2014 European Parliament election in Cyprus

Cyprus's component of the 2014 European Parliament election was held on Sunday, 25 May 2014.[2]

2014 European Parliament election in Cyprus
25 May 2014
All 6 Cypriot seats to the European Parliament
Turnout43.97% [1](Decrease15.43%p)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Averof Neofytou Andros Kyprianou
Party DISY AKEL
Alliance EPP GUE/NGL
Last election 2 seats, 35.65% 2 seats, 34.90%
Seats won 2 2
Seat change Steady 0 Steady 0
Popular vote 97,732 69,852
Percentage 37.75% 26.98%
Swing Increase 2.10%p Decrease 7.92%p
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Nicolas Papadopoulos Yiannakis Omirou
Party DIKO EDEK
Alliance S&D S&D
Last election 1 seats, 12.28% 1 seats, 9.85%
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Steady 0 Steady 0
Popular vote 28,044 19,894
Percentage 10.83% 7.68%
Swing Decrease 1.45%p Decrease 2.17%p
Largest party by district

In total, 6 Members of the European Parliament were elected from Cyprus.[2]

Parties

Ten parties or coalitions contested the European Parliament election in Cyprus:[3]

There were also eight independent candidates.[5]

Opinion polls
Date(s)
conducted		Polling organisation/clientSample sizeDISY-EVROKOAKELDIKOEDEK-KOPOthersLead
15 May 2014ANT1 TV25%16%8%5%9% over AKEL
12 April 2014CyBC35%22%11%8%13% over AKEL

Results
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Democratic Rally–European Party97,73237.7520
AKEL–Left–New Forces69,85226.9820
Democratic Party 28,04410.8310
EDEK–Green Party19,8947.6810
Citizens' Alliance17,5496.780New
Message of Hope9,9073.830New
ELAM6,9572.6900
Animal Party Cyprus2,2880.880New
Action2,2200.860New
Cyprus Socialist Party2780.110New
Independents4,1931.620New
Total258,914100.0060
Valid votes258,91497.01
Invalid/blank votes7,9772.99
Total votes266,891100.00
Registered voters/turnout606,91643.97
Source: MOI

Elected MEPs

The following candidates were elected:

References
  1. "Results of the 2014 European elections - Results by country - Cyprus - European Parliament".
  2. "Announcements for EP election candidates on Friday". Cyprus Mail. 24 April 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  3. Psillides, Constantinos (3 May 2014). "Update: 61 candidates to contest 6 MEP seats". Cyprus Mail. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  4. "European Elections 2014". www.euroelections2014.gov.cy. Archived from the original on 21 May 2014.
  5. "European Elections 2014". www.euroelections2014.gov.cy. Archived from the original on 21 May 2014.
  6. "European Elections 2014". www.euroelections2014.gov.cy. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014.
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