2014 European Parliament election in Cyprus

Cyprus's component of the 2014 European Parliament election was held on Sunday, 25 May 2014.^[2]

2014 European Parliament election in Cyprus

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All 6 Cypriot seats to the European Parliament
Turnout	43.97% ^[1](15.43%p)
First party Second party   Leader Averof Neofytou Andros Kyprianou Party DISY AKEL Alliance EPP GUE/NGL Last election 2 seats, 35.65% 2 seats, 34.90% Seats won 2 2 Seat change 0 0 Popular vote 97,732 69,852 Percentage 37.75% 26.98% Swing 2.10%p 7.92%p   Third party Fourth party   Leader Nicolas Papadopoulos Yiannakis Omirou Party DIKO EDEK Alliance S&D S&D Last election 1 seats, 12.28% 1 seats, 9.85% Seats won 1 1 Seat change 0 0 Popular vote 28,044 19,894 Percentage 10.83% 7.68% Swing 1.45%p 2.17%p
Largest party by district

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

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Democratic Rally–European Party	97,732	37.75	2	0
	AKEL–Left–New Forces	69,852	26.98	2	0
	Democratic Party	28,044	10.83	1	0
	EDEK–Green Party	19,894	7.68	1	0
	Citizens' Alliance	17,549	6.78	0	New
	Message of Hope	9,907	3.83	0	New
	ELAM	6,957	2.69	0	0
	Animal Party Cyprus	2,288	0.88	0	New
	Action	2,220	0.86	0	New
	Cyprus Socialist Party	278	0.11	0	New
	Independents	4,193	1.62	0	New
Total		258,914	100.00	6	0
Valid votes		258,914	97.01
Invalid/blank votes		7,977	2.99
Total votes		266,891	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		606,916	43.97
Source: MOI

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

1. "Results of the 2014 European elections - Results by country - Cyprus - European Parliament".
2. "Announcements for EP election candidates on Friday". Cyprus Mail. 24 April 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
3. Psillides, Constantinos (3 May 2014). "Update: 61 candidates to contest 6 MEP seats". Cyprus Mail. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
4. . www.euroelections2014.gov.cy. Archived from the original on 21 May 2014.
5. . www.euroelections2014.gov.cy. Archived from the original on 21 May 2014.
6. . www.euroelections2014.gov.cy. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014.

External links

• Official site – Cyprus Ministry of the Interior, Electoral Service