Greek PM Mitsotakis says has won decisive mandate to govern
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Greek Prime Minister claimed victory in a parliamentary election on Sunday, saying he had a mandate to form a strong autonomous government.
Early official results indicated on Sunday that Mitsotakis’ conservative New Democracy party was set for a big win in Greece’s election, but was short of the majority needed to form a one-party government.
“The ballot results are decisive. They show that New Democracy has the approval of the people to rule, strong and autonomous,” Mitsotakis said.
Greece’s conservative New Democracy party achieved a crushing victory in a national election on Sunday, official results showed.
New Democracy had a lead of 40.8% of the vote based on 94.3% of the votes counted versus 20.1% for the leftist Syriza party, but fell just short of the threshold needed to form a government on its own.
Following are the official results released by the Interior Ministry.
PARTIES
VOTES%
ND
40.8
SYRIZA
20.1
PASOK
11.6
KKE
7.2
EL
4.5
Other parties
15.9
Source: Interior Ministry data, with 94.3% of votes counted
ND: Conservative New Democracy party, leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Photo – Greek Prime Minister and leader of New Democracy political party, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, greets supporters after the announcement of the first results of the Greek general elections, at the headquarter’s party, in Athens. EPA-EFE/GEORGE VITSARAS
