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| Turnout | 72.05% (first round)  0.17pp72.45% (second round)  1.52pp | |||||||||||||||
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 Christodoulides: 20-30% 30-40% 40-50% 50-60% 60–70% 70–80% 80-90% 90-100% Mavroyiannis: 20-30% 30-40% 40-50% 50-60% 60–70% 70–80% Neofytou: 20-30% 30-40% 40-50% 50-60% 60–70% 70–80% Christou: 30-40%  Christodoulides: 50-60% 60–70% 70–80% 80-90% 90-100% Mavroyiannis: 50-60% 60–70% 70–80% 80-90% | ||||||||||||||||
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Presidential elections were held in Cyprus on 5 February 2023.[1] No candidate received a majority of the vote in the first round, so a runoff was held on 12 February.[2] Incumbent president Nicos Anastasiades of the Democratic Rally (DISY), who won the presidential elections in 2013 and 2018, was ineligible to run due to the two-term limit mandated by the Constitution of Cyprus.[3]
In the first round, independent candidate Nikos Christodoulides, supported by the Democratic Party (DIKO), Movement for Social Democracy (EDEK), Democratic Alignment (DIPA) and Solidarity, received 32.04% of the vote, coming first.[4] Independent candidate Andreas Mavroyiannis, supported by the left-wing Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL), came second with 29.59% of the vote. Averof Neofytou, the president of the centre-right Democratic Rally (DISY), received 26.11% of the votes, finishing third in the first round.[5]
Christodoulides and Mavroyiannis advanced to the second round. The incumbent president Anastasiades then endorsed Christodoulides, while DISY declined to endorse either of the remaining candidates.[6] Christodoulides won the second round with 51.97% of the vote to Mavroyiannis' 48.03%. The margin of victory of less than 4% made this the closest presidential election in Cyprus since 1998.
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- ^ Kambas, Michele (2 February 2023). "Cyprus poll draws record 14 candidates, unlikely to produce clear winner". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2 February 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ^ "Αναστασιάδης: "Δεν θα επαναδιεκδικήσω Προεδρία-Δεν είμαι βασιλιάς να δίνω το δαχτυλίδι"". 6 April 2021. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ "Προεδρικές Εκλογές 2023: Επίσημα Αποτελέσματα". live.elections.moi.gov.cy. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ^ "Εκλογές στην Κύπρο / Τι έδειχναν οι δημοσκοπήσεις και τι έγινε τελικά". Αυγή (in Greek). 5 February 2023. Archived from the original on 6 February 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ^ "Ex-minister Christoulides wins Cyprus presidential election". AP NEWS. 12 February 2023. Archived from the original on 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.