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Center-right New Democracy held on to an 8.5 percent point lead over the incumbent leftists in a public opinion poll ahead of the general election on July 7.

ND got 34.5 percent of valid votes, ahead of SYRIZA's 26 percent, according to the Pulse poll conducted for Skai TV Thursday.

New Democracy has gained ground over SYRIZA since its landslide victory in the 26 May European Parliament poll and now has a double-digit lead over the ruling party, according to the vote estimate in a poll that was released today by Metron Analysis and was ordered by Alpha television.

Exactly a month before the national elections, a Metron Analysis poll published Friday places the main opposition New Democracy (ND) 7.7 percentage points ahead of ruling SYRIZA.

The reasons that led to ruling SYRIZA's big defeat in the European and local elections are numerous.

Commenting on the losses suffered by leftist SYRIZA in Sunday's local and regional authority runoffs, former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis attributed it to "inconsistencies" in its stances.

"SYRIZA never had deep roots in local government. But it chiefly paid for the inconsistencies of the past four years," Varoufakis told Skai.

The difference in the European Parliament election results concerning Greeks living abroad between conservative New Democracy and ruling SYRIZA was 18.61 percentage points in the former's favor, a final count has shown - double the difference in the domestic vote.

Former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis put on a brave face after marginally failing to secure a seat in the European Parliament with his Diem25 party.

Former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis put on a brave face after marginally failing to secure a seat in the European Parliament with his MeRA25 party.

On the cusp of securing a seat in the European Parliament, former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis on Monday called the performance of his MeRA25 party "a small political revolution."

Young voters aged 17 to 24 years old showed their preference for opposition New Democracy in Sunday's European Parliament elections, giving the center-right party 30.5 percent of the vote, according to an exit poll.