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Presidential Elections 2023 – Repeat election: Statement by the Chief Returning Officer, Dr Costas Constantinou, on the voter turnout until 3 p.m.

During the ongoing repeat voting, it is estimated that, by 3:00 p.m., a 55% of all registered voters came to the polling stations to exercise their right to vote.

This percentage corresponds to 308,550 fellow citizens and it shows a decrease of 0,6% compared to the 55,6% of the first round of the Presidential Elections.

Compared to the corresponding time during the last Presidential Elections of 2018 (53,2%), voter turnout indicates an increase of 1,8%.

In particular, by 3:00 p.m., the voter turnout and the corresponding percentages of previous elections, by electoral district, are as follows:

ELECTORAL DISTRICT
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
2023
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
2018
PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
2021
2nd ROUND
1st ROUND
2nd ROUND
LEFKOSIA
57,1%
58,4%
54,9%
43,4%
LEMESOS
52,1%
52,9%
53,1%
44,7%
AMMOCHOSTOS
55,1%
55,4%
54,6%
51,6%
LARNAKA
55,2%
54,9%
53%
45,4%
PAFOS
57,4%
55,9%
49%
49,5%
OVERSEAS
39,4%
43,7%
40%
40,3%
TOTAL
55,0%
55,6%
53,2%
45,1%

As Chief Returning Officer, I must remind you that in less than three hours the ability of registered voters to exercise their right to vote will expire. I hope that our fellow citizens will come to the polling stations to exercise their right to vote.

We will be back here at 5:15 p.m. for our next scheduled statement on the voter turnout.