A total of 261 candidacies were submitted in the Nicosia electoral district on Wednesday for the May 24 parliamentary elections, Returning Officer Andreas Hatzipakkos announced at the close of the process.
The candidacies come from 18 party lists and four independent candidates. The process ran from 09:00 to 12:30, lasting approximately three and a half hours. Of the total, 180 candidates — 69% — are men, with 81 women making up 31%. Nicosia returns 19 seats in the House of Representatives.
Eleven party lists filed full ballots of 19 candidates. One list filed 16 candidates, one filed 11, one filed nine, one filed five, one filed four, one filed two and one filed a single candidate. Any voter may object to a candidacy within 24 hours of the deadline, until 12:30 on Thursday.
Agronomos
- Olena Varenyuk Neokleous
- Andreas Zavros
- Antreas Koureas
- Kostas Konstantinou
AKEL AKEL leader Stefanos Stefanou heads the party’s Nicosia ballot.
- Stefanos Stefanou
- Marina Andreou
- Marios Argyrides
- Aristos Damianou
- Eleni Evagorou
- Thomas Thoma
- Seviros Koulas
- Konstantinos Konstantinou
- Christina Konstantinou
- Giorgos Loukaides
- Orestis Matsas
- Charis Polykarpou
- Marilena Trimithioti
- Vakis Charalambous
- Andri Hatziantreou
- Avgi Hatzipavlou-Liasi
- Christos Christofides
- Konstantina Chrysanthou
- Ioanna Chrysovitsioti
Far-Left Resistance Communism
- Celestina De Petro
ALMA Former Auditor General Odysseas Michaelides leads the list; former AKEL MP Irene Charalambides is also standing.
- Odysseas Michaelides
- Ioanna Vassiliou
- Styliani Ilia
- Michalis Iereidis
- Christina Ioannou
- Androulla Kaminara
- Paraskevi (Voula) Kokkinou
- Konstantinos Kyprianidis
- Anastasia Kyprianou
- Kypros Kyprianou
- Dimitris Kyriakou
- Michalis Nikiforou
- Stavria Panagidou
- Michalis Pantelidis
- Georgia (Gioula) Pitsiali
- Michalis Spastris
- Marios Stylianou
- Irene Charalambides
- Petros Hatzinikolaou
Direct Democracy Cyprus MEP Fidias Panayiotou heads the list.
- Marina Georgiou
- Yassoumis Yassoumis
- Minas Giorkas
- Ioannis Damianou
- Marios Therapontos
- Lambros Ioannou
- Baret Kostanian
- Giannis Laouris
- Nikos Louka
- Elena Mitella
- Michalakas Michail
- Rafael Nikolaou
- Marios Panagi
- Fidias Panayiotou
- Andreas Pigas
- Kypros Portokalides
- Monica Sofocleous
- Marios Stavrou
- Loizos Chrysanthou
Volt Cyprus Investigative journalist Makarios Drousiotis and sitting MP Alexandra Attalides are among the Volt candidates.
- Alexandros Apostolidis
- Alexandra Attalides
- Sofia Vassiliou
- Charilaos Velaris
- Frixos Vryonidis
- Rodoula Demetriades Christodoulides
- Makarios Drousiotis
- Despoina Theocharidou
- Achilleas Nikolaos Karagiannis
- Michalis Kitis
- Costa Constanti
- Vasilis Nikolaou
- Efi Xanthou
- Savvas Pavlou
- Andromachi Sofocleous
- Ioannis Tirkidis
- Nikolas Tryfon
- Charis Charalambous
- Andri Christoudia Gumuskut
Democratic Change
- Christos Clerides
- Alexandros Clerides
DIPA
- Elena Avrahamidou
- Eleftherios Antoniou
- Elena Vrachimi
- Filippos Giapatos
- Marinos Kleanthous
- Anna Kyprianou
- Kyproulia Kyprianou-Hatzistyli
- Konstantina Konstantinou
- Takis Mirallais
- Giorgos (Kokos) Neofytou
- Nestoras Nestoros
- Thea Nikolaou
- Giorgos Penindaex
- Stefanos Stefanou
- Christopher (Chris) Sofronious
- Alekos Tryfononidis
- Ari Hapesian
- Konstantinos Chinis
- Eleni Chrysostomou
DEK
- Angelos Ioannou
- Stavros Kassianidis
- Eleni Koliou
- Marios Mavrikios
- Eleni Paparistotelous
- Prokopis Prokopious
- Soteris Protopapas
- Alexios Savvides
- Chrystalla Sismani
- Giorgos Charalambous
- Kypriano Christou
DIKO DIKO leader Nicolas Papadopoulos heads the list.
- Nicolas Papadopoulos
- Stavros Alambritris
- Andreas Georgiou
- Vasileios K. Georgiou
- Christiana Erotokritos
- Marios Eftychios
- Michail Iereidis
- Kostas Kortas
- Maria Kousoulou
- Stelios Palaontas
- Chryssis Pantelidis
- Elena Papadopoulou
- Christos Papapetrou
- Andri Prodromou
- Angeliki Savva Panagi
- Savvas Savvides
- Giorgos Solomou
- Veronika Fouli
- Antonia Fragkou
DISY
- Anastasia Anthousi
- Demetris M. Demetriou (MP)
- Demetris S. Demetriou (former Deputy Police Chief)
- Neofytos Zambas
- Marios Elia
- Polys Kourosides
- Elena Kousiou Hadjidemetriou
- Andreas Konstantinou
- Zacharias Manitaras
- Christakis Meleties
- Konstantinos Mountoukos
- Savia Orfanidou
- Christos Pallis
- Giorgos Pamborides
- Tina Pavlou
- Charalambos Petrides
- Theodoros Tsatsou
- Christoforos Christophorou
- Giorgos Chrysanthou
EDEK
- Charalambos Athanasiou
- Irene Antoniou
- Christina Efstathiou
- Marios Ilia
- Marios Leventis
- Kyriaki Manousakis
- Lefteris Markidis
- Theodoros Meletis
- Andreas Miris
- Mikaella Neofytou
- Xenios Xenophontos
- Loukia Piki
- Morfakis Solomonides
- Marios Tsianakkas
- Marios Channidis
- Pambos Christodoulou
- Sofia Christodoulou
- Takis Christodoulou
- Apostolos Christoforides
ELAM ELAM president Christos Christou heads the list; former DISY vice-president Marios Pelekanos is also standing.
- Christos Christou
- Christina (Tina) Agapiou
- Soteris Antoniou
- Roula Georgiadou
- Alexandros Georgiou
- Androulla (Andri) Dionysiou
- Pavlos Th. Ioannou
- Charalambos Kaerinos
- Eliza (Liza) Kemitzis
- Petros Kountouresis
- Foivos Kyprianou
- Andreas Papascharalambous (former Strovolos mayor)
- Marios Pelekanos
- Iakovos Platos
- Marios Poullikkas
- Savvas Spanos
- Lefki Stylianou
- Stelios Stylianou
- Panayiotis Hatzisymeou
Active Citizens – Movement of United Cypriot Hunters
- Theodosios Avgousti
- Adamos Vrachimis
- Marios Gerolemides
- Stelios Diamantopoulos
- Lefteris Theodorou
- Stavros Kamintzis
- Giorgos Kyriakou
- Georgia Konstantinidou
- Petros Makoulis
- Christina Menelaou
- Sokratis Nikolaou
- Marios Xenophontos
- Pavlos Pavlou
- Iakovos Petrou
- Pavlos Pierrettis
- Antonis Polyvios
- Savvas Savva
- Panayiotis Charalambous
- Artemis Hatzipanagi
Movement of Ecologists – Citizens’ Cooperation Oz Karahan is the first Turkish Cypriot to stand for the Republic of Cyprus’s parliament since 1963.
- Charalambos Aristotelous
- Adonis Giagkou
- Valerios Danielidis
- Stavroula Dimitriou
- Andreas Theophanous
- Oz Karahan
- Maria Kola
- Nikoletta Louka
- Elena Lymbouri Kozakou
- Michalis Menelaou
- Giannos Oikonomou
- Stella Petridou
- Alexia Sakadaki
- Panayiotis Taliotis
- Maria Triantafyllidou
- Kyriakos Tsimillis
- Katerina Hatzistyli
- Virginia Christou
- Andreas Christou
Patriotic Front Lacedemonians
- Maria Afantiti
- Leonidas Ioannou
- Xenios Ioannou
- Kikkos Papadopoulos
- Maria Hatzichristoforou
Sikou Pano
- Michalis Doulapas
- Marios Korniotis
- Kyproulia Kyprianou
- Angelos Konstantinides
- Artemis Konstantinidou
- Andreas Lazarou
- Georgia Lambrianidou
- Alexis Mavromatis
- Panayiotis Panagi
- Ploutarchos Parris
- Sofoklis Pasias
- Fidias Pettemerides
- Christoforos Tornaritis
- Andreas Tsangaris
- Ramona Filip Tornaritis
- Adamos Christodoulou
Green Party of Cyprus
- Kyriakos Andreou
- Seyet Datis Amir Kalali
- Maria Theodosiadou
- Apollonia Leventi
- Kostas Makris
- Costas Malekkos
- Dimitris Papapetrou
- Stelios Stylianou
- Nikolas Hatzipavlou
Independents Four independent candidates filed in Nicosia: Iphigenia Katsi, Alexis Makrides, Konstantinos Mavromatis and Marios Tenizis.
