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05 February 2018, 10:43

Cyprus president re-elected for second term

NICOSIA, 5 February (BelTA - Xinhua) - Cyprus's incumbent President Nicos Anastasiades comfortably won a second term in a runoff election on Sunday against leftist presidential candidate Stavros Malas, according to election results.

With all ballot papers counted, the electoral service said that Anastasiades garnered 55.99 percent of the vote, with Malas trailing with 44.01 percent.

A presidential palace source said that Malas has called Anastasiades to congratulate him on his re-election.

Sundays' runoff was a repeat of the 2013 runoff in which Anastasiades was elected against Malas.

The electoral service said that 26.03 percent of eligible voters stayed away from polling stations, slightly lower than the first round abstention ratio of 28.13 percent.

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