The parliamentary seat that was contested by the candidate in Nicosia with DISY, Xenia Constantinou, remains with Chrisis Pantelidis and DIKO.
The Electoral Court rejected her appeal asking it to declare Mr Pantelidis' seat invalid. The appeal was against both the Election Commissioner, the party and the MP himself. The petitioner submitted that the Registrar General of Elections erroneously awarded the fourth seat, noting that the law does not give him that right.
In the second allocation, four seats were left unallocated and, as required by the electoral law, three were allocated to the first three parties. DISY received one each, AKEL one and DIKO one. The fourth seat was given to DIKO and Chryssi Pantelidis.
As noted in the application, the fourth and unallocated seat was wrongly given to DIKO and Chryssi Pantelidis as the 1979 Law on the Election of Members of the House of Representatives does not give the Electoral Commissioner the right to award a second seat to any party at the stage of the second phase of the second allocation and therefore the Electoral Commissioner acted in breach of the law and/or exceeded his powers. The decision as noted "conflicts with the principle of equality which is guaranteed by Article 28.1 of the Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus, as it brings about a result that is not compatible with the principle of equality and is contrary to the proportional system of representation on a nationwide basis".
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