1988 Cypriot presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Cyprus on 14 February 1988, with a second round on 21 February. They were the first presidential elections in the country's history to go to a second round, and resulted in a victory for George Vassiliou as an independent candidate supported by AKEL after he finished as the runner-up behind Glafcos Clerides of the Democratic Rally in the first round. Voter turnout was 94.3% in both rounds.

Results

Candidate	Party	First round		Second round
		Votes	%	Votes	%
George Vassiliou	Independent supported by AKEL	100,748	30.1	167,834	51.6
Glafcos Clerides	Democratic Rally	111,504	33.3	157,228	48.4
Spyros Kyprianou	Democratic Party	91,335	27.3
Vassos Lyssarides	Movement for Social Democracy	30,865	9.2
Thrasos Georgiadis		187	0.1
Invalid/blank votes		8,141	–	17,928	–
Total		342,834	100	342,990	100
Source: Nohlen & Stöver