Cyprus (European Parliament constituency)

Cyprus European Parliament constituency
Location amongst the 2007 constituencies
Created	2004
MEP(s)	6 (2004)
Member State	Cyprus
Source(s)	[1][2]

In European elections, Cyprus is a constituency of the European Parliament, currently represented by six MEPs. It covers the member state of Cyprus.

Current MEPs

Further information: MEPs for Cyprus 2004-2009

As of October 2007

Name	National Party	EP group
Adamos Adamou	AKEL	GUE–NGL
Panayiotis Demetriou	Dimokratikos Synagermos	EPP–ED
Ioannis Kasoulides	Dimokratikos Synagermos	EPP–ED
Marios Matsakis	Dimokratiko Komma	ALDE
Yiannakis Matsis	Gia tin Evropi	EPP–ED
Kyriacos Triantaphyllides	AKEL	GUE–NGL

2004

Further information: European Parliament election, 2004 (Cyprus)

The 2004 European election was the sixth election to the European Parliament. However, as Cyprus had only joined the European Union earlier that month, it was the first election European election held in that state. The election took place on June 13.

The number of registered voters was 483,311 – out of which 503 were Turkish Cypriots and 2054 EU nationals – while the total number of people who voted was 350.387 or 72,50% of the registered voters. The number of polling stations was 1077, allocated to each polling district in the following manner: Nicosia 416, Limassol 323, Famagusta (free area) 50, Larnaca 169 and Paphos 119.

The six seats were contested by 59 candidates, belonging to parties or party coalitions or running as individuals. The conservative Democratic Rally and the left-wing Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL) achieved the largest shares of the vote.

Type	Votes	%
Registered voters	483,311
Votes cast	350,387	72.50
Valid votes	334,268	95.40
Invalid	8,747	2.50
Blank	7,372	2.10

Party	Abbreviation	Votes	%	Seats
Democratic Rally	DISY	94,355	28.23	2
Progressive Party of Working People	AKEL	93,212	27.89	2
Democratic Party	DIKO	57,121	17.09	1
For Europe	GTE	36,112	10.80	1
Movement for Social Democracy	EDEK	36,075	10.79	-
EDI - KPE - European Cyprus		6,534	1.95	-
New Horizons		5,501	1.65	-
Ecological and Environmental Movement		2,872	0.86	-
Peoples socialist movements		808	0.24	-
Independents		1,678	0.50	-
Total		334,268	100	6

2009

e • d Summary of the 6 June 2009 European Parliament election results in Cyprus

Parties and coalitions		European party	Votes	%	Change	Seats	Change
	Democratic Rally (Δημοκρατικός Συναγερμός)	European People's Party	109,209	35.7%	+7.5%	2	0
	Progressive Party of Working People (Ανορθωτικό Κόμμα Εργαζόμενου Λαού)	Party of the European Left	106,922	34.9%	+7.0%	2	0
	Democratic Party (Δημοκρατικό Κόμμα)	none (Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats group)	37,625	12.3%	−4.8%	1	0
	Movement for Social Democracy (Κίνημα Σοσιαλδημοκρατών)	Party of European Socialists	30,169	9.9%	−0.9%	1	+1
	European Party (Ευρωπαϊκό Κόμμα)	European Democratic Party	12,630	4.1%	−6.7%	0	−1
	Ecological and Environmental Movement (Κίνημα Οικολόγων Περιβαλλοντιστών)	European Green Party	4,602	1.5%	+0.7	0	0
	Others
	Total			100.00		6	0
Turnout: - 58.9%
Source: http://euro.elections.gov.cy/

References

External links

• European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)
• List of MEPs europarl.europa.eu