Presidential elections were held in

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on 28 January 2018.Lillikas becomes first official 2018 presidential candidate
In Cyprus, 13 March 2017 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

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of the

Democratic Rally The Democratic Rally (, ΔΗΣΥ, DISY) is a Christian democratic and liberal-conservative political party in Cyprus led by Annita Demetriou. The party was founded on 4 July 1976 by veteran politician Glafcos Clerides. Two leaders of the par ...

(DISY) and Stavros Malas of the

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. Anastasiades emerged as the winner with 55.99% of the vote.

Electoral system

The

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is elected using the

two-round system The two-round system (TRS or 2RS), sometimes called ballotage, top-two runoff, or two-round plurality, is a single-winner electoral system which aims to elect a member who has support of the majority of voters. The two-round system involves one ...

; if no candidate gets a majority in the first round of voting, a run-off is held between the top two candidates.

Candidates

Cyprus presidential election 2018 - first round ballot

Cyprus presidential election 2018 - second round ballot

, DISY *Charis Aristeidou, Independent * Christos Christou, ELAM (Cyprus) *Andreas Efstratiou, Independent *Christakis Kapiliotis, Independent * Giorgos Lillikas,

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* Stavros Malas,

*Michail Mina, Organisation of Justice Fighters * Nikolas Papadopoulos, Democratic Party also endorsed by the

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and the

Movement for Social Democracy The EDEK Socialist Party (, EDEK) is a Greek Cypriot nationalist, social-democratic political party in Cyprus. Overview The party was founded by Vassos Lyssarides in 1969 as the United Democratic Centre Union, EDEK (, ΕΔΕΚ). It was origin ...

Edek congress green lights Papadopoulos’ candidacy
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Opinion polls

First round

Results

Electoral system

Candidates

Opinion polls

First round

Results

By district

First round

Second round

Notes

References