File Photo: Ο πρόεδρος της Νέας Δημοκρατίας, Κυριάκος Μητσοτάκης. ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ, ΓΙΑΝΝΗΣ ΚΟΛΕΣΙΔΗΣ
New Democracy won by large margin and forms a majority government, based on the results of the general elections in Greece on Sunday, July 7, with 90.85 pct of votes counted.
A total of six parties will enter parliament based on this result and without the presence of far-right Golden Dawn. A breakdown of each party’s percentage of the vote and seats in parliament is as follows:
New Democracy – 39.78 pct and 158 seats
SYRIZA – 31.56 pct and 86 seats
ΚΙΝΑL – 7.97 pct and 22 seats
Communist Party of Greece (ΚΚΕ) – 5.34 pct and 15 seats
Εlliniki Lysi (Greek Solution) – 3.74 pct and 10 seats
MeRA25 – 3.47 pct and 9 seats
Source: ANA-MPA
Kyriakos Mitsotakis to be sworn-in as prime minister on Monday, at 13.00