Party staffs mulling post-May 21 scenarios

As the election period enters the final stretch, the parties are considering alternative scenarios for the outcome of the May 21 ballot and their handling of the crucial phase of the exploratory mandates that will follow, with ruling conservative New Democracy maintaining a clear poll lead over leftist SYRIZA and center-left PASOK moving into double-digit percentages. 

Party staffs acknowledge that the context that will be formed on the night of the upcoming elections, which will, most likely, be followed by the formation of a caretaker government that will lead the country back to the polls, will have a catalytic effect on the correlations of July 2, when the second election is expected to be held, with the new electoral law.

The desirable scenario for Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the ruling New Democracy party is to secure a percentage of 34% or more in...