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[01] Nicosia residents elect new Mayor

[01] Nicosia residents elect new Mayor

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Nicosia residents elect new Mayor

Nicosia, Dec 16 (CNA) -- A businessman, Michalakis Zampelas, aged 59, was elected today new Mayor of Nicosia for the next five years.

Zampelas, who was supported by the ruling rightwing Democratic Rally party, the government's junior partner United Democrats and the Democratic Struggle Movement (ADIK), received 15.298 votes or 50,09 per cent.

His opponent, lawyer Kypros Chrysostomides, backed by the opposition parties leftwing AKEL, centre-right Democratic Party, the Socialdemocrats Movement and the New Horizons, registered 14.821 votes or 48,58 per cent.

Zampelas, who succeeds Lellos Demetriades, who was Nicosia Mayor for 30 years, stated that "the victory belongs to the Nicosia citizens" and that the capital's problems "have no party colour". He promised to work hard to develop the world's last divided capital.

Chrysostomides congratulated Zampelas on his election and wished him "every success" in his work. He thanked the political parties and personalities who had supported him.

A third candidate, Stavros Gregoriades, received only 425 votes or 1,39 per cent.

Michalakis Zampelas was born in 1942 in the village of Palechori, in the Nicosia district, and studied accountancy in Britain. He set up his own business in 1970. He is involved in many social and charity organisations. He is married and has three daughters.

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