Alexandra Attalidou made her first public statement since Sunday's election results, addressing the supporters who backed her across five years in the House of Representatives. Volt Cyprus failed to cross the 3.6% threshold needed to enter parliament, ending Attalidou's tenure as one of the more distinctive voices in the outgoing House. She had served a single term, elected in 2021 as part of a wave of new political formations that sought to channel frustration with Cyprus's established parties.
"The election result is not what we had hoped for," she wrote. "I feel deep emotion, but also great responsibility towards you." She thanked supporters for giving her "the strength to stand tall when it would have been easier to stay silent, and to speak when others chose silence," and was direct about what she believed her five years had amounted to: "This was not simply a parliamentary term. It was a shared path of struggle."
In her post, Attalidou listed the battles she said she had fought from her seat, citing corruption, impunity, the erosion of institutions, human rights, the dignity of elderly people and people with disabilities, environmental protection, the rule of law, and a solution to the Cyprus problem. She was equally clear about her motivations for entering politics in the first place. "I did not enter politics to become part of the system," she wrote. "I entered because I believed this place deserves better."
"I never betrayed you"
Attalidou pledged to continue defending democracy, human rights, the rule of law, transparency, social justice and the reunification of Cyprus through public engagement, speech and action. "Because love for Cyprus cannot be placed in a ballot box," she concluded.
Volt Cyprus was among several parties that failed to enter the new House, alongside EDEK, DIPA, and the Greens, in an election that consolidated representation around fewer, larger forces while bringing in new entrants ALMA and Direct Democracy. The result leaves the centre and the progressive space notably thinner in the incoming parliament.
