Poll shows President Christodoulides’ popularity is on a free fall

One year after the presidential elections, President Nikos Christodoulides’ image has plummeted to the point where if we had elections again today with the same candidates, he would have reached the second round.

This is according to a recent poll conducted by L.S. Prime Market Research & Consulting Ltd, on behalf of RED WOLF PR and Advertising.

The poll found that if the Cyprus presidential elections were held today, Nikos Christodoulides would come in third place behind Andreas Mavroyiannis and Averof Neophytou.

The poll also found that only one-third of those who voted for President Christodoulides last year would have voted for him again.

This is a significant drop from the 53% of the vote he received in the second round of the 2023 elections.

The dramatic decrease in the President’s popularity is also evident as he now has a 45% negative image. This is up from 27% in the same poll conducted six months ago.

In fact, the results of the poll show that Nikos Christodoulidis has a very low approval rating even among the voters of the parties that had supported his candidacy.

In response to the question “Who would you vote for if we had elections next Sunday”, the participants answered as follows:

Andreas Mavroyiannis: 22%

Averof Neophytou: 17%

Nikos Christodoulidis: 16%

Christos Christou: 8%

Other: 6%

None: 18%

The negative image of President Christodoulides and his government was also reflected in the responses to the question “who is the most productive minister”.

“None of the above” was the most popular answer with 30 per cent of the respondents. This figure is considerably higher than the second-most frequent response, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou at 18 per cent.