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28-01-2018 22:05

Presidential elections 2018 – Statement by the Chief Returning Officer on the results of the first round of the Presidential elections

The sorting and counting of votes in all polling stations in Cyprus and abroad has just been completed.

The final results are:

The voter turnout is 395.949, which equals a percentage of 71,88%.

To make a comparison, in the first election round of 2013 the voter turnout was 83,14%.

Abstention reached 28,12% invalid votes 1,48%, and blank votes 0,87%. The percentage of valid votes is 97,64%.

Votes received according to the order of candidates on the ballot:

Candidate	Votes	Percentage
Christos Christou	21.846	5,65%
Michalis Minas	662	0,17%
Nicolas Papadopoulos	99.508	25,74%
Nicos Anastasiades	137.268	35,51%
Charis Aristidou	752	0,19%
Costas Efstratiou	845	0,22%
Christakis Kapiliotis	391	0,10%
Yiorgos Lillikas	8.419	2,18%
Stavros Malas	116.920	30,24%

Based on this result we shall proceed to a repeat election next Sunday, 4^rthFebruary 2018, between Mss Nicos Anastasiades and Stavros Malas.

I have already asked the Government Printing Office to start with the printing of the ballots for the runoff.

I would like to sincerely thank all those who contributed to the present election procedure. The same level of work is expected from all during the repeat elections next Sunday. Last but not least, I would like to thank all media representatives for their cooperation and all Cypriot voters for the level of political civility shown.

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NA/SCH

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