 In Cyprus, Dimitris Christofias of AKEL won the 2008 presidential election.AKEL has consistently been the first and third most popular party, winning the 1970, 1981, 2001 and 2006 legislative elections.In the Czech Republic and Portugal, the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia and the Portuguese Communist Party have been the second and fourth most popular parties until the 2017 and 2009 legislative elections, respectively.