People chose the beach before politics at the second European Parliament elections in Cyprus, since the country joined the EU on May 1, 2004. As announced by he secretary general of the central election commission, Lazaros Savidis, 41.12% of Cyprus citizens did not show up to give their votes. In comparison, at the first European Parliament elections in 2004, those that did not vote were only 28% of the electorate. Especially low is the voting activity among young people, under the age of 25.

The majority of the votes were received by the conservative party DISI, 35.65%, second are the communists from AKEL with 34.9%. Two representatives from each of the two parties will sit in the European Parliament. The third position is for the Democratic Party with 12.28% and the fourth- for EDEK with 9.85%.

The political parties emphasize on the small priority that DISI has, resulting from the low voting activity. At the same time they remind that this is the best result the conservatives have ever received in their entire history, confirming their leading political position in Cyprus. The observers predict that DISI will follow closely the negotiations with Cyprus Turks and any delay or blocking of the process will result in preliminary presidential elections, where the conservatives will have significant opportunity to win.