Democratic Party (Cyprus)
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European Parliament | 1 / 6
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The Democratic Party (Greek: Δημοκρατικό Κόμμα (ΔΗΚΟ), Dimokratikó Kómma (DIKO)) is a Greek-Cypriot nationalist, centrist[4] political party in Cyprus founded in 1976 by Spyros Kyprianou.[5][6]
DIKO is variously described as
Overview
As stated in its founding declaration, the Democratic Party proposes the political philosophy of "social centrism", which constitutes "a total of attributes and values that offer in the state social cohesion, political prospect, improvement of terms of life and development of human culture, that should be shared between the entire population and not only between the privileged teams of the population". In June 2003, under the leadership of
The party has developed a strict and hardline stance on the
From 2000 to 2006, the party was led by Tassos Papadopoulos, who was President of Cyprus from 2003 to 2008. Papadopoulos was succeeded as DIKO leader by Marios Garoyian, who was President of the House of Representatives from 2008 to 2011. The party leadership was taken over by Nicolas Papadopoulos, son of Tassos, following an internal ballot in December 2013.[16]
The Democratic Party's traditional third place in legislative elections has allowed to it to assume the balance of power in parliament, where it has alternated between support for the communist Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL) and the conservative Democratic Rally (DISY). In the 2011 legislative election, the party won 15.8 percent of the vote and 9 out of 56 seats. The party's decision not to field a candidate in the 2013 presidential election and to back conservative leader Nicos Anastasiades instead was controversial amongst members, and contributed to Marios Garoyian's loss of the leadership to Nicolas Papadopoulos later in the year.[16]
During the Seventh European Parliament, the sole DIKO MEP was attached to the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats group.[17]
Party leaders
No. | Leader | Portrait | Term of office | President | ||
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1 | Spyros Kyprianou | 1976 | 2000 | 1977–1988 | ||
2 | Tassos Papadopoulos | 2000 | 2006 | 2003–2008 | ||
3 | Marios Garoyian | 2006 | 2013 | |||
4 | Nikolas Papadopoulos | 2013 | Incumbent |
Election results
Parliament
Election | Votes | Seats | |||
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# | % | Rank | # | ± | |
1976 | With EDEK[a]
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21 / 35 |
new | ||
1981 | 56,749 | 19.50 | 3rd | 8 / 35 |
13 |
1985 | 88,322 | 27.65 | 2nd | 16 / 56 |
8 |
1991 | 66,867 | 19.55 | 3rd | 11 / 56 |
5 |
1996 | 60,726 | 16.43 | 3rd | 10 / 56 |
1 |
2001 | 60,977 | 14.84 | 3rd | 9 / 56 |
1 |
2006 | 75,429 | 17.92 | 3rd | 11 / 56 |
2 |
2011 | 63,763 | 15.76 | 3rd | 9 / 56 |
2 |
2016 | 50,922 | 14.49 | 3rd | 9 / 56 |
0 |
2021 | 40,395 | 11.29 | 3rd | 9 / 56 |
0 |
European Parliament
Election | Votes | Seats | |||
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# | % | Rank | # | ± | |
2004 | 57.121 | 17.09 | 3rd | 1 / 6 |
new |
2009 | 37,625 | 12.28 | 3rd | 1 / 6 |
0 |
2014 | 28,044 | 10.83 | 3rd | 1 / 6 |
0 |
2019 | 38,756 | 13.80 | 3rd | 1 / 6 |
0 |
References
- ^ DIKO came 1st with 163,207 votes (71.2%)
- ^ Oliver P. Richmond (1998). Mediating in Cyprus: The Cypriot Communities and the United Nations. Frank Cass. pp. xvii.
- ^ a b Το ΔΗ.ΚΟ. συνδέεται με την "Προοδευτική Συμμαχία" (in Greek). Nicosia: Democratic Party. 24 September 2013. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ^ "Parties & Organisations: Political Parties and Associated Partners of the Progressive Alliance". Progressive Alliance.
- ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2021). "Cyprus". Parties and Elections in Europe.
- ISBN 978-0-8108-6298-2.
- ISBN 978-0-85745-067-8.
- ^ "Cyprus – Political parties". European Election Database. Norwegian Centre for Research Data.
- ^ "Appendix A3: Political Parties" (PDF). European Social Survey (9th ed.). 2018.
- ISBN 978-88-98012-16-9. Archived from the original(PDF) on 11 August 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- ISBN 978-1-905050-54-3.
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- ^ Nathalie Tocci (2007). Greece, Turkey and Cyprus. Oxford University Press. p. 125.
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ignored (help) - ^ Eric Solsten, ed. Cyprus: A Country Study, US Congress
- ^ ISBN 978-1-905050-54-3.
- ^ Christophoros Christophorou (2009). The Evolution of Greek Cypriot Party Politics. The Government and Politics of Cyprus. Peter Lang. p. 90.
- ^ a b "Nicolas Papadopoulos elected as leader of DIKO on Cyprus". Kathimerini. Athens. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ISBN 978-90-5972-751-9.