#parliamentary elections 2026

Police chief Themistos Arnaoutis affirmed on Sunday the electoral process continued smoothly, with no major irregularities reported. He added that police officers were out at polling stations and patrolling nationwide “...

Nationwide turnout reached 32.3 per cent by midday, with remarkably higher participation than the 26 per cent recorded at the same point in the 2021 parliamentary elections, according to chief returning officer Elikkos ...

Alma leader and former auditor-general, Odysseas Michaelides, called on members of the public to to determine “their own future” after casting his ballot on Sunday in Kokkinotrimithia, as smaller political ...

Akel secretary-general Stefanos Stefanou called on voters to participate “responsibly for the present and future of our society and our Cyprus” after casting his ballot on Sunday morning in Yeri. ...

President Nikos Christodoulides called on members of the public to participate in Sunday’s parliamentary elections after casting his vote in Paphos, declaring that “abstention is not an option”. Christodoulides ...

Voters in the Drosia area of Larnaca faced confusion and delays on Sunday after uncertainty over polling station allocations led to people being repeatedly redirected between voting centres. Several voters ...

Cyprus goes to the polls for parliamentary elections on Sunday, with 56 seats up for grabs. Of those 56 seats, 19 will belong to MPs from the Nicosia district, 12 to MPs from the ...

Over half a million voters go to the polls on Sunday to elect the 56 members of parliament to represent them for the next five years in what promises to be ...

A total of 6,425 voters have registered to cast their ballots abroad in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, with polling stations set up in the United Kingdom, Greece and Belgium. In the ...

Election campaigning officially ended at midnight on Friday ahead of Sunday’s parliamentary elections, in line with electoral law. Pre-election rallies and all party political activities came to a close ...

Sikou Pano! (Get Up!) party said on Friday it would be requesting the cancellation of Sunday’s parliamentary elections, citing a violation of equality and the integrity of the process. ...

Chief returning officer Elikkos Elia on Friday urged all 569,182 registered voters to take part in Sunday’s parliamentary elections and choose the 56 MPs who will represent them over the next ...

A ban on campaign materials and election-related public messaging for Saturday and Sunday, ahead of and during the parliamentary elections, was announced on Friday by the chief returning officer. He ...

Volt Cyprus ended its parliamentary election campaign in Nicosia on Thursday night with party leaders presenting the movement as a vehicle for political reform and institutional accountability ahead of Sunday’...

The distribution of ballot boxes began across Cyprus on Friday as authorities entered the final stage of preparations for the parliamentary elections, with polling stations expected to be fully operational ...

The building housing Diko’s headquarters was renamed ‘Spyros Kyprianou’ on Thursday as an “act of historic memory, respect and recognition of the founder and historical leader of the party”. ...

The chief returning officer on Thursday assured voters that measures are in place to ensure vote secrecy during Sunday’s parliamentary elections. The elections office stated that both administrative and ...

Alma launched a fierce attack against former president Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday after comments he made regarding the party’s leader Odysseas Michaelides during a televised interview. The movement accused ...

A televised debate between political leaders intensified on Wednesday night after a dispute between Akel secretary-general Stefanos Stefanou and Elam leader Christos Christou escalated into accusations involving fascism, communism, Eoka ...

Elam leader Christos Christou defended his party’s opposition to same sex adoption during a televised political debate on Wednesday night, saying he believes children are better raised in a ...

Elam leader Christos Christou intensified his dispute with Akel on Wednesday over the wartime role of former president Demetris Christofias, arguing that official national guard records do not place him ...

More than 2,000 police officers will be on duty for the parliamentary elections on Sunday, the police’s head of communications Marina Christodoulidou said on Wednesday. “Our goal is for the ...

Diko president Nikolas Papadopoulos said on Wednesday his party’s first job in the new parliament to emerge from Sunday’s elections would be to table bills for the strengthening ...

Elam parliamentary candidate in Famagusta Fivos Kyprianou said he would be tabling a bill if elected MP to outlaw political parties such as Akel, Volt and Direct Democracy, which he ...