary elections were held in Cyprus on 5 July 1970.[1] 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.[2] The result was a victory for Eniaion, which won 15 of the 35 seats despite AKEL receiving a far larger share of the vote.