The Republic of Cyprus High Commissioner in the UK Andreas Kakouris and the Consul General Theodoros Gotsis visited the Cypriot Community Centre in Wood Green.
There they met with the Centre manager Chrystalla Evdokimou and Chair Suzie Constantinides to discuss the preparations for the Cypriot community centre being used as a polling station in London fot the Republic of Cyprus Parliamentary elections taking place on May 30 2021.
A record number of 659 candidates will compete for the 56 seats of Cyprus’ parliament, the House of Representatives, in a general election on May 30, Chief Election Officer Costas Constantinou announced on Wednesday.
He said in a statement that the number of candidates was about 150 more than that in the 2016 vote.
He added that they came from a record number of 15 parties that vie to be represented in the parliament.
A candidate must garner at least 1.7 percent of the valid votes to enter parliament. Constantinou predicted that between 60 and 70 percent of the 557,589 registered voters would cast a vote.
The outgoing parliament comprises eight parties. Many opinion polls have predicted that there will be eight or nine parties in the new parliament, and a wider fragmentation of parliamentary seats.
