Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' ruling party won a landslide victory, but is likely to go into a second round of voting.
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| Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis celebrates with supporters after the Greek election results were announced. (Source: Reuters) |
On May 21, preliminary results of the Greek election on the same day showed that with more than 96% of votes counted, Prime Minister Mitsotakis' New Democracy Party recorded 40.8% of the votes in favor.
Notably, the party also won in places considered "strongholds" of the left, such as the island of Crete.
The second largest party, the left-wing Syriza of former prime minister Alexis Tsipras, won just 20% of the vote.
The Greek Communist Party (KKE) received 7.2% of the vote, with increased turnout in urban areas.
Meanwhile, the MeRa25 party of former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis failed to surpass the 3% threshold to gain a seat in parliament.
Commenting on the result, Giorgios Georpetritis, a former State Secretary and close ally of Mitsotakis, said: “It seems that New Democracy will have an important victory… Greeks remember the past and vote for the future… they vote for future generations.”
Government officials also described the result as a “great victory” for Mr Mitsotakis.
According to tradition, after the official results are in, President Katerina Sakellaropoulou will allow Kyriakos Mitsotakis three days to discuss the formation of a coalition government. However, officials close to him said he wants to enter a new round of elections, scheduled for early July, to seek a majority government.
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