CYPRUS-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION-SECOND ROUND

CYPRUS-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION-SECOND ROUND

(230212) -- NICOSIA, Feb. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Andreas Mavroyiannis, a former envoy to the United Nations (UN), votes at a polling station in Nicosia, Cyprus, Feb. 12, 2023. Mavroyiannis also ran as an independent and has the support of the left-wing AKEL party. The second round of presidential elections started in Cyprus on Sunday morning as more than 1,000 polling stations opened for voting. Two veteran diplomats are vying for the country's presidency for the next five years. (Photo by George Christophorou/Xinhua)

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. Averof Neophytou, leader o

CYPRUS-NICOSIA-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

CYPRUS-NICOSIA-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

(230206) -- NICOSIA, Feb. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Andreas Mavroyiannis, who runs as an independent and is supported by the left wing AKEL party, votes at a polling station in Nicosia, Cyprus, Feb. 5, 2023. 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. (Photo by George Christophorou/Xinhua)