Ruling New Democracy surging ahead in Greek elections
Partial official results show Prime Minister Mitsotakis on course for big win, main opposition Syriza performing worse than expected.
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.
In the election, the voter turnout rate was recorded as nearly 60%.
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