Cyprus elections - find out more from these recommended resources!

Presidential elections were held in Cyprus on 17 February 2013 as no candidate obtained 50,00% of the vote from the first round. A runoff is scheduled wil be held on 24 February 2013.

See the IFES summary of the Electoral system and previous results.
The ministry of the Interior has an official election website.there is a basic English language page with summaries of the candidates and past election results.

The main candidates all have websites.Mostly in Greek but with links to blogs and other social media as well as campaign videos and other literature.

Nicos Anastasiades
Giorgos Lillikas
Stavros Malas
Praxoula Antoniadou
Makaria-Andri Stylianou
Lakis Ioannou   newspapers include: English language Cyprus Mail
Alithia connected with the leadership of the conservative Democratic Rally party. Phileleftheros

Haravgi- mouthpiece of the Cyprus communist party
Politis

Other online news services for the electorate reprting and camparing candidates.
Kyproeloges.
Choose4 cyprus - select the candidate by policy

Cyprus elections close vote

this week there was a close race in the Cyprus elections.
Basic facts on the electoral system can be obtained on the IFES website and the ACE Electoral encyclopedia
The official Cyprus government website has official press releases on the final results.
The Ministry of the Interior also has more graphics.
The OSCE deployed an observer mission which will be reporting soon on the conduct of the elections. See details and statements
there are news stories and reports in the Cyprus mail.
Good places for looking for articles on cyprus and its political relations see the International Crisis Group.
Human security gateway aggregates reports from leadign policy institutes.