2024 European Parliament election in Cyprus

2024 European Parliament election in Cyprus
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6 Cypriot seats to the European Parliament
Opinion polls
Turnout58.86% (Increase 13.87pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Annita Demetriou Stefanos Stefanou Fidias Panayiotou
Party DISY AKEL Independent
Alliance EPP The Left NI
Last election 29.02%, 2 seats 27.49%, 2 seats New
Seats before 2 2 New
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change Steady Decrease 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 91,316 79,163 71,330
Percentage 24.78% 21.49% 19.36%
Swing Decrease 4.24 Decrease 6.0 Increase 19.36
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Christos Christou Nikolas Papadopoulos Marinos Sizopoulos
Party ELAM DIKO EDEK
Alliance ECR S&D S&D
Last election 8.25 %, 0 seats 13.80%, 1 seat 10.58%, 1 seat
Seats before 0 1 1
Seats won 1 1 0
Seat change Increase 1 Steady Decrease 1
Popular vote 41,215 35,815 18,681
Percentage 11.19% 9.72% 5.07%
Swing Increase 2.94 Decrease 4.08 Decrease 5.51
Results by communities and municipalities

The 2024 European Parliament elections in Cyprus was held on 9 June 2024 as part of the 2024 European Parliament election. This was the fifth parliamentary election since Cyprus’s EU accession in 2004.

The centre-right Democratic Rally (DISY), which has won every previous election to this body, emerged victorious again with 24.8% of the votes, securing 2 seats. The communist party AKEL followed with 21.5% and 1 seat.[1]

Independent candidate Fidias Panayiotou, a well-known YouTuber and TikToker, finished third with 19.4% of the votes, earning one seat in the European Parliament. Panayiotou had no support from any party, making him the first elected independent MEP in the history of Cyprus.[2][3][4] His election sent shockwaves through the Cypriot political system, with Fidias finishing within several percentage points behind AKEL and DISY, which have dominated the Cypriot political system since independence. The 24-year-old YouTuber, with no political experience, gained a seat at the expense of well-established parties like ELAM, DIKO and EDEK.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

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