Sunday’s national elections in Greece resulted in a sweeping victory for ruling conservative New Democracy and unexpected low results for main opposition left-wing SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance, which lost all but one of 59 electoral regions in Greece.
Voter turnout was 60.73%, parties that did not make it into Parliament account for 15.96% of votes, and invalid or blank votes totaled 2.61%.
Results of one of the last opinion polls to be unveiled before Sunday’s general election in Greece shows an increasing gap between incumber New Democracy (ND) party and rival SYRIZA.
All highways in Greece will be toll-free for private cars and motorcycles on Sunday, in order to facilitate transportation to and from voting locations.
This month’s opinion poll by the Prorata firm – coming ahead of a May 21 general election – shows a strong trend among respondents in favor of coalition governments in Greece.
New Democracy's (ND) campaign program for 2023-2027 runs along five pillars, Greek Prime Minister and ND leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis, said at an event at the Hellenic Cosmos Cultural Center on Wednesday evening.
"I am not going to cooperate with Kyriakos Mitsotakis and with the New Democracy, period and dash," said Velopoulos, who, against the background of the latest developments with his party's deputies, clarified on Crete TV that "when you have institutions, you refer to the Ethics Committee for explanations and not an apology."
Regarding Turkey, he said that Greece was open to dialogue but at the same time assesses the facts as they really are.
The next elections in Greece will “take place in due time, at the end of the four-year term,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday,
