Moments after the last vote was cast in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, the television debates and analyses turned to the next presidential elections in 2008. Even though the 56-member House of Representatives is a mainly legislative body, the strength of the various ruling coalition parties suggests that President Tassos Papadopoulos will seek a second term in

— Exit polls at 1500GMT, first results at 1830GMT Voting started early Sunday where about half a million Greek Cypriots will elect the 56 new members of the House of Representatives. Even though voting is mandatory, a 90% turnout is expected of the 500,606 registered on the electoral list, while many voters were slow to

— DISY, AKEL aiming for 17-18 seats, DIKO gains seats The opposition Democratic Rally (DISY) was ahead in most exit polls released just after voting ended at 17.00 local time Sunday to elect the 56 new members of the House of Representatives. The state-owned broadcaster CyBC placed DISY in equal first place with the main

— AKEL, DISY get 18 seats each, DIKO has 10 Most of the parties comprising the ruling coalition administration gained ground in the Cyprus parliamentary elections Sunday, but the island’s two main rival parties lost seats and a smaller party chief resigned after he failed to enter the House of Representatives. In all, 487 candidates

Compiled by the Cyprus Press and Information Office The House of Representatives is located in the capital Nicosia and has 80 seats. Fifty-six (56) are occupied by elected members from the Greek Cypriot community while 24 seats are reserved for the Turkish Cypriot community according to the 70:30 ratio of representation specified in the Constitution.

— First results, exit polls expected at 1700 GMT Just over half a million Greek Cypriots go to the polls on Sunday in what has been described as the longest parliamentary election campaign since the Republic was established 46 years ago. The May 21 elections will determine the 56 new members for the next four-year