Greek conservative party is favoured to win majority in second general election in 5 weeks
Official results from nearly 90 per cent of voting centers nationwide showed Kyriakos Mitsotakis' party with just over 40 per cent of the vote, with his main rival, the left-wing Syriza party, suffering a crushing defeat with just under 18 per cent, even worse than its 20 per cent in the last elections in May.
In all, eight parties are projected to surpass the 3 per cent threshold to enter Parliament, including an ultra-religious party and far right party backed by a jailed former lawmaker from the Nazi-inspired and now outlawed Golden Dawn party. The number of parties that make it into Parliament will affect how many seats the winner will hold.
Speaking after voting in a western Athens neighbourhood, Tsipras seemed to accept his party would be in opposition for the next four years even while the voting was still ongoing. The strategy, so far, has worked. New Democracy routed left-wing opponents in May, crucially winning Socialist strongholds on the island of Crete and lower-income areas surrounding Athens, some for the first time.
"Our expectations are that the country will continue the path of development that it has had in recent years," said insurance company employee Konstantinos, who arrived early in the morning at a polling station in northern Athens with his newly wed bride Marietta, still in her wedding dress, straight from their wedding reception. He asked that his surname not be used.
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