1976 Cypriot legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Cyprus on 5 September 1976. The elections were contested by two alliances; one consisting of the Democratic Front (DIKO), the Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL) and the Movement for Social Democracy (EDEK) and one consisting of the Democratic National Party (DEK) and Democratic Rally (DISY).

The DIKO–AKEL–EDEK alliance received just over 70% of the vote and won 34 of the 35 seats, with the remaining seat going to an independent. Within the alliance, DIKO took 21 seats, AKEL nine and EDEK four. Voter turnout was 85.3%.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	DIKO–AKEL–EDEK	1,242,476	71.89	34	New
	DEK–DISY	485,332	28.08	0	0
	Independents	583	0.03	1	–1
Total		1,728,391	100.00	35	0
Valid votes		229,223	98.48
Invalid/blank votes		3,541	1.52
Total votes		232,764	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		272,898	85.29
Source: Parliament