© Reuters. Supporters of the conservative New Democracy party react at the party’s main election booth after the announcement of the first polling day elections, in Athens, Greece, May 21, 2023. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
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ATHENS (Reuters) – Early official results showed that Greece’s ruling conservative New Democracy party had a decisive lead in Sunday’s national elections.
New Democracy gained a lead of 41.1% of the vote based on approximately 31% of the votes counted against Syriza’s 20.1%.
The following are the official results released by the Ministry of Interior.
% of party votes
ND 41.1
SYRIZA 20.1.0 Update
Entry 12.7
KKE 6.7.1
4.5
Niki 2.9.1 update
Plexi 2.6.1 update
Eleftherias
Mira25 2.3
Source: Ministry of Interior data with 30.7% of the votes counted
ND: Conservative New Democracy Party, leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis
SYRIZA: Alexis Tsipras, leader of the left-wing coalition party
PASOK: Socialist Party leader Nikos Androulakis
KKE: Communist Party leader Dimitris Koutsumbas
EL: right-wing Elliniki Lysi (Hellenic Solution), leader Kyriakos Velopoulos
Niki: Nationalists, leader Dimitrios Natsios
Plefsi Eleftherias: left-wing party, leader of Zoe Constantopoulou
Mira 25: a left-wing party, its leader is Yanis Varoufakis