Northern Cyprus presidential election, 2000

A presidential election was held in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus on 15 April 2000.^[1]

The election was won by incumbent president Rauf Denktaş, who got 43.67% in the first round. Normally, this would trigger a run-off with the second-placed opponent, in this case Derviş Eroğlu. However, Eroğlu forfeited the election, and the second round was not held.

Results

 Summary of the 15 April 2000 Northern Cyprus presidential election results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Rauf Denktaş	Independent	42,820	43.67
Derviş Eroğlu	National Unity Party (UBP)	29,555	30.14
Mustafa Akıncı	Communal Liberation Party (TKP)	11,469	11.70
Mehmet Ali Talat	Republican Turkish Party (CTP)	9,834	10.03
Arif Hasan Tahsin Desem	Patriotic Unity Movement (YBH)	2,545	2.60
Sener Levent	Independent	899	0.92
Turgut Afsaroglu	Independent	553	0.56
Ayhan Kaymak	Independent	369	0.38
Valid votes		98,043	95.5
Invalid votes		4,593	4.5
Total		102,636	100
Electorate and turnout		126,678	81.02
Source: Adam Carr

References

1. Carr, Adam. "TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS OF 15 APRIL 2000". Retrieved 19 April 2010.