ATHENS: Greece’s main opposition New Democracy party (ND) has scored a clear victory in snap general elections on June 7, according to an unofficial count released by the country’s Interior Ministry.
So far 92% of the votes were counted. Out of which Center-right ND has secured 40% of the votes, thus claiming 158 seats in the 300-member Greek parliament. The ND leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected to be the new prime minister.
Mitsotakis said he had promised to decrease the taxes and create new jobs. He said this will be achieved by working together.
“I know the difficulties but I derive my power from the people,” he said.
Ruling Coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza), secured the second place, bagging just 32% of the votes. They party will have 86 deputies in the new House.
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, in a press conference, while accepting the defeat, said he greeted Mitsotakis for his victory, in a phone call.
(Agencies)
Tsipras said they will be a “strong main opposition” and will work to come to power once again.
Other four parties, center-left Movement for Change, Communist Party of Greece (KKE), right-wing Greek Solution of Kyriakos Velopoulos and MeRA25 of former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, also secured to pass the election threshold of 3% to elect deputies, according to the results.
Mitsotakis, 51, the son of former Greek Prime Minister Konstantinos Mitsotakis, will take over as new premier on July 8, after a handover ceremony to be held in the prime minister’s office around noon.
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