2024 Limassol municipal election

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2024 Limassol municipal election
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Turnout56.63% Increase2.svg7.97
  Yiannis Armeftis (cropped).jpg Nicos Nicolaides EDEK MP.jpg
Candidate Yiannis Armeftis Nicos Nicolaides
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote16,56114,772
Percentage48.48%43.25%
Mayor before election

Nicos Nicolaides
Independent

Elected mayor

Yiannis Armeftis
Independent

The 2024 Limassol Municipal election was a municipal election that took place in Limassol on June 9, 2024, alongside the 2024 European elections and other local elections. [1] [2] These elections had been postponed from December 2021 pending local government reform. [3] Independent candidate Yiannis Armeftis ultimately won the mayorship with 48.5% of the votes. [4]

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Background

Three independent candidates contested the 2024 Limassol municipal election: Yiannis Armeftis, Nicos Nicolaides and Christos Michaelides. [5] Nicolaides, who had served as mayor of Limassol since 2016, ran for re-election but was ultimately defeated by Armeftis. [6]

Architect Yiannis Armeftis was backed by AKEL, DIKO, EDEK, and Volt Cyprus. [7] Incumbent Nicos Nicolaides received support from DISY and DIPA, [8] [9] while Christos Michaelides was supported by KOSP. [10]

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Yiannis Armeftis Independent [a] 16,56148.48
Nicos Nicolaides Independent [b] 14,77243.25
Christos Michaelides Independent [c] 2,8258.27
Total34,158100.00
Valid votes34,15891.64
Invalid votes6021.61
Blank votes2,5166.75
Total votes37,276100.00
Registered voters/turnout71,53552.11
Source: https://live.elections.moi.gov.cy/

Notes

  1. ↑ Supported by AKEL, DIKO, EDEK and Volt Cyprus
  2. ↑ Supported by DISY and DIPA
  3. ↑ Supported by KOSP

References

  1. ↑ "Upcoming local and EU elections stir political turmoil in Cyprus". in-cyprus.philenews.com. 2024-02-14. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  2. ↑ "Interior minister: Holding two elections together would save the state millions of euros". Cyprus Mail. 2023-04-24. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  3. ↑ "Municipal elections postponed". Cyprus Mail . 2021-09-16. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  4. ↑ ltd, Vavel netmedia. "Election results". Election results (in Greek). Retrieved 2024-06-09.
  5. ↑ Κουρούσιη, Νικολέττα (2024-04-26). "Αυτοί είναι όλοι οι υποψήφιοι Δήμαρχοι, Αντιδήμαρχοι και Πρόεδροι Επαρχιακών Οργανισμών (Λίστα)". Φιλελεύθερος | Philenews (in Greek). Retrieved 2024-04-26.
  6. ↑ "Δημοτικές Εκλογές 2024 - Δήμαρχοι".
  7. ↑ Today, Limassol (2024-06-10). "Νέος Δήμαρχος Λεμεσού ο Γιάννης Αρμεύτης με 48,5%". Limassol Today (in Greek). Retrieved 2024-09-10.
  8. ↑ OmegaLive (2024-04-25). "Νίκος Νικολαΐδης: Θέλουμε Δήμο με διαφάνεια – Όχι να παραδώσουμε την πόλη στη διαπλοκή". OmegaLive. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
  9. ↑ Κουρούσιη, Νικολέττα (2024-04-26). "Αυτοί είναι όλοι οι υποψήφιοι Δήμαρχοι, Αντιδήμαρχοι και Πρόεδροι Επαρχιακών Οργανισμών (Λίστα)". Φιλελεύθερος | Philenews (in Greek). Retrieved 2024-04-26.
  10. ↑ "Οικολόγοι: Στηρίζουν Χρίστο Μιχαηλίδη για τη Δημαρχία Λεμεσού | Offsite". www.offsite.com.cy. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
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