The political race as it played out on social media

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis takes a selfie as he is is on board a train at Thessaloniki's subway during its first trial run with passengers in Thessaloniki, Thursday. [AP]

A study by the Reuters Institute and the University of Oxford published last year showed that 71% of the public in Greece gets its information from social media, and 53% of that number from Facebook in particular. 

"Facebook remains the main tool for disseminating our content, the one with the widest appeal across all age groups," Vassilis Panagos, the head of the team managing social media for PASOK President Nikos Androulakis, told Kathimerini shortly before Sunday's vote.

Another platform that was successful in this election campaign was TikTok. One candidate MP posted a video of her putting on makeup, while another was seen dancing to a song by popular trapper Snik. Kyriakos Mitsotakis took very warmly to the platform, with one of the videos he posted being seen 2.1 million times. 

"There appears to have been a very organized plan as to how to make the...

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