People's
Democracy
(Weekly Organ of the Communist Party of
India (Marxist) No. 08
February 23, 2003
(Weekly Organ of the Communist Party of
India (Marxist) |
Vol.
XXVII No. 08 February 23, 2003 |
SUPPORTED
by
the
Progressive
Party
of
working
People
(AKEL)
and
some
other
progressive
parties,
Tassos
Papadopoulos
has
won
the
presidential
election
in
Cyprus,
held
on
February
16.
Papadopoulos
polled
2,13,353
votes
that
come
to
51.51
per
cent
of
the
valid
votes
polled.
His
nearest
rival,
Glafcos
Clerides,
trailed
far
behind,
with
38.80
per
cent
of
the
valid
votes.
Clerides
polled
1,60,724
votes.
The
result
comes
as
a
significant
victory
for
the
AKEL
and
other
parties
that
supported
Papadopoulos.
The
new
president
will
take
the
oath
of
office
on
February
28
in
the
House
of
Representatives,
and
then
announce
his
council
of
ministers.
In
the
February
16
election,
4,31,690
voters
exercised
franchise
out
of
a
total
of
4,76,758
registered
voters.
Details
are
awaited.
