A total of 67 candidacies were submitted on Wednesday by 16 party lists and two independent candidates in the Paphos electoral district, ahead of the parliamentary elections to be held on May 24th, according to Efphrosyne Georgiou, Returning Officer for the Paphos electoral district.
She said that 10 party lists will participate in the elections with a full ballot of five candidates. Two party lists consist of four candidates each. One party list consists of three candidates, one other consists of two candidates, and two consist of one candidate each.
She added that 50 candidacies or 74.60% are men and 17 candidacies or 25.40% are women. Moreover, she also announced that the names of the candidates have been posted on the nominations site, for the information of any interested person, while a relevant announcement will be issued by the Office of the Chief Returning Officer.
Any objections to candidacies, she continued, may be submitted by any voter, within 24 hours of the expiry of the deadline for the submission of candidacies, that is, from 12:30 p.m. today, until 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 7, 2026, stating the reasons of the objection.
Any objections submitted will be examined as soon as possible, so that the candidacies can be finalized and preparations for printing the ballots can proceed.
It is noted that no candidacy was submitted by Democratic Change and Far-Left Resistance Communism in the Paphos electoral district.