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Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, a pro-reunification moderate, and Ankara-backed challenger Ersin Tatar are to contest an October 18 runoff in breakaway northern Cyprus, following an election Sunday. Right-wing nationalist Tartar won 32.5 percent of the vote, ahead of the incumbent, Akinci, who netted almost 30 percent in a field of 11 candidates, the election council said with results counted from 723 out of 738 polling stations. With no candidate winning a majority of 50 percent, Tatar and Akinci are hold a second round next Sunday. str-mdz/hc/hkb
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2020-10-11

