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Presidential elections were held in Cyprus on 16 February 2003. The election was dominated by the ongoing negotiations over the Annan Plan for Cyprus. Incumbent President Glafkos Klerides was largely in favour of the plan, while leading opposition candidate Tassos Papadopoulos wanted substantial amendments before he would accept it. Papadopoulos won the election in the first round after winning over 51% of the vote. Voter turnout was 90.5%.〔Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p447 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7〕 ==Candidates== On 3 January 2003 the incumbent President Glafkos Klerides said that he would be standing for re-election in the upcoming presidential election, after previously saying he would not stand again. Klerides, from the Democratic Rally party, had been elected in 1993 and 1998 and called for Cypriots to elect him for a further limited 16 months as President to give him time to try and reach a deal with Turkish Northern Cyprus on reunifying the island.〔 He wanted other candidates to unite behind him and agree to form a national unity government to try and reach a settlement, however this was not agreed to by his opponents.〔 Klerides main opponent was expected to be Tassos Papadopoulos, leader of the Democratic Party. Papadopoulos was seen as being more hardline in negotiations with the Turkish Cypriots and had previously accused Klerides of selling out the interests of Greek Cypriots in negotiations. Papadopoulos was backed by the biggest party in Cyprus, the communist Progressive Party of Working People and had been clear favourite in the election until Klerides announced he would stand again.〔 Klerides campaign was hurt by the decision of his close aide and attorney general Alecos Markides to also stand in the election as an independent.〔 Markides was standing as he believed Cyprus needed a younger, more modern, leader than the 83-year-old Klerides.〔 His candidacy however was seen as likely to split the support of centre-right voters and thus assist Papadopoulos in the election.〔 A further seven candidates stood in the election including one, Costas Kyriacou, calling for free love. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cypriot presidential election, 2003」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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