Kyprianos Economides died on 10 December 1886. In the by-election for the vacant seat on 3 January 1887, Dimitrios Nikolaidis (an MLC between 1883 and 1886) defeated the trader Michail Michailidis by 284 to 195 votes. Only 479 of the 3,990 registered voters voted. However, Nikolaidis died in March 1888.The Cyprus Blue Book 1887-1888 p86 Michailidis was subsequently elected in his place on 3 April.The Cyprus Blue Book 1888-1889 p94
