Chamber:
	Vouli Antiprosopon
Dates of elections / renewal (from/to):
	19 May 1991
Purpose of elections:
	Elections were held for the 56 members of Parliament representing the country’s Greek community following the premature dissolution of the House of Representatives. General elections were not normally due until August 1991.
Background and outcome of elections:
	The 1991 elections were held three months earlier than the normal expiry of Parliament. The campaign, in which 296 candidates vied for the 56 seats at stake (there are 24 others set aside for the island’s Turkish Cypriot community, both they have boycotted Parliament since 1963), was predictably dominated by the “national question”. Among the major parties, both the right-wing Democratic Rally (DISY) and the communist AKEL-New Forces party supported President of the Republic George Vassiliou’s favouring United Nations-backed talks with the Turkish Cypriot community in the northern part of the country, with the centre-right Democratic Party (DIKO) of former President S. Kyprianou insisted that the solution of the Cyprus problem should by based on high-level agreements, United Nations resolutions, the respect of human rights and the withdrawal of Turkish troops from Cyprus. The EDEK (Socialist) Party, for its part, supported the implementation of UN Security Council resolutions 541 and 550. DISY was led by Mr. Glafkos Clerides who stated that his party was ready to co-operate with all other political entities; for the election, it joined forces with the small Liberal Party so that the resulting coalition became known as DISY-L. On polling day, DISY-L, AKEL-New Forces and EDEK reinforced their parliamentary position by gaining House seats while DIKO was the main loser. In this context, no single party held the overall majority needed to elect a new President of Parliament when the House first met on 30 May. However, Mr. A. Ghalanos (DIKOS) was supported and voted not only by members of his own party but also by those of DISY, thus being chosen President of the House at this first sitting.

STATISTICS

Round no 1 (19 May 1991): Elections results
Number of registered electors	381,323
Voters	359,640 (93%)
Blank or invalid ballot papers	12,602
Valid votes	342,038

Round no 1: Distribution of votes
Political Group	Candidates	Votes	%
Democratic Rally - Liberals (DISY-L)	56	122,495	35.8
Progressive Party of the Working People (AKEL-New Forces)	56	104,771	30.6
Democratic Party (DIKO)	56	66,687	19.5
EDEK Socialist Party	56	37,264	10.9

Round no 1: Distribution of seats
Political Group	Total	Gain/Loss
Democratic Rally - Liberals (DISY-L)	20	+1
Progressive Party of the Working People (AKEL-New Forces)	18	+3
Democratic Party (DIKO)	11	-5
EDEK Socialist Party	7	+1

Distribution of seats according to sex:
Men:	53
Women:	3

Distribution of seats according to age:
30-40 years	10
41-50 years	25
51-60 years	17
61-70 years	2
Over 70 years	2
Distribution of seats according to profession:
Lawyers	22
Doctors	8
Businessmen	5
Engineers	4
Economists	3
Trade unionists	3
Social sciences	2
Managerial posts	1
Others	8