Eniaion Explained

Country:Cyprus
United Party
Native Name:Eniaion
Leader:Glafcos Clerides
Colorcode:
  1. 4B9CD3
Foundation:1969
Dissolved:1976
Split:Patriotic Front
Successor:DIKO
DISY
Headquarters:Nicosia, Cyprus
Position:Centre-right

The United Party (el|Ενιαίον Κόμμα), known in Greek simply as Eniaion ("United"), was a short-lived moderate right-wing political party in Cyprus.

History

The party was established by Glafcos Clerides in February 1969 as a split from the Patriotic Front.[1] [2]

In the 1970 parliamentary elections the party emerged as the largest in the House of Representatives with 15 seats, despite finishing second in the vote tally.[3]

The party did not contest any further elections,[4] with Clerides going onto establish the pro-Western Democratic Rally prior to the 1976 elections and Spyros Kyprianou going onto establish the more pro-Makarios, moderate nationalist Democratic Party.[5]

Elected MPs

SeatElected members
NicosiaGlafkos Klerides
Tassos Papadopoulos
Mixalakis Savvidis
Nikos Koshis
Ksanthos Klirides
Leandros Zaxariadis
Panagiotis Demetriou
Georgios Zambas
Andreas Xatzioannou
LimassolAimilios Michailides
Aimilios Fragkos
Xenis Xenopoulos
Andreas Neocleous
Maliotis Georgios
LarnacaAntonakis Sotiriadis

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/CYPRUS_1970_E.PDF Cyprus
  2. http://countrystudies.us/cyprus/64.htm Political parties
  3. [Dieter Nohlen]
  4. Nohlen & Stöver, p440
  5. http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/CYPRUS_1976_E.PDF Cyprus