2019 European Parliament election in Cyprus

An election was held on 26 May 2019 to elect six representatives from Cyprus to the European Parliament.[1]

2019 European Parliament election in Cyprus

26 May 2019

All 6 Cypriot seats in the European Parliament
3 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
  First party Second party
 
Leader Averof Neofytou Andros Kyprianou
Party DISY AKEL
Alliance EPP GUE/NGL
Leader since 11 May 2013 21 January 2009
Last election 2 seats, 35.65% 2 seats, 26.98%
Seats before 2 2
Seats won 2 2
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 81,539 77,241
Percentage 29.02% 27.49%
Swing Decrease 8.73 Increase 0.51

  Third party Fourth party
 
EDEK
Leader Nikolas Papadopoulos Marinos Sizopoulos
Party DIKO EDEK
Alliance S&D S&D
Leader since 1 December 2013 1 March 2015
Last election 1 seat, 10.83% 1 seat, 7.68%
Seats before 1 1
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 38,756 29,715
Percentage 13.80% 10.58%
Swing Increase 2.97 Decrease 7.90

Results by district

The Democratic Rally (DISY) has won every election to the European Parliament since Cyprus joined the European Union in 2004.

According to final results, DISY again won the election with 29% and 2 seats. There were no changes in seat allocation, with AKEL also at 2 seats after securing 27% of the vote. DIKO and EDEK had 1 seat each, with 14% and 11% of the vote, respectively.

In terms of percentage, this was EDEK's best European elections result since 2004 (although that year it did not win any seats).[2] Some attributed this in part to tactical voting, with many fearing the far-right ELAM gaining a seat had it finished fourth.

Opinion polls

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size
Abstention/Undecided DISY AKEL DIKO EDEK ELAM SYPOL/KOSP DiPa Others Lead
Cymar 17 Apr 2019 47% 16% 14% 8% 4% 5% 2% 1% 4% 2%
RIC 14 Apr 2019 38.5% 18.5% 14% 9% 4% 4% 3% 1% 2% 4.5%
Prime Consulting 14 Αpr 2019 30.2% 22.1% 17.9% 10.4% 5.8% 6.3% 3% 1.8% 2.5% 4.2%
Symmetron 12 Apr 2019 822 39.0% 20.2% 15.5% 9.1% 4.1% 5.6% 3.2% 2.1% 1.2% 4.7%
IMR 9 Apr 2019 1,200 41% 21% 15% 8% 4% 5% 2% 1% 3% 6%
Prime Consulting 18 Mar 2019 900 33% 22% 17% 10% 5% 5.5% 2.5% 1% 4% 5%
Pulse 16–29 Jan 2019 807 54% 17% 12% 6% 3% 5% 1% 0.4% 2% 5%
2014 election 25 May 2014 258,914 N/A 37.8% 27.0 10.8% 7.7% 2.7% - 3.1% 10.8%

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Democratic Rally81,53929.0220
AKEL–Left–New Forces77,24127.4920
Democratic Party 38,75613.8010
Movement for Social Democracy29,71510.5810
ELAM23,1678.2500
Democratic Front10,6733.800New
Citizens' AllianceMovement of Ecologists9,2323.2900
Jasmine Movement4,7861.700New
Animal Party Cyprus2,2080.7900
Patriotic Movement6070.220New
Nationalist Liberation Movement5690.200New
Union of Fighters for Justice4570.160New
Cyprus Socialist Party1700.0600
Independents1,8150.6500
Total280,935100.0060
Valid votes280,93597.38
Invalid/blank votes7,5482.62
Total votes288,483100.00
Registered voters/turnout641,18144.99
Source: MOI

References

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