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This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Cyprus |
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Presidential elections were held in Cyprus on 17 February 2013. A runoff was held on 24 February 2013. Nicos Anastasiades of Democratic Rally won the election. [1] The other candidates were Stavros Malas of the Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL); Praxoula Antoniadou of the United Democrats; Lakis Ioannou with the support of LASOK; Loukas Stavrou; ELAM's Giorgos Charalambous, Giorgos Lillikas of Movement for Social Democracy (EDEK); and independents Andreas Efstratiou, Makaria-Andri Stylianou, Kostas Kyriacou(Outopos) and Solon Gregoriou. [2] [3] Although the president Demetris Christofias was not term-limited, he did not seek re-election in 2013. [4]
Cyprus, officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the Eastern Mediterranean and the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean, located south of Turkey, west of Syria and Lebanon, northwest of Israel, north of Egypt, and southeast of Greece.
Nicos Anastasiades is a Cypriot politician who has been President of Cyprus since 2013. On 4 February 2018, he was re-elected for a second five-year term. Previously, he was the leader of Democratic Rally and a Member of Parliament for Limassol.
The Democratic Rally, is a conservative, Christian-democratic political party in Cyprus led by Averof Neofytou. The party was founded on 4 July 1976 by veteran politician Glafcos Clerides. Clerides served as the president of Cyprus from 1993 until 2003.
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Eleni Theocharous is a Cypriot pediatric surgeon and politician who is a member of the political party Solidarity Movement. She was elected to the European Parliament in 2009 and re-elected in 2014. Between 2001 and 2009, Theocharous was a member House of Representatives of Cyprus for the Limassol constituency.
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The European Party was a political party in Cyprus founded in 2005, largely out of the parties New Horizons and European Democracy. In March 2016, it dissolved to merge into the Solidarity Movement.
Stavros Malas is a Cypriot politician who served in the government of Cyprus as Minister of Health from 2011 to 2012. Previously, he was a Special Advisor to the European Commissioner for Health from 2008 to 2009.
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The first candidate who confirmed the intention to be the candidate of his party was DISY's Nicos Anastasiades on 11 February 2012 at the Pancypriot Convention of the party. The Supreme Council of DISY (on 17 February) had to choose between Nicos Anastasiades and MEP, Eleni Theocharous. The Council voted in favour of Nicos Anastasiades with 673 votes (86.73%) and Eleni Theocharous with 103 votes (13.27%). [5]
A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament.
When president Christofias decided not to be seeking re-election for February 2013, in late July AKEL's Central Committee decided to suggest Minister of Health Stavros Malas to be the candidate of the party. On 21 July 2012 the Pancypriot Convention of AKEL voted in favour of Stavros Malas with 1183 votes (92.3%), against 81 (6.3%) and 17 abstentions (1.3%). Stavros Malas confirmed his candidacy with the support of AKEL on 7 September. On 15 October he resigned as Minister of Health .
After a failed attempt by DIKO, Evroko, Ecological and Environmental Movement and EDEK to form a coalition, known as Intermediate political space (gr:Ενδιάμεσος πολιτικός χώρος- Endiamesos politikos horos), EDEK decided to back independent candidate Giorgos Lillikas ( who had already confirmed his candidacy on 6 April) on 27 July at the Central Committee of the party.
DIKO had two plans on the table. The first was to back Nicos Anastasiades and the second to back a candidate from DIKO. After the talks on 30 August between Nicos Anastasiades and the president of DIKO Marios Garoyian, the two leaders agreed for cooperation. On 25 September the Executive Bureau of DIKO officially suggested the Central Committee to back Anastasiades. At the Central Committee on 27 September 117 members voted in-favour of Anastasiades (81.9%), 27 against and 2 abstained. [6] The two parties had also talks with other parties such as Evroko and the Ecological and Environmental Movement to create and broaden a coalition of "National Unity".
Evroko was between to choose either Anastasiades or Lillikas. On 27 September (DIKO's decision day) president of Evroko Demetris Sillouris, had talks with Nicos Anastasiades and most possible scenario was to back DISY. Although, on 17 October Evroko's Executive Bureau decided not to back any of the candidates. [7] At the Central Council, on 3 November, it had to be decided either the acceptance of EB's decision or denial. 75% of the members of the party voted in-favour of EB's decision and 25% against. The members can vote any of the two candidates (Lillikas-Anastasiades) they want.
The Movement's Convention was held on 7 October. The members had the opportunity to decide which candidate would be backed by the Movement. The results were split between Lillikas and Anastasiades. Lillikas got 45% and Anastasiades 40%. An electoral conference was scheduled to be held on 4 November where the decision was going to be determined. The Movement would back the candidate who obtained 60% of the vote. Although no candidate obtained 60% of the vote and so the voters of the Movement can vote any of the candidates they want.(like Evroko did)
Eleven candidates were approved to participate in the elections. Each candidate had to be recommended by one Cypriot citizen and supported by eight more.
All the names of the candidates were announced on 18 January. [8] The names are:
After the elimination of Giorgos Lillikas in the first round, Evroko decided to back Nicos Anastasiades. [9]
The Movement chose to keep the first decision. [10]
When Lillikas didn't pass to the second round, the Executive Bureau decided not to endorse any of the remaining candidates. In contrast with EDEK, the Party of European Socialists (mother European political party of EDEK) endorsed Malas. [11] This endorsement brought anger to some EDEK's MP.
The Archbishop of the Church of Cyprus, Chrysostomos II, endorsed Nicos Anastasiades at the second round. [12]
Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation had talks with all the spokespersons of the candidates. Lillikas and Malas wanted four debates, three before the first round and one before the second. Anastasiades wanted three (two for the first round and one for the second) because he believed that four debates would "harm the image" of the candidates. In a meeting with spokespersons of four large Cypriot media networks (Mega, ANT1, Sigma, RIK), it was proposed to hold five debates. In two debates all candidates would participate. The other three debates would be double, which means that they would be between two participants (Anastasiades-Malas, Malas-Lillikas, Anastasiades-Lillikas). [13] However, on 7 November it was decided that three debates were going to be held before the first round and one before a possible second round. [14]
The debates were held on 14 and 28 January and 11 February. The fourth and last presidential debate was held on 22 February. The structure of the debates was:
On 29 January, the independent candidate Andreas Efstratiou was accused (by an anonymous citizen) of using the logo of Guinness World Records without the permission of the Corporation. [15] The logo was printed on the ballot slip of the election. Efstratiou has been a holder of a Guinness World Record since 2007, when he created the longest wedding-gown train in the world. All the 545,180 ballot slips were destroyed and new ballot slips, without the logo, were printed. It was announced that €40,000 were wasted. The Central Electoral Service asked Efstratiou to pay at least €15,000. He refused, stating that he had 8 children and cannot afford the cost.
A collection of opinion polls taken before the elections is listed below. After 9 February 2013, no opinion poll was allowed to be published.
Polling Firm | Source | Date Published | N.Anastasiades | G.Lillikas | S.Malas | Others |
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RAI Consultants | 16 September 2012 | |||||
Evresis | [ permanent dead link ] | 18 September 2012 | ||||
Noverna | 23 September 2012 | |||||
Prime Consulting Ltd | 7 October 2012 | |||||
CMR Cypronetwork / Cybc | 18 October 2012 | |||||
Evresis | [ permanent dead link ] | 2 November 2012 | ||||
RAI Consultants | [ permanent dead link ] | 4 November 2012 | ||||
CMR Cypronetwork / Cybc | 15 November 2012 | |||||
Prime Consulting Ltd | 18 November 2012 | |||||
Evresis | [ permanent dead link ] | 27 November 2012 | ||||
Noverna | 2 December 2012 | |||||
Prime Consulting Ltd | 3 December 2012 | |||||
CMR Cypronetwork / Cybc | 17 December 2012 | |||||
Evresis | [ permanent dead link ] | 22 December 2012 | ||||
RAI Consultants Ltd | 13 January 2013 | |||||
CMR Cypronetwork / Cybc | [ permanent dead link ] | 17 January 2013 | ||||
Prime Consulting Ltd | 27 January 2013 | |||||
Evresis | [ permanent dead link ] | 1 February 2013 | ||||
Prime Consulting Ltd | 4 February 2013 | |||||
Prime Consulting Ltd | 9 February 2013 | |||||
RAI Consultants Ltd | 9 February 2013 | |||||
CMR Cypronetwork / Cybc | 9 February 2013 | |||||
Average (only valid votes) | – | – |
Date Published | N.Anastasiades | G.Lillikas | S.Malas | Others |
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16/9 | 49.73% | 18.98% | 29.28% | 2% |
4/11 | 47.32% | 24.15% | 25.73% | 2.8% |
13/1 | 47.52% | 21.11% | 24.17% | 7.19% |
8/2 | 48.39% | 22.3% | 24.25% | 5.05% |
Average | 48.24% | 21.64% | 25.85% | 4.26% |
Date Published | N.Anastasiades | G.Lillikas | S.Malas | Others |
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18/9 | 47.5% | 23.62% | 26.59% | 2.29% |
2/11 | 48.17% | 23.11% | 26.9% | 1.83% |
27/11 | 47.5% | 25.1% | 26.63% | 0.77% |
22/12 | 47.04% | 24.91% | 27.42% | 0.63% |
1/2 | 47.78% | 23.3% | 26% | 2.92% |
Average | 47.6% | 24% | 26.71% | 1.69% |
Date Published | N.Anastasiades | G.Lillikas | S.Malas | Others |
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23/9 | 51.04% | 23.04% | 25.91% | |
2/12 | 47.47% | 22.93% | 24.13% | 5.46% |
Average | 49.25% | 23% | 25.02% | 2.73% |
Date Published | N.Anastasiades | G.Lillikas | S.Malas | Others |
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7/10 | 49.15% | 24.65% | 26.2% | |
18/11 | 48% | 25% | 26.2% | 0.8% |
3/12 | 47.23% | 25.78% | 25.1% | 1.89% |
27/1 | 47.92% | 22.98% | 24.21% | 4.89% |
4/2 | 48.48% | 23.51% | 24.36% | 3.65% |
9/2 | 48.62% | 23.47% | 24.43% | 3.47% |
Average | 48.23% | 24.23% | 25.08% | 2.45% |
Date Published | N.Anastasiades | G.Lillikas | S.Malas | Others |
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18/10 | 46.77% | 21.55% | 30.16% | 1.52% |
15/11 | 45.94% | 23.6% | 28.46% | 2% |
17/12 | 44.32% | 24.37% | 27.6% | 3.7% |
17/1 | 45.18% | 23.42% | 28.18% | 3.21% |
9/2 | 45.7% | 23.14% | 27.72% | 3.44% |
Average | 45.58% | 23.22% | 28.42% | 2.77% |
On 24 February, Nicos Anastasiades won the presidential election with 57.48% of the vote; [16] his opponent Stavros Malas received the remaining 42.52%. Of 545,000 eligible voters, 412,000 cast a ballot for one of the two candidates. In addition, the 81% turnout was lower than expected. [17] It is believed that many people cast blank ballots or refused to vote out of protest. [18] A week earlier, Anastasiades had won 45% of the first round vote with Malas receiving 27%, necessitating a second round of voting since no candidate received a strong majority of the votes. In that round, Giorgos Lillikas won 24% of the vote and eight minor candidates received under 1% each. [19]
Anastasiades' victory led to celebrations in the nation's capital of Nicosia and boosted hopes of reaching a financial bailout deal with international banks. [18] Economist Stelios Platis remarked "I would expect the markets, and business, to welcome Anastasiades's victory because he knows the rules of the game very well." [17] However, political analyst Alexander White said immediate resolution to Cyprus' debt problems was unlikely. [20] Agence France-Presse remarked that Anastasiades represented a stark contrast to the outgoing government and speculated that "his perceived bias towards big business may put him on a collision course with influential and powerful trade unions". [21] In his concession speech, Malas pledged to support Anastasiades "in actions and politics that we believe are followed for the good of the country". [20]
Anastasiades was sworn in on 28 February 2013 and assumed power on 1 March. [17]
Candidate and nominating parties | 1st round | 2nd round | |||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
Nicos Anastasiades - DISY | 200,591 | 45.46 | 236,965 | 57.48 | |
Stavros Malas - AKEL | 118,755 | 26.91 | 175,267 | 42.52 | |
Giorgos Lillikas - EDEK | 109,996 | 24.93 | |||
Giorgos Charalambous - ELAM | 3,899 | 0.88 | |||
Praxoula Antoniadou - EDI | 2,678 | 0.61 | |||
Makaria-Andri Stylianou - Independent | 1,898 | 0.43 | |||
Lakis Ioannou - LASOK | 1,278 | 0.29 | |||
Solon Gregoriou - Independent | 792 | 0.18 | |||
Kostas Kyriacou - Independent | 722 | 0.16 | |||
Andreas Efstratiou - Independent | 434 | 0.10 | |||
Loukas Stavrou - Independent | 213 | 0.05 | |||
Valid votes | 441,212 | 100.00 | 412,232 | 100.00 | |
Blank votes | 4,460 | 0.98 | 18,040 | 4.05 | |
Invalid votes | 7,826 | 1.73 | 14,737 | 3.31 | |
Turnout (out of 545,491 registered votes) | 453,498 | 83.14 | 445,009 | 81.58 | |
Source: results.elections.moi.gov.cy (first round and second round) |
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