2019 European Parliament election in Cyprus

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 The Left 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 Popular vote 81,539 77,241 Percentage 29.02% 27.49% Swing 8.73 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 Popular vote 38,756 29,715 Percentage 13.80% 10.58% Swing 2.97 2.9
Results by district

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

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). Some attributed this in part to tactical voting, with many fearing the far-right ELAM gaining a seat had it finished fourth.

Opinion polls

Fieldwork date	Polling firm	Sample size	DISY	AKEL	DIKO	EDEK	ELAM	SYPOL/KOSP	DiPa	Others	Lead
17 Apr 2019	Cymar	–	29.6	25.9	14.8	7.4	9.3	3.7	1.9	7.4	2
14 Apr 2019	RIC	–	33.3	25.2	16.2	7.2	7.2	5.4	1.8	3.6	4.5
14 Αpr 2019	Prime Consulting	–	31.7	25.6	14.9	8.3	9.0	4.3	2.6	3.6	4.2
12 Apr 2019	Symmetron	822	33.1	25.4	14.9	6.7	9.2	5.2	3.4	2.0	4.7
9 Apr 2019	IMR	1,200	35.6	25.4	13.6	6.8	8.5	3.4	1.7	5.1	6
18 Mar 2019	Prime Consulting	900	32.8	25.4	14.9	7.5	8.2	3.7	1.5	6.0	5
16–29 Jan 2019	Pulse	807	36.6	25.9	12.9	6.5	10.8	2.2	0.9	4.3	5
25 May 2014	2014 election	258,914	37.8	27.0	10.8	7.7	2.7	–	–	3.1	10.8

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Democratic Rally	81,539	29.02	2	0
	AKEL–Left–New Forces	77,241	27.49	2	0
	Democratic Party	38,756	13.80	1	0
	Movement for Social Democracy	29,715	10.58	1	0
	ELAM	23,167	8.25	0	0
	Democratic Front	10,673	3.80	0	New
	Citizens' Alliance–Movement of Ecologists	9,232	3.29	0	0
	Jasmine Movement	4,786	1.70	0	New
	Animal Party Cyprus	2,208	0.79	0	0
	Patriotic Movement	607	0.22	0	New
	Nationalist Liberation Movement	569	0.20	0	New
	Union of Fighters for Justice	457	0.16	0	New
	Cyprus Socialist Party	170	0.06	0	0
	Independents	1,815	0.65	0	0
Total		280,935	100.00	6	0
Valid votes		280,935	97.38
Invalid/blank votes		7,548	2.62
Total votes		288,483	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		641,181	44.99
Source: MOI