1968 Cypriot presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Cyprus on 25 February 1968.^[1] The result was a victory for the incumbent President Makarios III, who received 96% of the vote. Voter turnout was 93%.^[2]

1968 Cypriot presidential election

← 1959 25 February 1968 1973 →

Candidate Makarios III Takis Evdokas Popular vote 220,911 8,577 Percentage 96.26% 3.74%

President before election Makarios III Elected President Makarios III

Separate elections were held for the vice presidency, which were won by Fazıl Küçük.

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 of Cyprus 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.^[3]

Results

Candidate	Votes	%
Makarios III	220,911	96.26
Takis Evdokas	8,577	3.74
Total	229,488	100.00
Valid votes	229,488	99.16
Invalid/blank votes	1,950	0.84
Total votes	231,438	100.00
Registered voters/turnout	247,653	93.45
Source: Nohlen & Stöver