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30-05-2021 12:24

Parliamentary Elections 2021 – Statement by the Chief Returning Officer, Dr Costas Constantinou, on the turnout of voters until 12n

The polls in the 1.158 polling stations operating in the Republic of Cyprus and Greece closed at noon. The voting process will resume at 1:00 pm. 

Voter turnout continued in an orderly and calm manner, without any problems. 

According to the data available, 26% of the registered voters voted until 12 noon, while island-wide the percentage of the corresponding time in the previous Parliamentary Elections of 2016 was 30%. 

Also 73 voters out of the 91 registered in the special electoral list for positive COVID-19 cases voted; namely a percentage of 80,2%.

The percentage of voters and the corresponding figures of previous elections, per constituency are:

 

Parliamentary Elections 2021

Parliamentary Elections 2016

Presidential Elections

2018

European Parliament Elections 2019

Overall island-wide :

26,0%

30%

30%

19%

Lefkosia         :

23,4%

31%

34%

24%

Lemesos        :

25,1%

30%

26%

18%

Ammochostos:

31,7%

28%

28%

19%

Larnaka         :

27,9%

27%

29%

21%

Pafos              :

32,7%

32%

33%

21%

Abroad           :

18,2%

15%

18%

17%

A video of the Chief Returning Officer's statement may be viewed here.

A transcript of the statement in Turkish may be viewed here.

(EK/EH)