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[bill cobbett]

Independence was achieved n 16th August 1960, the first Parliamentary elections were held on 31st July 1960, so before actual independence. There were only a total of 50 seats and 15 of those were for the TCs, so how could Makarios have appointed 50 members of EOKA and 5 from AKEL?

My mistake it was 30 seats went to EOKA and 5 to Akel and the rest to TCs.

You say they held the elections on 31st of July, any reference to this fact that it did actually take place?

Thanks.

You mean 35 went to the "gcs" and the rest to TMT/Volkan ... ?

[CBBB]

Independence was achieved n 16th August 1960, the first Parliamentary elections were held on 31st July 1960, so before actual independence. There were only a total of 50 seats and 15 of those were for the TCs, so how could Makarios have appointed 50 members of EOKA and 5 from AKEL?

My mistake it was 30 seats went to EOKA and 5 to Akel and the rest to TCs.

You say they held the elections on 31st of July, any reference to this fact that it did actually take place?

Thanks.

Here

The 1960 parliamentary elections were contested by three parties and a number of independent candidates. The right-wing "Patriot Front" won 30 seats, left-wing AKEL won five seats while the Pancyprian Union of Fighters did not win any seats.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_Cyprus

or look here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypriot_le ... tion,_1960

[repulsewarrior]

http://www.kypros.org/Elections/news.html

...this will help.

Lordo, please remember, we are all Human. Amongst us here are "Greeks" and Greeks, "Turks" and Turks...

...my hope is that we respect ourselves, by respecting this fact.

[kimon07]

No, after Makarios was elected President the constitution says that Parliamentary elections must take place before independence. Makarios declared no election and appoint 50 eoka members and 5 Akel members to parliament.

The question is why?

What happened to the self determination Cypriots died for?

You mean the self determination GREEK CYPRIOTS died for!

[kimon07]

Dear Lordo.

History is made by facts. Not by TMT and Denktash propaganda. So advise you, VP and others like you, next time you decide to deal with historical events to look up history books and historical records instead of TMT trash. I m,ean, you can even study the articles of Sener Levent and other TC journalists in the "Afrika" records.

[kimon07]

Who were these 50 EOKA members, can you name them?

Yeah. Some names? Please Lordo? What is wrong. The TMT crap records don't list any names?

[cyprusright]

What happened to the self determination Cypriots died for?

And now we have a Communist party ruling. Since when - and in which country - has communism ever meant freedom and democracy? People bitch about the nazis, but communism has always been as bad on human rights and worse on democracy. In my opinion, the name "Communist Party" has just as much legitimacy as a group calling themselves the "Nazi Party". Somehow communism because a better word than nasziism when they are one and the same when it comes to oppression and tyranny.

[Lordo]

I have got it now.

Patriotic Front 82,888 56.1 30
AKEL 51,719 35 5
PEKA 5,397 3.7 0
Independents 7,736 5.2 0


The results were the above.

So how come Akel got 35 % of the vote and got 14% of the GC seats and Eoka got 56% of the vote and got 86 % of the GC seats

With the TCs TMT got 8 seats and 7 went to independents.

[CBBB]

I have got it now.

Patriotic Front 82,888 56.1 30
AKEL 51,719 35 5
PEKA 5,397 3.7 0
Independents 7,736 5.2 0


The results were the above.

So how come Akel got 35 % of the vote and got 14% of the GC seats and Eoka got 56% of the vote and got 86 % of the GC seats

With the TCs TMT got 8 seats and 7 went to independents.

A "first past the post" system of voting, like the UK. Why don't you go away and learn something before you next post idiotic comments on the forum?

[Lordo]

Has there been anywhere else that has actually had similar votes percentage wise and produced such distorted conclusion anywhere in the world any time in History?