Election result to be known 8.30pm Sunday

Cyprus Chief Returning Officer Lazaros Savides has said that the initial results in Sunday’s presidential elections are expected around 2030 local time (1830 GMT).

Speaking in Larnaca, during a meeting with local election officials, he said in the second round of the elections the result is expected slightly earlier, at 2000 local time.

The main three candidates in the presidential race are incumbent President of the Republic Tassos Papadopoulos, seeking re-election, House President and General Secretary of AKEL Demetris Christofias and former foreign minister Ioannis Kasoulides.

“Presiding election officials must be very careful in the exercise of their duties to ensure full compliance with and application of the law in order to avoid any unpleasant circumstance,” Savides said after the meeting.