Is voting compulsory in Cyprus?

Voluntary

Cyprus repealed compulsory voting in 2017 after being inactive for many years.

Cyprus is one of 153 countries classified “Voluntary” for compulsory voting — 87% of the 176 with data. (Also searched as mandatory voting.)

Source

Taken from
Wikipedia: Compulsory voting
Last checked
7 July 2026
How it was classified
Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.

Nearby countries

Lebanon
Voluntary Compulsory voting was repealed by 1996.
Israel
Voluntary Voting is voluntary.
Palestine
Voluntary Voting is voluntary.
Syria
Voluntary Voting is voluntary.
Turkey
Compulsory (enforced) Turkey has compulsory voting with fines for abstaining without justification, enforced since 1983.
Jordan
Voluntary Voting is voluntary.

Other laws in Cyprus

Voting Age
16–17
Minimum Working Age
14–15

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