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Big, revealing newspaper poll "Today's»On electoral trends in Nicosia, Limassol, Larnaca, Paphos and Strovolos… Clear lead in Konstantinos Giorkatzis in Nicosia, Andrea Christou in Limassol and Shaw Sunshine in Strovolos gives, in view of the upcoming municipal elections of the 18th of the month, a large, revealing poll of "Today». On the contrary, based on the findings of the poll, the matches in Larnaca and Paphos are predicted to be ambiguous, where the lead of Andreas Louroutziati and Shaw Rod, versus Nikos Cleanthous and Misery Sarika, respectively, can not discount the final result from now on. Much more, due to the large number of voters in these two Municipalities, who state that they have not yet decided which candidate they will vote for.

In addition, with the exception of AKEL's rallies in Nicosia and Limassol, but also of DISY in Nicosia, in the other Municipalities the rallies of the parties are at relatively low levels for the time, while remarkable percentages of leaking party votes to candidates are recorded. are not supported by the specific political forces.

The "S" poll shows in a deafening way that for the electorate the upcoming electoral contest does not have the party tone that the parties are trying to give it. This is due to the fact that only 12% of voters say they will vote for a candidate for mayor based on the relevant decision of the party, which they say they voted in the last parliamentary elections. On the contrary, what is ranked by most as the primary criterion for the selection of the candidate, who will be voted, is his ability, while in the ranking of the criteria follows the experience of the candidate.
Of particular interest are also the findings regarding the degree of satisfaction of the citizens with the work of the five current mayors, as well as the opinion that the inhabitants of their cities have about them.

The investigation was conducted on behalf of "Today"And"Sigma», By the polling company LS Prime Market Research Consulting Ltd.

The highest turnout, based on the last parliamentary elections, is recorded by AKEL in Limassol, with an astonishing 90% supporting the party candidate. For DISY, the largest gathering is recorded in Nicosia (75%)

NICOSIA:
Konstantinos Giorkatzis maintains an IMPORTANT lead in the Municipality of Nicosia, against the current mayor Eleni Mavrou. Mr. Giorkatzis is ahead in the intention to vote with 15 percentage points against his rival, having as the largest pool of votes the "swimming pool" of DISY, from which he secures 50% of all his votes. For Eleni Mavrou, most of the total votes she secures come from AKEL, while as far as DIKO voters are concerned, they "go" to both Mr. Giorkatzis and Eleni Mavrou.

* Regarding the groupings of the parties in relation to the candidates they support (based on the last parliamentary elections), that of AKEL in Nicosia amounts to 80%, DISY to 75% and DIKO to 65%.

LIMASSOL:
ANDREAS Christou is the candidate who, according to the findings of the "S" poll, stands out as the big favorite to win the Limassol mayoralty again. He leads with a huge difference compared to the rival of Andreas Kyprianou, having in fact the main feature of his candidacy the multi-collection, since he draws votes from all party areas and is voted by a significant portion of DISY voters.

* Regarding the groupings of the parties in relation to the candidates they support (based on the last parliamentary elections), that of AKEL in Limassol amounts to an astonishing 90%, in contrast to that of DISY, which is only 47% . The rally of DIKO in Limassol, which supports the candidacy of Andreas Christos, is at 59%.

LARNACA:
IN the Municipality of Larnaca, despite the lead that Andreas Louroutziatis currently maintains over Nikos Cleanthous, the race for mayor seems to be open and to be ambiguous. This fact is reinforced by the large percentage of voters who have not yet reached their choice and will, in all probability, be the ones who will become the regulators of the final result.

At the moment their percentage is 36%. Also, the DIKO group is at very low levels.
The main source of votes for Mr. Louroutziatis is the DISY tank, while the finding regarding the tank from which Nikos Cleanthous draws his votes is extremely interesting. Although he is running as a candidate from DIKO, supported by AKEL, of all his votes, almost 60% comes from the Left party and only 13% from DIKO.

* Regarding the gatherings of the parties in relation to the candidates they support (based on the last parliamentary elections), that of AKEL in Larnaca amounts to 61%, that of DISY to 65%. The DIKO rally in Larnaca is at an extremely low 25%.

PAPHOS:
GREAT battle, according to the poll, seems to be between Savvas Vergas and Pheidias Sarikas for the Paphos town hall. As in the case of Larnaca, there is a significant percentage who have not yet decided who they will vote for (24%), with Mr. Vergas currently maintaining a lead of five percentage points. Most of Mr. Vergas' votes come from AKEL, despite the fact that he is running as a DIKO candidate. The votes of this party on the total votes of Mr. Vergas constitute 25%, while a 13% comes from DISY and an 11% from EDEK. Regarding Pheidias Sarikas, 32% of the votes he secures come from DISY, 22% from EDEK, 8% from DIKO and 11% from AKEL.

* Regarding the groupings of the parties in relation to the candidates they support (based on the last parliamentary elections), that of AKEL in Paphos is at 52%, DISY at 44% and DIKO at 42%.

STROVOLOS:
In the race for the mayor of Strovolos, the poll of "S" gives a clear lead to the current mayor Savvas Iliofotou, who collects 36% against 25% of Lazaros Savvidis. At the same time, 24% of the electorate are among the undecided.

Mr. Iliofotou gets most of his votes from AKEL, DIKO and EDEK (his candidacy is supported by all three parties), while he also receives votes from a significant portion of DISY voters.

On the other hand, Lazaros Savvidis is voted mostly by DISY voters, as well as by those of the European Party.

* Regarding the groupings of the parties in relation to the candidates they support (based on the last parliamentary elections), that of AKEL in Strovolos is at 47%, DISY at 48% and DIKO at 53%.

The pros and cons of mayors:

How do the citizens in the five Municipalities evaluate the work of their current mayors and how much do they have a positive or negative opinion about them:

NICOSIA:
LOW is the degree of satisfaction of the citizens of Nicosia from the work of the current mayor Eleni Mavrou, as it results from the relevant finding of the "S" poll. Specifically, two out of ten citizens state that they are not at all satisfied, while 40% state that they are more or less satisfied. Four out of ten Nicosians appear very or very satisfied with Ms. Mavrou's work.

* Despite the low degree of satisfaction for her work, the image of the mayor of Nicosia among the majority of the citizens of the capital is positive, since it is valued at 60%. Four out of ten citizens of the city have a negative or very negative opinion about Eleni Mavrou.

LIMASSOL:
ALMOST the absolute reaches the degree of satisfaction of the citizens of Limassol in terms of the work performed during his tenure by Andreas Christou. Seven out of ten Limassol residents say they are more or less satisfied, while another 20% are more or less satisfied. Only 7% are not satisfied at all.

* Consistent with the above findings are the results regarding the opinion that the citizens of Limassol have about their mayor, since eight out of ten have a positive or very positive image of Andreas Christou.

Only 16% have a negative or very negative opinion of their mayor.

LARNACA:
MOLONOTI does not reclaim the mayoralty of Larnaca, the citizens of the city of Zenonas appear approximately "hairy" in relation to their degree of satisfaction for the work performed by Andreas Moses. Four out of ten say they are very or very satisfied, one in three say they are more or less satisfied, while the insignificant 25% say they are not at all satisfied.

* Nevertheless, the majority of the citizens of Larnaca (56%) have a positive or very positive opinion about their outgoing mayor, as opposed to 37%, who have a negative or very negative opinion about Mr. Moses.

PAPHOS:
The work of the mayor of Paphos Savva Verga is VERY or very positively evaluated by one in two of his fellow citizens (50%), while three out of ten (30%) appear to be more or less satisfied with the work he has done. At the same time, 13% of the citizens of Paphos are not at all satisfied with the work of Mr. Vergas.

* In a significant part of the citizens of Paphos, Savvas Vergas has managed during his term to create a positive or very positive opinion, as this is the image that almost eight out of ten citizens of the city have for their mayor. On the contrary, two out of ten Paphites have a negative or very negative opinion of Savvas Vergas.

STROVOLOS:
IN Strovolos, five out of ten citizens appear to be very or very satisfied with the work of the current mayor Savvas Iliofotos, as this is the opinion expressed by 54%. Another 35% say they are more or less satisfied, while only 7% appear to be not at all satisfied with the work of their mayor.

* The vast majority of the citizens of Strovolos, seven out of ten, have a positive or very positive opinion of Mr. Iliofotou. Only two out of ten people in Strovoli have a negative or very negative image of their mayor.

Research Identity:

Type: Quantitative
Data collection method: Telephone interviews from the Prime Consulting call center
Coverage: Locally per Municipality between men and women, aged 18+ with the right to vote
Sampling: Random multistage stratified sampling using a structured questionnaire
Sample: 2.661 people
Time of conducting research: 24/11 / 11- 01/12/11
Company: LS Prime Market Research Consulting Ltd
Statistical Error: (+/-) 1,73%
Assignment: "Simerini" newspaper, "Sigma" TV Source: today's