Runoff called in Cyprus’ presidential election
Right-wing opposition leader and presidential candidate Nicos Anastasiades waves to his supporters after voting in the Presidential election in southern port city of Limassol, Cyprus, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. Cypriots vote for a new president to guide them through a severe economic crisis that has the country joining other troubled European nations in seeking international rescue money to pull it back from the brink of bankruptcy. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
Presidential candidate Giorgos Lillikas and his son Orfeas vote in the Presidential election in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. Cypriots are voting for a new president amid a financial crisis in which the country needs a rescue package from international creditors to stave off bankruptcy. (AP Photo/Philippos Christou)
A man votes in the Presidential election in southern port city of Limassol, Cyprus, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. Cypriots are voting Sunday for a new president who must tackle a financial crisis that has forced the country to seek international rescue money to stay solvent. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
A woman votes in the Presidential election in southern port city of Limassol, Cyprus, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. Cypriots vote for a new president to guide them through a severe economic crisis that has the country joining other troubled European nations in seeking international rescue money to pull it back from the brink of bankruptcy. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ election will go into a runoff for a new president to lead the country through its severe financial crisis, after no candidate won an outright majority in Sunday’s vote.
Nicos Anastasiades, a right-winger who presented himself as the most capable to negotiate a bailout with Cyprus’ European partners, won the first round on Sunday, but with less than the 50 percent plus one vote needed for an outright victory.
With 99.5 percent of the vote counted, Anastasiades had 45.44 percent of the vote.
He will face left-wing Stavros Malas in the Feb. 24 runoff.
Malas won 26.93 percent of the vote and has advocated being more assertive in bailout negotiations so his country can win better conditions in return for rescue loans.
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