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Presidential Elections 2023 – Statement by the Chief Returning Officer, Dr Costas Constantinou, regarding the voter turnout until 12:00 p.m., when the ballot boxes were temporarily closed

Ballot boxes in all 1,129 polling stations, which operate in the Republic of Cyprus, Greece and Bulgaria, were temporarily closed at 12 noon. Voting will recommence at 1:00 p.m..

The voting process is running smoothly, without any problems.

According to available data, until 12:00 noon, 33,7% of registered voters voted, while, at the corresponding time in the 2018 Presidential Elections, 30.2% of registered voters had voted. This percentage has increased by 3.5%.

Voter turnout and the corresponding percentages of previous elections, per electoral district, are as follows:

VOTER TURNOUT
DISTRICT
Presidential Elections 2023
Presidential Elections 2018
Parliamentary Elections 2021
Lefkosia
37%
34,2%
23,4%
Lemesos
30,4%
26,1%
25,1%
Ammochostos
34%
28,2%
31,7%
Larnaka
33%
28,5%
27,9%
Pafos
34,2%
33,0%
32,7%
Overseas
18,9%
18,0%
18,2%
Total
33,7%
30,2%
26,0%