2005 Northern Cypriot presidential election

2005 Northern Cypriot presidential election,

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Turnout	69.58%
Candidate Mehmet Ali Talat Derviş Eroğlu Party CTP UBP Popular vote 55,945 22,874 Percentage 55.59% 22.73%
President before election Rauf Denktaş Independent Elected President Mehmet Ali Talat CTP

Presidential elections were held in Northern Cyprus on Sunday 17 April 2005.^[1] They followed parliamentary elections on 20 February, which had been won by the pro-unification Republican Turkish Party (CTP).

The CTP nominated its leader, Mehmet Ali Talat, who emerged as the clear winner with a 56% share of the vote. The notable absence in this election was the first and at that point only president of Northern Cyprus, Rauf Denktaş. He had announced in mid-2004 that he would not be running again.