27–28 Feb 2028
Final result window, derived from the last election. Treat as final after Nicosia time.
- Polls close
- First count by
- Counted by
- Ministry of the Interior (Central Elections Service)
- Results page
gov.cy/moi-elections/en/
Cyprus runoff 2028
Polling day Date not yet official. Counted by Ministry of the Interior (Central Elections Service). Times are Nicosia time; hover for UTC.
Held only if no candidate wins more than 50% of the valid votes in the first round. The election is then repeated on the corresponding day of the following week between the two candidates with the most valid votes, and the one with more votes is elected (Constitution art. 39(2); Law 37/1959 s.34(7)). Tentative: it follows the tentative first-round date of 20 Feb 2028.
Count stages
28 Feb
Election-night count
Election-night count: Sun 27 Feb, 18:00 → Sun 27 Feb, 22:00, precedent.
Final result
Final result: Sun 27 Feb, 19:00 → Mon 28 Feb, 11:00, precedent.
Stage windows and their sources
- Election-night count→precedentLaw 37/1959 s.23: voting 07:00-12:00 and 13:00-18:00, extendable by the presiding officer to 21:00. On 27 Feb 2028 Cyprus is on EET (UTC+2), so polls close 16:00 UTC. 2023 precedent: on 12 Feb 2023 official results with all votes counted were reported in the early evening and the winner was to be formally proclaimed at 18:00 GMT (VOA/Reuters, 12 Feb 2023). The window closes at 22:00 EET. Unofficial running count, not the declared result.
- Final result→precedentLaw 37/1959 s.34(7): the candidate with more votes at the second poll 'shall be declared by the Returning Officer to be elected', after the count (s.34(6)) and any recount (s.34(8)); the name is published in the Gazette (s.36). Precedent: the 2023 runoff winner was proclaimed on polling night, 12 Feb 2023 at 18:00 GMT (VOA/Reuters), and sworn in before the House on 28 Feb 2023 (Cyprus Mail). The opening (19:00 EET) is an ESTIMATED floor. The window closes at 11:00 EET on Monday 28 Feb 2028, the day the outgoing term ends and the House convenes for the investiture (Constitution art. 43(3); Ministry of the Interior 'Presidential Term of Office'), so the declaration cannot come later without the investiture slipping. Election petitions go to the court after the result, with no confirmation step, so there is no court-validation stage.
Results sources
| URL | Role | Kind | Can answer a results question | Last check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gov.cy/moi-elections/en/elections-results/ | results-live | results index | no | |
| cylaw.org/nomoi/enop/non-ind/syntagma/full.html | timetable | other | no | |
| cylaw.org/nomoi/enop/non-ind/1959_1_37/full.html | timetable | other | no | |
| en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2028_Cypriot_presidential_election | see-also | other | no | |
| gov.cy/moi-elections/en/ | authority-home | other | no |
Cite, embed, correct
Election Index, “Cyprus runoff 2028”, https://electionindex.org/election/cyprus-presidential-2028-r2, dataset 2026-09-25.d023cc13. CC BY 4.0.
Embed code
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Questions and answers
- When is the Cyprus runoff 2028?
- Polling day is 2028-02-27, not yet officially confirmed. Held only if no candidate wins more than 50% of the valid votes in the first round. The election is then repeated on the corresponding day of the following week between the two candidates with the most valid votes, and the one with more votes is elected (Constitution art. 39(2); Law 37/1959 s.34(7)). Tentative: it follows the tentative first-round date of 20 Feb 2028.
- When will the final result of the President of the Republic race be official?
- Expected between 2028-02-27T17:00:00Z and 2028-02-28T09:00:00Z (UTC), confidence precedent. Law 37/1959 s.34(7): the candidate with more votes at the second poll 'shall be declared by the Returning Officer to be elected', after the count (s.34(6)) and any recount (s.34(8)); the name is published in the Gazette (s.36). Precedent: the 2023 runoff winner was proclaimed on polling night, 12 Feb 2023 at 18:00 GMT (VOA/Reuters), and sworn in before the House on 28 Feb 2023 (Cyprus Mail). The opening (19:00 EET) is an ESTIMATED floor. The window closes at 11:00 EET on Monday 28 Feb 2028, the day the outgoing term ends and the House convenes for the investiture (Constitution art. 43(3); Ministry of the Interior 'Presidential Term of Office'), so the declaration cannot come later without the investiture slipping. Election petitions go to the court after the result, with no confirmation step, so there is no court-validation stage.
- Where are the official President of the Republic results?
- No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Ministry of the Interior (Central Elections Service) (https://www.gov.cy/moi-elections/en/).