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Anti-Corruption Leader Michaelides Heads ALMA, Aims 10% Vote

5/7/2026

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Odysseas Michaelides, former auditor-general who exposed the passports-for-cash scandal, leads the new ALMA party projected to win 8-10% of the vote.
A record 753 candidates from over 15 parties contest Cyprus’s May 24 parliamentary election, with far-right ELAM expected as the third-largest party.
Analysts say voters, driven by corruption concerns, view the vote as a protest while President Nikos Christodoulides’s supporting parties DIKO, DIPA and EDEK lose ground.

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Odysseas Michaelides, former auditor-general who exposed the passports-for-cash scandal, leads the new ALMA party projected to win 8-10% of the vote.
A record 753 candidates from over 15 parties contest Cyprus’s May 24 parliamentary election, with far-right ELAM expected as the third-largest party.
Analysts say voters, driven by corruption concerns, view the vote as a protest while President Nikos Christodoulides’s supporting parties DIKO, DIPA and EDEK lose ground.