Contacts on Macbook are not synced with iCloud

MacBook Yosemite, Iphone 5S 8.1
I have 2708 contacts on my Macbook. They are shown under iCloud/all contacts
My macbook is connected to my ICloud account and the preferences/icloud/contact sync is ticked
In the same iCloud account (if I go online via Safari into my account) I see only 36 of these contacts, which I also find on my Iphone, which is connected to the same ICloud Account and the contact Sync is ticked...that means Iphone and Macbook are correctly connected to the same ICloud Account but not syncing properly.
Strange ist that if I open contacts/preferences/accounts on my macbook, I see 1 active ICloud account and 3 inactive ICloud accounts all with the same apple ID. I'm not able to delete the 3 inactive accounts with "-". I end up always in the normal looking ICloud preferences.
I tried unticking contacts....also signing off from the iCloud Account...signing in again. No help!
How can I get my 2708 contacts from my Macbook to my internet ICloud account and then synced automatically to my iphone?
Thanks

Thanks. No, I have 10.7 nowadays, have had it for a while. I discovered in Contact preferences that Icould was not activated. Now it is and the contacts are syncing again, although they appear twice, if I have both "on my Mac" and ""ICloud" activated. Any way to avoid this?

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