The United Party (Greek: Ενιαίον Κόμμα), known in Greek simply as Eniaion ("United"), was a short-lived moderate right-wing political party in Cyprus.
United Party Eniaion | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Glafcos Clerides |
| Founded | 1969 |
| Dissolved | 1976 |
| Split from | Patriotic Front |
| Succeeded by | DIKO DISY |
| Headquarters | Nicosia, Cyprus |
| Political position | Centre-right |
History
editThe party was established by Glafcos Clerides in February 1969 as a split from the Patriotic Front.[1][2]
In the 1970 parliamentary elections the party emerged as the largest in the House of Representatives with 15 seats, despite finishing second in the vote tally.[3]
The party did not contest any further elections,[4] with Clerides going onto establish the pro-Western Democratic Rally prior to the 1976 elections and Spyros Kyprianou going onto establish the more pro-Makarios, moderate nationalist Democratic Party.[5]
Elected MPs
edit| Seat | Elected members |
|---|---|
| Nicosia | Glafkos Klerides |
| Tassos Papadopoulos | |
| Mixalakis Savvidis | |
| Nikos Koshis | |
| Ksanthos Klirides | |
| Leandros Zaxariadis | |
| Panagiotis Demetriou | |
| Georgios Zambas | |
| Andreas Xatzioannou | |
| Limassol | Aimilios Michailides |
| Aimilios Fragkos | |
| Xenis Xenopoulos | |
| Andreas Neocleous | |
| Maliotis Georgios | |
| Larnaca | Antonakis Sotiriadis |
References
edit- ^ Cyprus IPU
- ^ Political parties Library of Congress Country Studies
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp441–444 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p440
- ^ Cyprus IPU
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