Along with New Democracy, abstention was the big winner of the first round. In the municipality of Athens, the largest municipality in Greece, it reached almost 70%.
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“13 and three.” That’s the goal of Kyriakos Mitsotakis is about to enter the second round of local elections in Greece. The intention of the Prime Minister and his New Democracy party is to take power this Sunday Victory in all regions of the country13 in total, and in the three major cities: Athens, Thessaloniki and Piraeus.
Analysts are clear that the ruling party’s superiority is now undeniable.
“I think there was no concrete message in these elections, just some conclusions that confirm things that we also saw in the parliamentary elections,” he summarizes for Euronews. Apostolos pistols. “Firstly, the dominance of the ruling party on the political stage. And secondly, that the attention that Mr. Kasselakis (the new leader of the opposition) attracted in the media and among some voters does not concern the entire electorate.”
Estefanos Kasselakis She took over the leadership of Syriza just two weeks ago, so the party’s candidates for these elections have not even been selected by its current leader.
Big abstention
Three months after the parliamentary elections, the popular vote confirmed the established political scenario. In addition to the ruling party The big winner in these elections is abstention. In the municipality of Athens, the largest municipality in Greece, abstention was 70%.
New Democracy had a total of seven regions tied in the first round. The second round therefore decides the outcome of the remaining six: Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Western Macedonia, Ionian Islands, Peloponnese, Thessaly and North Aegean. The result, Sunday the 15th