Press Releases

The Chief Returning Officer, Mr Kypros Kyprianou, announces that all polling stations in Cyprus, Greece and Bulgaria opened at 7a.m. and voting begun as planned for the repeat Presidential elections.

Voting runs smoothly and everything is generally calm and orderly.

Voting will continue until 12 noon and after an hour’s break it will recommence at 1p.m. ending at 6 p.m. sharp.

Voting times at the polling stations abroad have been adjusted so that voting will end at 6 p.m. Cyprus time.

The Presiding Officer may necessarily prolong the voting time, in the event that voters are standing outside a polling station intending to vote.

The Chief Returning Officer calls all voters to proceed to the polling stations to cast their ballots and in that respect to act lawfully showing political ethos and respect towards the institutions and the citizens.

The Chief Returning Officer underlines that the pre-election period ended on Friday evening and thus sending political messages is not permitted and any political statements must be made within the acceptable limits.

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