Total of 97.06% of ballots counted; ND heads to second-term government
FILE PHOTO: A man with his child casts his vote during the general elections at a polling station in Thessaloniki, Greece, 25 June 2023. Greece holds its second general election in five weeks, after current Prime Minister Mitsotakis won the May 2023 elections but fell short of enough seats in parliament to form a government. EPA/ACHILLEAS CHIRAS
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With nearly all ballots counted by 22:28 on Sunday, the second round of Greek elections established a clear victory for New Democracy, with 40.56% of the votes and 158 seats in the 300-seat Parliament.
The Greek Interior Ministry results were as follows:
New Democracy (Mitsotakis), 40.55% and 158 seats
SYRIZA (Tsipras), 17.84% and 47 seats
PASOK-KINAL (Androulakis), 11.87% and 32 seats
Communist Party (Koutsoubas), 7.67% and 20 seats
Spartans (Stigas), 4.68% and 13 seats
Greek Solution (Velopoulos), 4.45% and 12 seats
Niki (Natsios), 3.70% and 10 seats
Plefsi Eleftherias (Konstantopoulou), 3.17% and 8 seats
MeRA25 did not meet the 3% threshold for Parliament.
A total of 52.75% of registered voters cast a ballot, of which 1.11% were invalid votes.
Source: ANA – MPA
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