Aglandjia, Cyprus. The two candidates standing for deputy mayor of Aglandjia on Sunday called on residents to cast their votes after voting themselves in the by-election. By noon, turnout had reached 15 per cent of the 15,182 eligible voters.
Calls for participation
After voting, both Andri Hadjiandreou and Prokopis Prokopiou urged residents to take part in the electoral process.
Hadjiandreou cast her vote at 10:30 a.m. at the 6th Primary School of Aglandjia, while Prokopiou voted at 11 a.m. at the Pallouriotissa gymnasium.
Statements by the candidates
Hadjiandreou thanked those conducting the electoral process and said she hoped that people “will decide with the criteria which they have set as a priority”.
She added that, once the election is over, “the next day is the most important of all, because the point here is for Aglandjia to win”.
Calling on people to vote, she said, “it may be hot, but the day is long. We can vote and go swim afterwards”.
Prokopiou said, “today we are voting for the good of our Aglandjia” and also appealed to residents to vote.
“The effort of all of us is for the whole world to come to the polls to vote,” he said, adding that the goal is for Aglandjia “to be the jewel of the wider municipality of Nicosia again”.
Reason for the by-election
The by-election is being held after former deputy mayor Andreas Constantinou won a seat in the House as an MP.
