1,000 polling stations

MORE THAN 1,000 polling stations will operate islandwide on election day, the chief returning officer announced yesterday.

According to an official press release 1,023 polling stations will be manned in five districts, (polling will not take place in the sixth district, which is occupied Kyrenia).

Nicosia will have the most polling stations with 379, followed by Limassol (318), Larnaca (162), Paphos (120) and Famagusta district (44).

One polling station in each of the major towns will be made available for the enclaved.

With 18-year-olds being allowed to vote for the first time, some 410,000 people are eligible to vote on February 8.

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