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Greece's conservative New Democracy party wins landslide election victory
Greece's conservative New Democracy party leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis vowed to speed up reforms following his landslide victory Sunday in the country's second election in five weeks that granted him a comfortable parliamentary majority to form a government for a second four-year term.
ND wins landslide election victory for second 4-year term
Greece's conservative New Democracy party leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis vowed to speed up reforms following his landslide victory Sunday in the country's second election in five weeks that granted him a comfortable parliamentary majority to form a government for a second four-year term.
Official projections in Greek election show landslide win for New Democracy
Greece's conservative New Democracy party won a landslide victory in the country's second election in five weeks Sunday, official projections based on early returns showed, gaining enough parliamentary seats to form a government for a second four-year term.
Mitsotakis wins second term as Greek PM – As it happened
Polls in Greece closed at 7 p.m. on Sunday, and the exit polls show New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his conservative New Democracy defeating Alexis Tsipras' leftist SYRIZA party and securing an outright majority in Parliament. Stay with our live blog for the most up-to-date news and developments as results come in.
Live Blog: Greek Parliamentary Elections 2023
- 9,813,595 million Greek citizens are eligible to vote in the elections; Greeks living abroad have already cast their votes.
- Running for office are 32 parties, four coalitions of parties and two individuals standing as independents.
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Greeks vote in repeat election, likely to return conservatives to office
Greeks went to the polls on Sunday for the second time in little over a month to elect a new parliament, with voters expected to give former Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' conservatives a second term in office.
Greeks vote again with conservative party favored to win majority
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Explainer: Greece’s election on Sunday: how the system works
Following is the political backdrop to Greece's parliamentary election on Sunday. Opinion polls show former Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' New Democracy party winning by a wide margin over the leftist Syriza party, which ruled in 2015-2019 at the peak of the Greek debt crisis.
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Preview-Greek conservatives appear set to win Sunday election tinged by tragedy
Former Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' conservatives appear set to win a repeat election in Greece on Sunday after an inconclusive vote on May 21, putting him back in office.
Tsipras: Proportional representation is dead for decades
In the May 21 national election, the left-wing main opposition SYRIZA party lost 11.5 points compared to the previous election, in July 2019, and got 20.07% of the vote, far behind ruling New Democracy's 40.79%.