ATHENS: Greece’s center-right opposition party New Democracy has won the nation’s general election with a landslide.
With most districts counted, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras admitted defeat to his rival, Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
New Democracy has 39.8% of the vote so far, with Tsipras’s leftist Syriza party in second place with 31.6%.
Current projections give New Democracy an outright majority, as the winner receives 50 extra seats in parliament.
So far about 88% of districts have returned their results.
The prime minister-elect told supporters he had been given a strong mandate for change.
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