Here are some interesting facts regarding the EP elections in Cyprus:
1. Elections will take place 6th of June, which is a Saturday. Results will not be able to be announced until the last ballot box in the EU closes on June 7.
2. The financial cost of the EP elections is estimated at 5 million euro.
3. A total of 525.000 persons are on the electoral list, 10.000 of whom are overseas, 1.300 are Turkish Cypriot voters and 5.000 nationals of other EU countries and 7.400 are new voters.
4. Polling stations for the European elections are expected to be set up for Cypriot voters in Greece, Britain, Belgium, Germany, Russia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Bulgaria and Qatar.
5. Cypriot voters in Greece are approximately 7.000, in Britain 2.000, in Belgium 179, in Moscow 80, in Prague 117, in Budapest 84, in Sophia 227, in Qatar 92 and in Germany 150.
6. Polling stations will open at 6 in the morning until 8 at night, with an hour break at noon. The counting of crosses of preference to candidates, according to initial estimates, is expected to begin as soon as polling stations close on 6th June 2009.
7. Turkish Cypriots residing in the southern government controlled part of the island will be able to vote in polling stations in the area they live and those who will come from the northern Turkish occupied part of the country will vote in polling stations near crossing points along the dividing line, that separates the country since the 1974 Turkish invasion.
8. According to the Nice Treaty, Cyprus is entitled to elect six deputies.
(18 votes, average: 3.61 out of 5)
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