Demetris Christofias completed his term in office as President of the Republic without seeking re-election, the first ever President reaching such a decision. It was commanded by his failure to deal effectively with the financial crisis and its negative effects on Cyprus that were evident since 2010, by contradictions and weaknesses of his governance [...]
Parliamentary Elections of 22 May 2016 (Votes) PancyprianNicosiaKyreniaFamagustaLarnakaLimassolPaphos Registered543186193192286491110815602711180942428 Voted3625421265481878474575380667388930680 Abstention18064466644986536506179613792011748 Valid3513891226021816672015368207176530021 Invalid7675263741117868701535436 Blank34781309207774376589223 AKEL902042928846922209810811178935422 DIKO5092316323351164805776115337300 DISY1078253586751952753810449218766900 EDEK2173283017892663228030774622 ALLILEGGYI184246919645288820775254641 ECOLO169099096911246410802681677 ELAM1304142655942596120524211960 SYMMAHIA21114745711533359203851841923 KOMMA ZOA40881495217786392988210 PNOI3072142519563545328777 SIMAIA203310258239620525867 OAD9834301051125424735 Independent104171177--66187 Parliamentary Elections of 22 May 2016 (Share %) PancyprianNicosiaKyreniaFamagustaLarnakaLimassolPaphos Registered543186193192286491110815602711180942428 Voted66.7465.5065.5767.1467.9466.0972.31 Abstention33.2634.5034.4332.8632.0633.9127.69 VALID96.9296.8896.7196.5796.7397.1397.85 Invalid2.122.082.192.392.292.081.42 Blank0.961.031.101.040.990.800.73 AKEL25.723.925.830.729.424.918.1 DIKO14.513.319.39.015.716.124.3 DISY30.729.328.638.228.430.523.0 EDEK6.26.84.33.76.24.315.4 ALLILEGGYI5.25.63.64.05.67.32.1 ECOLO4.87.45.03.42.93.72.3 ELAM3.73.53.33.63.33.46.5 SYMMAHIA6.06.16.34.75.57.26.4 KOMMA ZOA1.21.21.21.11.11.40.7 [...]
Parliamentary Elections of 22 May 2011 (Votes) Pancyprian Nicosia Kerynia Famagusta Larnaca Limassol Pafos Registered 531463 191518 28369 108149 53598 109294 40535 Voted 418247 147171 21835 86237 43312 86249 33443 Valid 404577 142285 21090 83294 42000 83364 32544 AKEL 132171 45261 7571 30802 15088 25598 7851 DIKO 63763 22369 4545 8265 6358 14649 [...]
In February 2008, Dimitris Christofias, Secretary General of AKEL was elected to the Presidency of the Republic, with the support of DIKO, winning a clear victory against the DISY candidate Ioannis Kassoulides. For the first time in the history of the Republic of Cyprus, the left is in power. Thus, the party's goal of [...]
