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12-02-2023 15:27

Presidential Elections 2023 – Repeat election: Statement by the Chief Returning Officer, Dr Costas Constantinou, on the voter turnout until 3 p.m.

During the ongoing repeat voting, it is estimated that, by 3:00 p.m., a 55% of all registered voters came to the polling stations to exercise their right to vote.

This percentage corresponds to 308,550 fellow citizens and it shows a decrease of 0,6% compared to the 55,6% of the first round of the Presidential Elections.

Compared to the corresponding time during the last Presidential Elections of 2018 (53,2%), voter turnout indicates an increase of 1,8%.

In particular, by 3:00 p.m., the voter turnout and the corresponding percentages of previous elections, by electoral district, are as follows:

ELECTORAL DISTRICT

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

2023

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

2018

PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS

2021 

2nd ROUND

1st ROUND

2nd ROUND

LEFKOSIA

57,1%

58,4%

54,9%

43,4%

LEMESOS

52,1%

52,9%

53,1%

44,7%

AMMOCHOSTOS

55,1%

55,4%

54,6%

51,6%

LARNAKA

55,2%

54,9%

53%

45,4%

PAFOS

57,4%

55,9%

49%

49,5%

OVERSEAS

39,4%

43,7%

40%

40,3%

TOTAL

55,0%

55,6%

53,2%

45,1%

As Chief Returning Officer, I must remind you that in less than three hours the ability of registered voters to exercise their right to vote will expire. I hope that our fellow citizens will come to the polling stations to exercise their right to vote.

We will be back here at 5:15 p.m. for our next scheduled statement on the voter turnout.

For the statement by the Chief Returning Officer in Turkish, press here.

(MV/SCH)