Cypriot presidential election, 2018

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Cypriot presidential election, 2018
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Turnout 71.88% (first round)
73.97% (second round)

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Nominee Nicos Anastasiades Stavros Malas
Party DISY AKEL
Popular vote215,281 169,243
Percentage55.99% 44.01%
President before election

Nicos Anastasiades
DISY

Elected President

Nicos Anastasiades
DISY

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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]

Cyprus Island country in Mediterranean

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 Cypriot politician

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.

Democratic Rally political party

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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Electoral system

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.

President of Cyprus head of state and head of government of the Republic of Cyprus

The President of Cyprus is the head of state and the head of government of the Republic of Cyprus. The office was created in 1960, after Cyprus gained its independence from the United Kingdom. Currently, the President of Cyprus is Nicos Anastasiades, since 28 February 2013.

Two-round system voting system used to elect a single winner where a second round of voting is used if no candidate wins an absolute majority in the first round

The two-round system is a voting method used to elect a single winner, where the voter casts a single vote for their chosen candidate. However, if no candidate receives the required number of votes, then those candidates having less than a certain proportion of the votes, or all but the two candidates receiving the most votes, are eliminated, and a second round of voting is held.

Candidates

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Sample of the ballot used in the first round
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Sample of the ballot used in the second round

Confirmed

Giorgos Lillikas Cypriot politician

Giorgos Lillikas is a Cypriot politician. Following the election of Tassos Papadopoulos as President in 2003, Lillikas became Minister of Commerce and Industry. He was subsequently the Foreign Minister from 2006 to 2007. He was an independent candidate at the 2013 Cypriot presidential election.

Citizens Alliance (Cyprus) Cypriot political party

Citizens' Alliance is a political party that aims for a unitary republic of Cyprus and rejects a federation of the Greek Cypriot and the Turkish parts. The party's leader is Giorgos Lillikas. It opposes the current austerity program in Cyprus and is in opposition to the privatization of state assets.

Nikolas Papadopoulos is a Greek Cypriot lawyer and politician. He has been Member of Parliament for Nicosia since 2006 and leader of centrist DIKO party since 2013. Papadopoulos chairs the parliamentary committee on Finance and Budget. He is the son of President Tassos Papadopoulos.

Opinion polls

First round

Cypriot presidential election%2C 2018

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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 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 201725.7%30.4%17.8%13.8%2.1%3.3%6.9%12.6%
CMRC 8 Dec 201716.2%29.1%18.7%21.1%4.1%3.7%7%8%
CYMAR 24 Νov 201728.5%27%13.5%13.5%2%4%11.5%13.5%
Symmetron 23 Νοv 20179.6%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%

Second round

Results

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A map of the first round's results.
CandidatePartyFirst round Second round
Votes%Votes%
Nicos Anastasiades Democratic Rally 137,26835.51215,28155.99
Stavros Malas Progressive Party of Working People 116,92030.24169,24344.01
Nikolas Papadopoulos Democratic Party 99,50825.74
Christos Christou ELAM 21,8465.65
Giorgos Lillikas Citizens' Alliance 8,4192.18
Andreas EfstratiouIndependent8450.22
Charis AristeidouIndependent7520.19
Michail MinaOrganisation of Justice Fighters 6620.17
Christakis KapiliotisIndependent3910.10
Invalid/blank votes9,338–22,951–
Total395,949100407,475100
Registered voters/turnout550,87671.88550,87673.97
Source: European Polling Report, Central Electoral Service

By district

First round

District
Anastasiades
DISY		 Malas
AKEL		 Papadopoulos
DIKO		 Christou
ELAM		 Lillikas
SYPOL		 Others Turnout
Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Total%
Nicosia 51,22434.1144,98929.9540,99427.298,4385.623,6162.419330.62153,874 72.23
Famagusta 9,65243.586,31128.493,54516.002,0969.464341.961120.5122,85072.57
Larnaca 24,08836.7423,96136.5512,59019.203,5555.421,0781.642850.4467,16172.38
Limassol 39,95138.1929,71128.4027,02125.834,8794.662,1272.039350.87107,06270.38
Paphos 9,777 27.178,64024.0113,66737.982,5187.001,0292.863490.9636,71373.77
Cypriots abroad2,57631.783,30840.811,69120.863604.441351.67360.458,23970.95
Total137,26835.51116,92030.2499,50825.7421,8465.658,4192.182,6500.68395,94971.88

Second round

Districts
Anastasiades
DISY		 Malas
AKEL		 Turnout
Votes%Votes%Total%
Nicosia 82,72156.1764,55543.83156,78873.60
Famagusta 14,59162.848,62837.1624,44877.65
Larnaca 35,86652.7332,14647.2771,28076.81
Limassol 61,08657.7944,62342.21111,70773.44
Paphos 17,03452.3715,49247.6335,06770.47
Cypriots abroad3,98351.183,79948.828,18570.06
Total215,28155.99169,24344.01407,47573.97

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References

  1. 1 2 Lillikas becomes first official 2018 presidential candidate In Cyprus, 13 March 2017
  2. ↑ Christou, Jean (5 February 2018). "Second term for Anastasiades, says more still left to do". Cyprus Mail . Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  3. ↑ Cyprus IFES
  4. ↑ (www.dw.com), Deutsche Welle. "Cyprus President Anastasiades to seek second term | News | DW | 14.10.2017". DW.COM. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  5. ↑ Diko backs Papadopoulos, Akel mulls options Cyprus Mail, 27 April 2017
  6. ↑ Solidarity Movement endorses Papadopoulos Cyprus Mail, 4 May 2017
  7. ↑ Edek congress green lights Papadopoulos’ candidacy Cyprus Mail, 30 April 2017
  8. ↑ Malas officially announces presidential candidacy Cyprus Mail, 2 September 2017
  9. ↑ "Το ΕΛΑΜ από μια κατάμεστη αίθουσα έστειλε μήνυμα ότι «Τούτη η γη έχει φωνή»!" [The ELAM from a packed hall sent a message that "This land has voice"!] (in Greek). Εθνικό Λαϊκό Μέτωπο. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  10. ↑ "Far-right leader announces candidacy". Cyprus Mail. 4 November 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
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