2018 Cypriot presidential election

28 January 2018 (first round)
4 February 2018 (second round)
Turnout71.88% (first round)
73.97% (second round)
 
Nominee Nicos Anastasiades Stavros Malas
Party DISY AKEL[lower-alpha 1]
Popular vote 215,281 169,243
Percentage 55.99% 44.01%

President before election

Nicos Anastasiades
DISY

Elected President

Nicos Anastasiades
DISY

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]

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.

Candidates

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

Opinion polls

First round

Opinion polls. See or edit source data.
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 2017 25.7% 30.4% 17.8% 13.8% 2.1% 3.3% 6.9% 12.6%
CMRC 8 Dec 2017 16.2% 29.1% 18.7% 21.1% 4.1% 3.7% 7% 8%
CYMAR 24 Νov 2017 28.5% 27% 13.5% 13.5% 2% 4% 11.5% 13.5%
Symmetron 23 Νοv 2017 9.6% 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%

Results

A map of the first round's results.
A map of the second round's results.
CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Nicos AnastasiadesDemocratic Rally137,26835.51215,28155.99
Stavros MalasProgressive Party of Working People116,92030.24169,24344.01
Nikolas PapadopoulosDemocratic Party99,50825.74
Christos ChristouELAM21,8465.65
Giorgos LillikasCitizens' Alliance8,4192.18
Andreas EfstratiouIndependent8450.22
Charis AristeidouIndependent7520.19
Michail MinaOrganisation of Justice Fighters6620.17
Christakis KapiliotisIndependent3910.10
Total386,611100.00384,524100.00
Valid votes386,61197.64384,52494.37
Invalid/blank votes9,3382.3622,9515.63
Total votes395,949100.00407,475100.00
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 51,224 34.11 44,989 29.95 40,994 27.29 8,438 5.62 3,616 2.41 933 0.62 153,874 72.23
Famagusta 9,652 43.58 6,311 28.49 3,545 16.00 2,096 9.46 434 1.96 112 0.51 22,850 72.57
Larnaca 24,088 36.74 23,961 36.55 12,590 19.20 3,555 5.42 1,078 1.64 285 0.44 67,161 72.38
Limassol 39,951 38.19 29,711 28.40 27,021 25.83 4,879 4.66 2,127 2.03 935 0.87 107,062 70.38
Paphos 9,777 27.17 8,640 24.01 13,667 37.98 2,518 7.00 1,029 2.86 349 0.96 36,713 73.77
Cypriots abroad 2,576 31.78 3,308 40.81 1,691 20.86 360 4.44 135 1.67 36 0.45 8,239 70.95
Total 137,268 35.51 116,920 30.24 99,508 25.74 21,846 5.65 8,419 2.18 2,650 0.68 395,949 71.88

Second round

Districts
Anastasiades
DISY
Malas
AKEL
Turnout
Votes % Votes % Total %
Nicosia 82,721 56.17 64,555 43.83 156,788 73.60
Famagusta 14,591 62.84 8,628 37.16 24,448 77.65
Larnaca 35,866 52.73 32,146 47.27 71,280 76.81
Limassol 61,086 57.79 44,623 42.21 111,707 73.44
Paphos 17,034 52.37 15,492 47.63 35,067 70.47
Cypriots abroad 3,983 51.18 3,799 48.82 8,185 70.06
Total 215,281 55.99 169,243 44.01 407,475 73.97

Notes

  1. Malas, although a member of AKEL, announced his campaign independently as a nonpartisan candidate instead of being put forward by the party. AKEL later decided to endorse him.

References

  1. 1 2 Lillikas becomes first official 2018 presidential candidate Archived 27 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine 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 15 October 2017.
  5. "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. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  6. "Far-right leader announces candidacy". Cyprus Mail. 4 November 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  7. Malas officially announces presidential candidacy Cyprus Mail, 2 September 2017
  8. Diko backs Papadopoulos, Akel mulls options Cyprus Mail, 27 April 2017
  9. Solidarity Movement endorses Papadopoulos Cyprus Mail, 4 May 2017
  10. Edek congress green lights Papadopoulos’ candidacy Cyprus Mail, 30 April 2017
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