Majority of voters in Cyprus are women

Women will be the majority of voters in the upcoming presidential elections scheduled for February 17, while the largest age group of voters is that of 20 to 29 years old.
According to data released by the Chief Returning Officer Lazaros Savvides, of a total of 515,994 voters, 261,410 are women and 254,584 men.
The largest age group, 20 to 29 years old, totals 96,543 voters, of which 49,708 are men and 46,835 women.
Following is the 20 to 49 age group with 95,875 voters, of which 48,540 are men and 47,335 women.
There are 17,478 registered voters in the 18 to 19 age group, 86,306 in the 50 to 59 age group, 66,224 in the 60 to 69 age group, and 70,562 in the over 70s.
The Chief Returning Officer has called on all voters to make sure they have not misplaced their voting books, and notes that replacements can be issued until February 16.
Furthermore, additional pages may be added to existing books at the District Offices or at the polling stations on the day.
Earlier Savvides met with representatives of the nine presidential hopefuls to talk about the final shape of the ballot paper.
Today’s discussions on the ballot paper focused on the size of each candidate’s emblem and on whether the names will begin with the surname or the first name of each candidate. He said 550.000 ballot papers will be printed, more than the number of voters to have a surplus should they be needed. The photograph of each candidate, in black and white, will be placed in a frame.