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Cypriots are voting today choose a president with incumbent Nicos Anastasiades, of the right-wing Democratic Rally party, is projected to win the first round, after leading all opinion polls in the run-up to the vote.
Polling stations opened at 7am local time and will close at 6pm with a 60-minute break at noon.
The results are are expected by 8.30pm. Some 550,000 people have the right to vote in the poll, which is contested by an all-male line-up of nine presidential hopefuls seeking a fixed five-year term in office.
If, as expected, no candidate wins more than 50 percent of the vote, a runoff will be held between the top two challengers on 4th of next month.