The former foreign minister of Cyprus, Nicos Christodoulides, who is supported by right-wing or center-right conservative groups, won the second round of the presidential election in Cyprus on Sunday, according to the final results after counting all the ballots, Reuters and EFE agencies reported, citing Agerpres.

Christodoulides, who ran as an independent, won with 51.9% over former diplomat Andreas Mavroyannis, who got 48.1% and presented himself as an independent but was supported by progressive groups, especially the left-wing AKEL party.

Exit polls released shortly before the official results were announced also showed Christodoulides as the winner.

Incumbent President Nicos Anastasiades, a conservative politician from the ruling DISY party, has been in power since 2013 and is completing his second and final five-year term allowed by the Constitution.

Among the complex issues facing the incoming president are the impasse in negotiations with the Turkish Cypriots on the reunification of the divided island, social conflicts caused by inflation or corruption scandals, as well as the number of illegal migrants arriving in Cyprus in ever-increasing numbers.