Returning Officer Antonis Economides said that candidacies were submitted from 17 party combinations. Twenty-nine candidates or 70.7% are male and 12 or 29.3% are female.
Of the 56 seats at the Cyprus Parliament, three will be occupied from candidates running in Keryneia.
Economides moreover said that eleven combinations are running in the elections with three candidates,while two combinations consist of two candidates, each. Four combinations consist of only one candidate, each.
Objections can be made within 24 hours and will be examined promptly so that ballot papers could be printed in the next days.