According to the
preliminary results announced by the High Electoral Council, Mr
Talat won the election outright, by gaining 55.60 % of the votes
cast.
The runner-up,
leader of the main opposition National Unity Party Dervis Eroglu,
has won 22.73% of the vote, while the Democrat Party Candidate
Mustafa Arabacioglu gained 13.22%.
The leader of the
New Party Nuri Cevikel won 4.79%, the independent - Zeki Besiktepeli
1.72, the leader of the Communal Liberation Party candidate Huseyin
Angolemli 1.05, the Cyprus Socialist Party candidate Zehra Cengiz
0.44 and independents Arif Salih Kirdag 0.30 and Ayhan Kaymak 0.17
of the vote.
The High Electoral
Council announced the turnout as 69.51 percent and the President of
the Council Taner Erginel said that the election had gone smoothly.
Turkish Cypriot
electorate voted for the election at 577 ballot boxes throughout the
Republic.
The outgoing
President Rauf Denktas did not contest the election.
This news
bulletin is extracted from BRT.
(18.04.2005)
