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| | Roundup: Close Contest in Cyprus' Parliamentary Elections |
 | | Cyprus' main opposition Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL) has emerged as the largest party in the parliament for the first time in 20 years, with a narrow lead over the ruling Democratic Rally (DISY), according to results released on Monday. |
 | | In the parliamentary elections on Sunday, AKEL clinched 142,648 votes, or 34.71 percent of the votes, up by 1.73 percent from the elections in 1996, while DISY got 139,721, or 34 percent, down by 0.46 percent compared with the 1996 results. |
 | | On the Cyprus issue, the AKEL said that far from advancing towards a solution in the past five years there is a derogation from United Nations resolutions, which form the framework for a solution. |
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