Cyprus election: far-right party linked to Greek neo-Nazis doubles vote share

National Popular Front takes 6.8% of vote amid government corruption scandals and xenophobic climate'

A far-right party with links to Greece's defunct neo-Nazi Golden Dawn has doubled its support in Cyprus after widespread disaffection over corruption scandals dominated elections for a new parliament on Sunday.

The National Popular Front (Elam) garnered 6.8% of the vote, narrowly replacing the Movement of Social Democrats (Edek) as the fourth biggest political force in the island's Greek Cypriot party system for the first time in 45 years.