Undecided lead Cyprus Presidential poll

The undecided voters have taken the lead in the forthcoming Cyprus Presidential elections to be held February 2008 with a 27% share, well ahead of the three presidential hopefuls according to a poll carried out by the Cyprus Center for European and International Affairs of the University of Nicosia.

The undecided have 27% of the vote, compared to 23.9% for incumbent President Tassos Papadopoulos seeking a second term, and with centre-right candidate Ioannis Cassoulides at 20.9% and communist AKEL candidate Demetris Christophias with 20.7% of the poll. The percentage of voters who said they will cast blank was 7.1%.

If the share of undecided voters is ignored, then Papadopoulos sees his share climb to 32.74%, Cassoulides at 28.6% and Christofias at 28.4%, while the blank votes increase to 9.8%.

President Papadopoulos has maintained a steady lead in the polls with his support placed between 34.4% till 43.8% according to the various recent polls. If the presidential hopefuls fail to garner 50% plus one vote, then elections will be held the second Sunday between the two highest candidates.

 

Undecided everywhere

When asked how they would vote in the second Sunday if their preferred candidate fails to go through, of the Cassoulides supporters 51% replied as undecided/blank, 28.8% to Christofias and 20.4% to Papadopoulos.

Of the Christofias supporters, 55% said they will vote for Papadopoulos, 29% undecided/blank and 16% for Cassoulides while if Papadopoulos fails to clear, 55.7% of his supporters said they would cast blank/not decided, 29.8% for Christofias and 14.5% for Cassoulides.