1995 Northern Cypriot presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Northern Cyprus on 15 April 1995. As no candidate received over 50% of the vote, a run-off was held on 22 April. Rauf Denktaş of the National Unity Party was re-elected with 61% of the vote.[1]

1995 Northern Cypriot presidential election

15 April 1995 (first round) 22 April 1995 (second round)

Candidate Rauf Denktaş Derviş Eroğlu Party UBP UBP Popular vote 53,235 31,972 Percentage 61.48% 37.52%

President before election Rauf Denktaş UBP Elected President Rauf Denktaş UBP

Results

Candidate	Party	First round		Second round
		Votes	%	Votes	%
Rauf Denktaş	National Unity Party	37,563	40.40	53,235	61.48
Derviş Eroğlu	National Unity Party	22,450	24.14	31,972	37.52
Özker Özgür	Republican Turkish Party	17,627	18.96
Mustafa Akıncı	Peace and Democracy Movement	13,233	14.23
Alpay Durduran	Patriot Union Party	1,628	1.75
Other candidates		481	0.52
Invalid/blank votes		3,558	–	5,684	–
Total		96,540	100	90,891	100
Registered voters/turnout		113,398	85.13	113,440	80.12
Source: Ker-Lindsay & Faustmann

References

1. James Ker-Lindsay & Hubert Faustmann (2008) The Government and Politics of Cyprus, Peter Lang, p268