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Presidential elections were held in Cyprus on 28 January 2018. [1] As no candidate received a majority of the vote in the first round, a run-off was held on 4 February between the top two candidates, incumbent President Nicos Anastasiades of the Democratic Rally (DISY) and Stavros Malas of the Progressive Party of Working People. Anastasiades emerged as the winner with 55.99% of the vote. [2]
The President of Cyprus is elected using the two-round system; [3] if no candidate gets a majority in the first round of voting, a run-off is held between the top two candidates.
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| Pollster | Date | Abstention | Other | Lead | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anastasiades DISY | Malas AKEL | Papadopoulos DIKO | Lillikas SYPOL | Christou ΕLΑΜ | |||||
| Election results | 29 Jan 2018 | 28.12% | 35.51% | 30.24% | 25.74% | 2.18% | 5.65% | 0.68% | 5.27% |
| CMRC [ permanent dead link ] | 19 Jan 2018 | 16.5% | 30.2% | 20% | 21.4% | 2.4% | 3.6% | 5.9% | 8.8% |
| Prime Consulting | 18 Jan 2018 | 16.9% | 31.9% | 20.8% | 23.4% | 2.6% | 2.8% | 1.6% | 8.5% |
| CYMAR | 18 Jan 2018 | 36% | 27% | 16% | 14% | 2% | 4.5% | 0.5% | 11% |
| Symmetron | 18 Jan 2018 | 11.8% | 34.2% | 23.1% | 22.6% | 3.1% | 4.3% | 0.9% | 11.1% |
| Symmetron | 14 Jan 2018 | 12.5% | 34.4% | 21.2% | 22.6% | 3.5% | 4.3% | 1.5% | 11.8% |
| Noverna | 14 Jan 2018 | 22.6% | 32.1% | 18.6% | 14.5% | 1.2% | 5.7% | 5.3% | 13.5% |
| Pulse | 12 Jan 2018 | 2.2% | 30.8% | 18.5% | 18.9% | 3.8% | 3.8% | 1% | 11.9% |
| CYMAR | 21 Dec 2017 | 33.5% | 30% | 15% | 15% | 2% | 4% | 0.5% | 15% |
| Prime Consulting | 15 Dec 2017 | 10.1% | 35% | 21.8% | 25.3% | 3.3% | 3.1% | 1.4% | 9.7% |
| Noverna | 10 Dec 2017 | 25.7% | 30.4% | 17.8% | 13.8% | 2.1% | 3.3% | 6.9% | 12.6% |
| CMRC | 8 Dec 2017 | 16.2% | 29.1% | 18.7% | 21.1% | 4.1% | 3.7% | 7% | 8% |
| CYMAR | 24 Νov 2017 | 28.5% | 27% | 13.5% | 13.5% | 2% | 4% | 11.5% | 13.5% |
| Symmetron | 23 Νοv 2017 | 9.6% | 33.7% | 19.6% | 22.6% | 4.1% | 2.7% | 0.7% | 11.1% |
| CMRC | 10 Νοv 2017 | 19% | 26.3% | 17% | 19.7% | 4% | 3.6% | 10.5% | 6.6% |
| Prime Consulting | 7 Νοv 2017 | 15% | 32.9% | 17.7% | 24% | 4.1% | 1.7% | 4.6% | 8.6% |
| Prime Consulting | 15 Οct 2017 | 16% | 30% | 16% | 21% | 4% | - | 13% | 9% |
| IMR | 12 Οct 2017 | 31% | 33% | 18% | 20% | 6% | - | 2% | 13% |
| Prime Consulting | 9 Οct 2017 | 18% | 31.7% | 17% | 23.1% | 5.1% | - | 5.1% | 8.6% |
| Noverna | 8 Oct 2017 | 17% | 23% | 17% | 17% | 7% | 3% | 17% | 6% |
| Symmetron | 2 Οct 2017 | 25% | 32% | 16% | 22% | 5% | - | - | 10% |
| CYMAR | 29 Sep 2017 | 33% | 27% | 13% | 16% | 3% | - | 8% | 11% |
| CYMAR | 29 Sept 2017 | 33% | 27% | 12% | 14% | 2% | - | 13% | 13% |
| IMR | 29 Jul 2017 | 22% | 31% | 21% | 19% | 7% | - | - | 10% |
| Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Nicos Anastasiades | Democratic Rally | 137,268 | 35.51 | 215,281 | 55.99 | |
| Stavros Malas | Progressive Party of Working People | 116,920 | 30.24 | 169,243 | 44.01 | |
| Nikolas Papadopoulos | Democratic Party | 99,508 | 25.74 | |||
| Christos Christou | ELAM | 21,846 | 5.65 | |||
| Giorgos Lillikas | Citizens' Alliance | 8,419 | 2.18 | |||
| Andreas Efstratiou | Independent | 845 | 0.22 | |||
| Charis Aristeidou | Independent | 752 | 0.19 | |||
| Michail Mina | Organisation of Justice Fighters | 662 | 0.17 | |||
| Christakis Kapiliotis | Independent | 391 | 0.10 | |||
| Total | 386,611 | 100.00 | 384,524 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 386,611 | 97.64 | 384,524 | 94.37 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 9,338 | 2.36 | 22,951 | 5.63 | ||
| Total votes | 395,949 | 100.00 | 407,475 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 550,876 | 71.88 | 550,876 | 73.97 | ||
| Source: European Polling Report, Central Electoral Service | ||||||
| District | ||||||||||||||
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| Anastasiades DISY | Malas AKEL | Papadopoulos DIKO | Christou ELAM | Lillikas SYPOL | Others | Turnout | ||||||||
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Total | % | |
| Nicosia | 51,224 | 34.11 | 44,989 | 29.95 | 40,994 | 27.29 | 8,438 | 5.62 | 3,616 | 2.41 | 933 | 0.62 | 153,874 | 72.23 |
| Famagusta | 9,652 | 43.58 | 6,311 | 28.49 | 3,545 | 16.00 | 2,096 | 9.46 | 434 | 1.96 | 112 | 0.51 | 22,850 | 72.57 |
| Larnaca | 24,088 | 36.74 | 23,961 | 36.55 | 12,590 | 19.20 | 3,555 | 5.42 | 1,078 | 1.64 | 285 | 0.44 | 67,161 | 72.38 |
| Limassol | 39,951 | 38.19 | 29,711 | 28.40 | 27,021 | 25.83 | 4,879 | 4.66 | 2,127 | 2.03 | 935 | 0.87 | 107,062 | 70.38 |
| Paphos | 9,777 | 27.17 | 8,640 | 24.01 | 13,667 | 37.98 | 2,518 | 7.00 | 1,029 | 2.86 | 349 | 0.96 | 36,713 | 73.77 |
| Cypriots abroad | 2,576 | 31.78 | 3,308 | 40.81 | 1,691 | 20.86 | 360 | 4.44 | 135 | 1.67 | 36 | 0.45 | 8,239 | 70.95 |
| Total | 137,268 | 35.51 | 116,920 | 30.24 | 99,508 | 25.74 | 21,846 | 5.65 | 8,419 | 2.18 | 2,650 | 0.68 | 395,949 | 71.88 |
| Districts | ||||||
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| Anastasiades DISY | Malas AKEL | Turnout | ||||
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Total | % | |
| Nicosia | 82,721 | 56.17 | 64,555 | 43.83 | 156,788 | 73.60 |
| Famagusta | 14,591 | 62.84 | 8,628 | 37.16 | 24,448 | 77.65 |
| Larnaca | 35,866 | 52.73 | 32,146 | 47.27 | 71,280 | 76.81 |
| Limassol | 61,086 | 57.79 | 44,623 | 42.21 | 111,707 | 73.44 |
| Paphos | 17,034 | 52.37 | 15,492 | 47.63 | 35,067 | 70.47 |
| Cypriots abroad | 3,983 | 51.18 | 3,799 | 48.82 | 8,185 | 70.06 |
| Total | 215,281 | 55.99 | 169,243 | 44.01 | 407,475 | 73.97 |
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