Local elections hopefuls officially submit their interest on Thursday

Candidacies for the June local administration elections will be submitted on Thursday. Hopefuls for the posts of presidents of district organisations, mayors, deputy mayors, members of municipal councils, as well as the members of school boards will submit their interest officially to be included in the ballots. Every citizen of the Republic of Cyprus or another member state of the European Union, who reaches the age of 18 up to and including the date of the elections, has the right to vote, provided that he/she is registered in the electoral roll. The total number of citizens who have the right to vote in the upcoming elections reaches 706,534. The local administration elections will take place at the same day as the European elections on June 9. Source: Cyprus News Agency