Parliamentary elections were held in Cyprus on 26 May 1996.[ 1] The result was a victory for the Democratic Rally , which won 20 of the 56 seats. Voter turnout was 92.9%.[ 2]
Party Votes % Seats +/– Democratic Rally 127,380 34.47 20 0 Progressive Party of Working People 121,958 33.00 19 +1 Democratic Party 60,726 16.43 10 –1 Movement for Social Democracy 30,033 8.13 5 –2 United Democrats 13,623 3.69 2 New New Horizons 6,317 1.71 0 New ADISOK 5,311 1.44 0 0 Ecological and Environmental Movement 3,710 1.00 0 New Independents 463 0.13 0 0 Total 369,521 100.00 56 0 Valid votes 369,521 96.97 Invalid/blank votes 11,530 3.03 Total votes 381,051 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 409,996 92.94 Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Election Resources
^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook , p438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p443