Some 10,346 Cypriots abroad have registered to vote in the presidential elections at 35 voting stations in 12 countries.

The largest number of registered voters is in Athens with 2,628, followed by London with 2,279 and Thessaloniki with 1,281.

There will be five stations in Athens, three in Thessaloniki, five in London, of which three in the High Commission building and two at the Cyprus Community Centre.

Individual stations will also operate in Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Bristol, Glasgow, Berlin, Vienna, Brussels, Luxembourg, New York, Dubai, Paris, Sofia, Stockholm and The Hague, as well as several other cities in Greece.

Voting times abroad will vary.

In Cyprus, polling stations will be open from 7am to 6pm on February 5 with a one-hour lunch break at noon.

However, the presiding officer of each station may extend voting hours until no later than 9pm in the event of long queues.

Voting times abroad

COUNTRY VOTING TIME (LOCAL COUNTRY TIME)

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

11.00 a.m. – 8.00 p.m. with a break of 3.00 p.m. – 4.00 p.m.
GREECE

BULGARIA

 7.00 a.m. – 6.00 p.m. with a break of 12.00 p.m. – 1.00 p.m.

AUSTRIA

BELGIUM

FRANCE

GERMANY

LUXEMBOURG

HOLLAND

SWEDEN

9.00 a.m. – 5.00 p.m. with a break of 1.00 p.m. – 2.00 p.m.
UK 8.00 a.m. – 4.00 p.m. with intermission 12.00 p.m. – 12.30 p.m.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 7.00 a.m. – 11.00 a.m.