2004 European Parliament election in Cyprus
An election took place on 13 June 2004 for
MEPs representing Cyprus constituency for the 2004–2009 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2004 European election
.
This was the first time Cypriot voters had elected members of the
EU nationals – while the total number of people who voted was 350.387 or 72,50% of the registered voters. The number of polling stations was 1077, allocated to each polling district in the following manner: Nicosia 416, Limassol 323, Famagusta (Republic of Cyprus-administered area) 50, Larnaca 169 and Paphos
119.
The six seats were contested by 59 candidates, belonging to parties or party coalitions or running as individuals. The conservative
left-wing Progressive Party of Working People
(AKEL) achieved the largest shares of the vote.
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Movement for Social Democracy | 36,075 | 10.79 | 0 | |
United Democrats–KPE–European Cyprus | 6,534 | 1.95 | 0 | |
New Horizons | 5,501 | 1.65 | 0 | |
Ecological and Environmental Movement | 2,872 | 0.86 | 0 | |
LASOK | 808 | 0.24 | 0 | |
Independents | 1,678 | 0.50 | 0 | |
Total | 334,268 | 100.00 | 6 | |
Valid votes | 334,268 | 95.40 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 16,119 | 4.60 | ||
Total votes | 350,387 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 483,311 | 72.50 | ||
Source: MOI |
See also
- MEPs for Cyprus 2004-2009
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