Anastasiadis won the elections of the President of Cyprus
ATHENS, Feb 4 — RIA Novosti, Gennady Melnik. The current President of Cyprus, the candidate of the center-right party DISI Nikos Anastasiadis won the elections of the President of Cyprus, said the interior Ministry, which is responsible for the conduct of the elections, after counting 100% of the votes.
In the second round of the elections, Anastasiadis scored 55,99% of the vote, his opponent Stavros Malas from left-wing party AKEL — 44,01% of the vote.
The turnout was 73,97%.
Officially, the name of the elected President will be announced at a special ceremony in the stadium “Tassos Papadopoulos” at 22.00 (23.00 MSK). The election of a new President come February 28.