European Parliament election, 2014 (Cyprus)
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Cyprus's component of the 2014 European Parliament election was held on Sunday, 25 May 2014.[2]
In total, 6 Members of the European Parliament were elected from Cyprus.[2]
Parties
Ten parties or coalitions contested the European Parliament election in Cyprus:[3]
- AKEL – Left – New Forces (Progressive Party of Working People)
- Democratic Party (DIKO)
- Democratic Rally (DISY) (in coalition with European Party (EVROKO))
- National Popular Front (ELAM)
- Citizens' Alliance
- EDEK Movement for Social Democracy – Green Party (coalition)
- Action (D.R.A.Sy-Eylem)
- Animal Party Cyprus
- Message of Hope
- Cyprus Socialist Party[4]
There were also eight independent candidates.[5]
Opinion polls
| Date(s) conducted | Polling organisation/client | Sample size | DISY-EVROKO | AKEL | DIKO | EDEK-KOP | Others | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 May 2014 | ANT1 TV | 25% | 16% | 8% | 5% | 9% over AKEL | ||
| 12 April 2014 | CyBC | 35% | 22% | 11% | 8% | 13% over AKEL |
Results
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| Party | European party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Rally (DISY) – EVROKO | EPP | 97,732 | 37.75 | 1.76  |
2 / 6 |
0  | |||
| Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL – Left – New Forces) | PEL | 69,852 | 26.98 | 8.37  |
2 / 6 |
0 | |||
| Democratic Party (DIKO) | None | 28,044 | 10.83 | 1.48 |
1 / 6 |
0 | |||
| Movement for Social Democracy (EDEK) – Green Party | PES/EGP | 19,894 | 7.68 | 3.76 |
1 / 6 |
0 | |||
| Citizens' Alliance | 17,549 | 6.78 | 0 / 6 |
0 | |||||
| Message of Hope | 9,907 | 3.83 | 0 / 6 |
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| National Popular Front (ELAM) | 6,957 | 2.69 | 2.48 |
0 / 6 |
0 | ||||
| Levent Sener (independent) | 2,718 | 1.05 | 0 / 6 |
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| Others (parties or candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats) | 6,261 | 2.42 | — | 0 / 6 |
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| Valid votes | 258,914 | 97.01 | |||||||
| Blank and invalid votes | 7,977 | 2.99 | |||||||
| Totals | 266,891 | 100.00 | — | 6 / 6 |
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| Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout | 606,916 | 43.97 | 15.43 |
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| Source: results.elections.moi.gov.cy. All percentage swings are as reported therein. | |||||||||
Elected MEPs
The following candidates were elected:
- Democratic Rally – European Party coalition – Eleni Theocharous and Christos Stylianides
- AKEL – Left – New Forces – Takis Hadjigeorgiou and Neoklis Sylikiotis
- Democratic Party – Costas Mavrides
- EDEK – Green Party coalition – Dimitris Papadakis[6]
References
- ↑ http://www.europarl.europa.eu/elections2014-results/en/country-results-cy-2014.html
- 1 2 "Announcements for EP election candidates on Friday". Cyprus Mail. 24 April 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
- ↑ Psillides, Constantinos (3 May 2014). "Update: 61 candidates to contest 6 MEP seats". Cyprus Mail. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
- ↑ http://www.euroelections2014.gov.cy/en/05_Candidates.htm
- ↑ http://www.euroelections2014.gov.cy/en/05_Independent.htm
- ↑ http://www.euroelections2014.gov.cy/en/news/news_20140525_09.htm
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