UPDATES WITH PARTIAL OFFICAL RESULTS; REVISES HEADLINE, DECK
By Ahmet Gencturk
ATHENS (AA) – Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ ruling New Democracy (ND) party has a commanding lead in Greece’s parliamentary elections, according to preliminary official results on Sunday.
Partial results from 40% of polling stations showed ND with 41.1% of the vote, followed by ex-Premier Alexis Tsipras’ Syriza party with a paltry 20.01%.
In the 2019 elections, ND ended on 39.85% and Syriza came in second with 31.53%.
Early official results released by the Interior Ministry showed the social democratic PASOK-KINAL on 12.2%, the Greek Communist Party (KKE) with 6.9%, and the far-right Greek Solution party on 4.5%.
Former Finance Minister Yannis Varoufakis’ MeRA25 party, the Sailing for Freedom party, and the ultra-conservative Victory party are also close to crossing the 3% election threshold.