NICOSIA (Reuters) - Former foreign minister Nikos Christodoulides held a lead in Cyprus presidential elections on Sunday, early results showed.
NICOSIA (Reuters) – Former foreign minister Nikos Christodoulides held a lead in Cyprus presidential elections on Sunday, early results showed.
With 27% of the island-wide vote counted, independent candidate Christodoulides was polling 33.1%, while career diplomat Andreas Mavroyiannis, backed by left-wing AKEL, was drawing 28% of the vote.
Averof Neophytou, head of the right-wing ruling DISY party, was close behind with 26.3%.
(Reporting by Michele Kambas; editing by Jason Neely)
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