By Bilun Gunes
The six new members of the European Parliament representing Cyprus have been officially announced.
DISY retained two seats with the highest turnout of votes, AKEL lost one seat, an independent candidate took third place, ELAM secured a seat in the European Parliament for the first time, and EDEK lost its seat.
THERE WILL NOT BE A TURKISH CYPRIOT MEP FROM CYPRUS
The most significant change for the Turkish Cypriot community is the absence of a Turkish Cypriot MEP from Cyprus. Niyazi Kizilyurek, the first Turkish Cypriot to gain a seat in the parliament with AKEL, was not re-elected.
Loukas Fourlas was re-elected, and former Health Minister Michalis Hatjipantela gained a seat from DISY. Giorgos Giorgiou was re-elected from AKEL. Fidias Panayiotou, a 24-year-old social media influencer with no political experience, gathered 19.4% of the votes and secured a seat. Costas Mavrides was re-elected from DIKO, and Geadis Geadi gained a seat from ELAM.
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