The EU elections in Cyprus will take place on 26th May and EU nationals – including British citizens – who are registered to vote are eligible to vote in these elections (unless Brexit occurs in the interim). Voting is compulsory for all who are registered on the electoral list.
Cyprus comprises one national constituency, which means the whole electorate chooses from the same party lists of candidates to select six Members of the European Parliament (MEP).
Under EU law, all countries must use proportional representation voting systems, which means that the number of elected members from each party depends on the share of electoral votes obtained by that party.
Cyprus uses a preferential voting system, which gives the voters the option either to vote for a particular party, or to indicate their preferences within the party list they choose. Each voter may vote for two candidates provided they are from the same party list.
Candidates:
ΔΗΣΥ (Disy)) : Giorgos Constantine-Panagiotou, Panagiotis Sedonas, Eleni Stavrou, Nicos Tornaritis, Lefteris Christoforou and Loukas Fourlas.
ΑΚΕΛ (Akel) : Georgios K Giorgiou, Giorgos Chrysanthos, Niyazi Kızılyürek Giorgos Koukoumas, Marina Nicolaou and Neoclis Sylikiotis who is a current MEP for the party.
ΕΔΕΚ (Εdek) :Diomedes Diomidous, Christos Iakovou, Natasa Ioannou, Elias Myrianthous, Tea Nicolaou and Dimitris Papadakis.
ΔΗΚΟ (Diko) : Eleni Theocharous, , Katerina Christofidou, Marinos Mousioutas, Kostas Mavridis, Aristos Zachariadis and Zacharias Koulias.
ΓΙΑΣΕΜΙ (Jasmin Movement) : Sener Levent, Ibrahim Aziz, Oz Karahan, Leyla Hussein Kiralp, Zeki Besiktepeli and Faize Ozdemirciler.
ΕΛΑΜ (Elam) : Marios Vassiliou, Panagiotis Tofinis, Giorgos Nikolaou, Georgios Solomonidis, Maria Ierodiokonou and Geadis Geadis.
Citizens Cooperation – Citizens Alliance movement and the Greens : Andreas Themistocleous, Charalampos Theopemptou, Efi Xanthou, Maria Pastella, Alexia Sakadaki and Doros Christodoulides.
ΠΑ.ΚΙ. (Patriotic Movement) : Chryselpida Kamma, Nicos Kimonos, Christos Papouis, Nicolas Peratikos, Christos Rotsas and Christos Charalambous.
APC (Cyprus Party for Animals) : Angela Agathangelou, Avraam Themistocleous, Kyriacos Kyriacou, Michelle Metzidis and Neophytos Neophytou.
EAK (Nationalist Liberation Movement) : Maria Kalogeri, Christakis Kapiliotis, Panayiotis Cleovoulou, Antonis Pierides, Loucas Stavrou and Michael Christodoulou.
DiPa (Democratic Faction): Antigoni Papadopoulou, Yiannos Lakkotrypis, Eleftherios Demetriou, Iacovos Iacovou, Marinos Kleanthous, Michalis Ioannou
Cyprus Socialist Party : Mehmet Birinci and Kazim Halit.
Union of Fighters for Justice : Michael Mina and Leoni Paraskevaidou.
Independents Michalis Paraskeva, Marios Constantinou, Charis Aristidou and Chrysanthos Mardapittas
In the 2014 elections, Disy and Akel elected two MEPs each, Diko one MEP, and a coalition of Edek and the Greens one MEP.
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