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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 06-05-21
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[01] ELECTIONS - CHIEF RETURNING OFFICER
[01] ELECTIONS - CHIEF RETURNING OFFICER
Voting in the elections for the new members of the House of
Representatives and the parliamentary representatives of the three
religious groups, namely the Armenians, Maronites and Latins,
continues, with the turnout of voters by 12:00 local time, when the
polling centres closed for an hour`s break, being 48%, compared to 56%
in the 2001 parliamentary elections.
Chief Returning Officer Lazaros Savvides said that if the voting, which
is mandatory in Cyprus, continued at the same rate, then only 85-88% of
registered voters would have cast their ballot by 17:00 local time,
when polling stations are set to close.
Savvides said all voting centres were operating smoothly and that there
was a turnout of 45% by 12:00 local time in the Nicosia district
compared to 56% in the parliamentary elections of 2001. In Limassol it
was 49% compared to 58% in 2001, in Famagusta 46% compared to 53%, in
Larnaca 46% compared to 54%, and in Paphos 54%, which was the same in
2001.
The Chief Returning Officer noted that the ballots would be counted at
the polling stations and that the voters` preferences for MPs would be
concluded after midnight and announced in the early hours of Monday.
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