Northern Cyprus general election, 1981

General elections were held in Northern Cyprus on 28 June 1981.^[1] Rauf Denktaş was re-elected President, whilst his National Unity Party remained the largest party in the National Council, although it lost its majority.

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Rauf Denktaş	National Unity Party	36,386	51.71
Ziya Rizki	Communal Liberation Party	21,483	30.53
Özker Özgür	Republican Turkish Party	8,958	12.73
Husamettin Tanyar	Democratic People's Party	3,354	4.77
Other candidates		180	0.16
Invalid/blank votes		4,690	–
Total		75,051	100
Registered voters/turnout		84,693	88.62
Source: Ker-Lindsay & Faustmann

Denktaş was also supported by the Turkish Union Party, the Social Justice Party and the National Goal Party.^[2]

National Council

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
National Unity Party	431,732	42.53	18	–12
Communal Liberation Party	289,555	28.53	13	+7
Republican Turkish Party	152,805	15.05	5	+3
Democratic People's Party	82,130	8.09	3	New
Turkish Union Party	55,895	5.51	1	New
National Goal Party	2,985	0.29	0	New
Social Justice Party			0	New
Total	1,015,066	100	40	0
Valid votes	68,524	91.21
Invalid/blank votes	6,557	8.79
Total	75,081	100
Registered voters/turnout	84,721	88.68
Source: Ker-Lindsay & Faustmann

References

1. James Ker-Lindsay & Hubert Faustmann (2008) The Government and Politics of Cyprus, Peter Lang, p167
2. Vincent E McHale (1983) Political parties of Europe, Greenwood Press, pp118–129 ISBN 0-313-23804-9