The official nomination procedure for presidential candidates started on Thursday morning and will run until noon, where 14 hopefuls are expected to throw their name in for the top position in the country.
The process will take place a Filoxenia Conference Centre in Nicosia, and the procedure will take about 15 minutes for each candidate.
On Wednesday a third candidate, Constantinos Panayi, pulled out of the race for the island’s top post, two days after independent candidate Marios Eliades pulled out, following Christodoulos Protopapas last week.
This year’s elections will see the highest number of candidates to date in Cyprus with 14, with the previous record being 11 in 2013.
At the last presidential elections in 2018, the number of candidates up for the spot was nine.
There are three main candidates: ruling-Disy backed Averof Neophytou, Akel-back independent Andreas Mavroyiannis, and Diko and Edek backed independent Nikos Christodoulides.
Also standing for the role are independents Achilleas Demetriades, Yiorgos Kolokassides, and Constantinos Christofides.
Far-right Elam leader Christos Christou will also be on the ballot in the upcoming elections.
Expected to also be officially put on the ballot on Thursday are Andreas Efstratiou, Loucas Stavrou, Celestina De Petro, Andronikos Zervides, Alexios Savvides, Charalambos Aristotelous, and Julia Hovrina Komninos.
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