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1973 Cypriot presidential election

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Field	Value
country	Cyprus
election_date	18 February 1973
type	presidential
module	{{infobox election
embed	yes
election_name	Presidential election
previous_election	1968 Cypriot presidential election
previous_year	1968
next_election	1977 Cypriot presidential election
next_year	1977
candidate1	Makarios III
image1	Makarios III and Robert F. Wagner NYWTS cropped.jpg
popular_vote1	Unopposed
title	President
before_election	Makarios III
after_election	Makarios III
module	{{infobox election
embed	yes
election_name	Vice Presidential election
previous_election	1968 Cypriot presidential election
previous_year	1968
next_election	1976 Northern Cypriot general election
next_year	1976
candidate1	Rauf Denktaş
image1	Rauf Denktash.jpg
popular_vote1	Unopposed
title	Vice President
before_election	Fazıl Küçük
after_election	Rauf Denktaş

Presidential elections were due to be held in Cyprus on 18 February 1973. However, as incumbent president Makarios III was the only candidate, the elections were not held and Makarios III was automatically declared the winner.

A separate election for the vice presidency took place. Rauf Denktaş stood unopposed and was elected.

Electoral system

The elections were held using a two-round system; if no candidate received over 50% of the vote in the first round, a second round was to be held between the top two candidates. The constitution required the president to be a Greek Cypriot and the vice president to be a Turkish Cypriot. Greek Cypriots elected the president and Turkish Cypriots elected the vice president.

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p438 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
[http://www.hri.org/news/cyprus/cna/2003/03-02-14.cna.html History of presidential elections in Cyprus] Cyprus News Agency, 3 February 2014
[https://www.legislationline.org/download/id/7668/file/Cyprus_Law_Elections_President_1959_am2017_en.pdf The Elections (President and Vice-President) of the Republic laws 1959 to 2017] Legislation Online

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