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The sorting and counting of votes has been completed as planned, in a transparent, democratic and fair manner.

I now have the final, official election results, which are as follows:

The turnout of voters is 406.616, which is equal to 72,45%.

For comparison purposes, I would like to say that the voter turnout was 72,04% of the registered voters.

Today, abstention votes reached 27,55%, invalid votes 2,07%, and blank votes 0,98%. 

The number of valid votes was 394.202, which is equal to 96,95%. 

Votes received according to the order of candidates on the ballot:

CANDIDATES                                 VOTES                      PERCENTAGE

Andreas Mavroyiannis                    189.335                      48,03%

Nikos Christodoulides                     204.867                      51,97%

Based on these results, the President-elect is Mr Nikos Christodoulides. The proclamation ceremony of the President-elect will take place at the “TASSOS PAPADOPOULOS – ELEFTHERIA” stadium at 10.00 p.m..

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

(EP/SCH)