That result should give him an outright majority thanks to the new voting system put in place for these second general elections in just over a month.
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Posted on 6/25/2023 6:13 PM Updated on 6/25/2023 7:28 PM
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Former Greek Prime Minister and leader of the New Democracy party Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Athens on June 23, 2023. (ARIS OIKONOMOU / HANS LUCAS / AFP)
The right confirms their lead. According to election polls, former Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ party easily won the general elections in Greece on Sunday 25 June. This result should give him an absolute majority to form a “stable government”.
The New Democracy (ND), in power from 2019 to the end of May, would get between 40% and 44% of the vote, ahead of Alexis Tsipras’ left-wing Syriza party, which would get between 16% and 19% of the vote According to polls released by TV channels at the end of the elections, the number is even lower than in the previous elections on May 21 (20%).
A “bonus” of seats for the leading party
Kyriakos Mitsotakis won a major victory five weeks ago, receiving 40.79% of the vote, twice Syriza’s. But this push had not given him the absolute majority that would be required to form a government without forming an alliance.
The leader of New Dimokratia (ND) had ruled out the formation of a coalition and called for new elections. He was counting on an electoral system that would grant the victorious party a “bonus” of up to 50 seats this time.
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