2024 European Parliament election in Cyprus

2024 European Parliament election in Cyprus

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All 6 Cypriot seats to the European Parliament
Opinion polls
 
Leader Annita Demetriou Stefanos Stefanou Nikolas Papadopoulos
Party DISY AKEL DIKO
Alliance EPP The Left S&D
Last election 29.02%, 2 seats 27.49%, 2 seats 13.80%, 1 seat

 
Leader Christos Christou Marinos Sizopoulos Marios Garoyian
Party ELAM EDEK DIPA
Alliance ECR S&D RE
Last election 8.25 %, 0 seats 10.58%, 1 seat 3.80%, 0 seats

The 2024 European Parliament elections in Cyprus will be held on 9 June 2024 as part of the 2024 European Parliament election.

This will be the fifth parliamentary election since Cyprus’s EU accession in 2004.

Background

These elections may be held concurrently with local elections in order to cut costs.[1]

This will be the first such vote to take place since the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. Also known as 'Brexit', the move impacted Cyprus due to ties linked to its status as a fellow Commonwealth member and former UK colony.

These elections will be the first European Parliament elections with the most number of Turkish Cypriots being candidates from different parties. The incumbent Member of the Parliament Niyazi Kizilyurek is running again with AKEL,[2] the new founded party Volt Cyprus is showing Hulusi Kilim as a lead candidate,[3] and Oz Karahan has announced that he is running as a candidate from KOSP.[4] The government has also started campaigns for including the Turkish Cypriots more into the elections.

The Democratic Rally (DISY) has won every election since the island's accession into the EU in 2004, though the party recently suffered defeat in the presidential election.

Democratic Rally

Nine DISY personalities announced their interest for the European Parliament Elections.[5] The six nominees were selected through an internal election process, with former Health Minister Michalis Hatzipantelas emerging as the top candidate.[6][7]

Marios Pelekanos, one of the three vice presidents of the Democratic Rally, finished second to last in the internal election and was not included in the list of six nominees. Pelekanos expressed profound dissatisfaction and subsequently resigned from his position within the party leadership, citing a series of underlying events that had undermined his standing.[8][9] After multi-day discussions with ELAM, on March 22, 2024, it was announced that he would run in the European Elections as a candidate of the ultranationalist party. The leader of the Democratic Rally, Annita Demetriou, harshly condemned this move, and the center-right party proceeded by deleting Pelekanos from its registry, emphasizing the vast differences in politics between the two parties.[10][11]

Progressive Party of Working People

After consistently placing second in every European Parliament Election, recent opinion polls indicate a notable surge in the party's performance relative to the frontrunner DISY, with some polls even positioning it in the first place.[12]

Democratic Party

Despite finishing third in all previous European elections, the Democratic Party now appears fourth in every opinion poll released, falling below the far-right ELAM.[13]

The party's candidates feature the veteran politician and paediatric surgeon Eleni Theocharous, who served as an MEP from 2009 to 2019 initially with DISY and later with the newly established Solidarity Movement.[14][15] The conservative politician, who was ranked 3 times as the second best MEP by the DEVE Committee, is widely considered a strong candidate to attract nationalist voters away from ELAM.[15][16]

The list also features biochemist Leondios Kostrikis, who served as a member of the Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Health during the Covid-19 pandemic in Cyprus.[15][17] The Professor is also internationally known for his discovery of a new COVID-19 variant in January 2022, the so-called "Deltacron", at the University of Cyprus.[18][19] [20] [21]

Movement of Ecologists – Citizens' Cooperation

On March 21, 2024, Fidias Panayiotou, a globally renowned Cypriot YouTuber, confirmed speculations that he was approached by the KOSP to be included in their list of six candidates for the European elections. Panayiotou engaged his audience by conducting a poll on TikTok to gauge their opinion on his potential candidacy, offering two options: running as a member of KOSP or running independently. Out of a total of 10,000 participants, 70% favored the latter option. Consequently, Panayiotou announced his decision to pursue an independent candidacy.[22][23]

Volt Cyprus

The Cyprus branch of Volt Europa was established on December 3, 2023, shortly after the resignation of MP Alexandra Attalides from KOSP.[24][25]

The party's candidates for the European Elections include Makarios Drousiotis, a political activist, journalist, and writer. Drousiotis has garnered significant attention following the publication of a trilogy of books containing personal accounts and third-party documents uncovering extensive corruption scandals during the presidency of Nicos Anastasiades.[26][27][28]

Electoral system

Along with Luxembourg and Malta, Cyprus is the smallest constituency, electing 6 Members of the European Parliament The seats are distributed via proportional representation.[29]

Running parties

List/Party Main ideologies European Party Candidates 2019 result
Votes (%) Seats
Democratic Rally (DISY)

Δημοκρατικός Συναγερμός (ΔΗΣΥ)

Demokratik Seferberlik

EPP
  1. Loukas Fourlas
  2. Eleni Stavrou
  3. Michalis Hatzipantelas
  4. Konstantinos Petrides
  5. Christina Xenofontos
  6. Christos Angelides[30]
29.02%
2 / 6
Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL)

Ανορθωτικό Κόμμα Εργαζόμενου Λαού (ΑΚΕΛ)

Emekçi Halkın İlerici Partisi

EL
  1. Giorgos Georgiou
  2. Niyazi Kızılyürek
  3. Anna Theologou
  4. Stavri Kalopsidioti
  5. Andros Karayiannis
  6. Melani Steliou[31]
27.49%
2 / 6
Democratic Party (DIKO)

Δημοκρατικό Κόμμα (ΔΗΚΟ)

Demokratik Parti

S&D
  1. Eleni Theocharous
  2. Leondios Kostrikis
  3. Costas Mavrides
  4. Mary Lambrou
  5. Chrisis Pantelides
  6. Katerina Christofidou[32]
13.80%
1 / 6
National Popular Front (ELAM)

Εθνικό Λαϊκό Μέτωπο (ΕΛΑΜ)

Ulusal Halk Cephesi

ECR TBA 8.25%
0 / 6
EDEK Socialist Party (EDEK)

Κίνημα Σοσιαλδημοκρατών (ΕΔΕΚ)

EDEK Sosyalist Parti

S&D
  1. Nikos Anastasiou
  2. Andreas Apostolou
  3. Pandelitsa Yiokka
  4. Vivian Kanari
  5. Elias Myrianthous
  6. Nikolas Philippou[33]
10.58%
1 / 6
Democratic Front (DIPA)

Δημοκρατική Παράταξη (ΔΗΠΑ)

Demokratik Cephe

RE TBA 3.80%
0 / 6
Movement of Ecologists – Citizens' Cooperation (KOSP)

Κίνημα Οικολόγων - Συνεργασία Πολιτών

Ekolojistler Hareketi – Yurttaşlar İşbirliği

EGP
  1. Oz Karahan
  2. Petros Christodoulou
  3. Alkis Papis
  4. Maria Kola
  5. Stavros Papadouris
  6. Vaso Pelegari[34]
3.29%
0 / 6
Volt Cyprus (Volt)

Βολτ Κύπρος (ΒΟΛΤ)

Volt Kıbrıs

Volt
  1. Andromachi Sophocleous
  2. Hulusi Kilim
  3. Lysia Demetriou
  4. Makarios Drousiotis
  5. Nicholas Kyriakou
  6. Sophia Vasileiou[3]
New New

Opinion polling

Date Polling firm DISY
EPP
AKEL
Left
ELAM
ECR
DIKO
S&D
EDEK
S&D
DIPA
Renew
KOSP
G/EFA
APC
Left
EP
NI
VOLT
G/EFA
Others Lead
20–26 Feb 2024 Pulse Market Research 31.3 25.8 14.7 12.9 5.5 0.5 3.7 - - 5.5 5.5
12–16 Feb 2024 SIGMA 29.0 27.5 14.5 11.6 4.3 4.3 2.9 1.4 1.4 2.9 1.5
11 Feb 2024 Symmetron 30.7 29 13.7 10.9 3.8 3.8 3.4 3 - 1.6 1.7
29 Jan – 02 Feb 2024 Interview 31.7 31.8 15 9.0 2.4 2.2 6.8 - - 1.1 0.1
22–26 Jan 2024 L.S.Prime 26.4 26.4 13.8 11.1 4.2 4.2 2.8 - - - 11.1 0
03–11 Jan 2024 IMR 25.7 27.8 17.4 9.7 3.2 3.3 4.9 - - 1.8 3.5 2.1
30 May Election 2021 27.8% 22.3% 6.8% 11.3% 6.7% 6.1% 4.4% 1.0% 3.3% - 10.3% 5.5
26 May Election 2019 29.0% 27.5% 8.2% 13.8% 10.6% 3.8% - 0.8% - - 3.0% 1.5

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