Cyprus' presidential election heads for runoff
STORY: Cyprus' presidential election heads for runoff
DATELINE: Feb. 6, 2023
LENGTH: 00:02:00
LOCATION: Nicosia
CATEGORY: POLITICS
SHOTLIST:
1. various of people voting
2. various of outgoing president voting
3. various of former Cypriot foreign minister Nicos Christodoulides, who ran as an independent, voting
4. various of independent candidate Andreas Mavroyiannis voting
STORYLINE:
Former Cypriot foreign minister Nicos Christodoulides took the lead in Cyprus' presidential election on Sunday, and will face off with Andreas Mavroyiannis, who came second, in a runoff on Feb. 12.
Christodoulides, who ran as an independent, garnered 32.04 percent of the vote, and Mavroyiannis, who also ran as an independent and supported by the left-wing AKEL party, garnered 29.61 percent of the vote, Chief Returning Officer Costas Constantinou announced after the counting of all votes on Sunday.
Fourteen candidates participated in the election, but none of them won an absolute majority.
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