21,500 chests Greece opened its doors this Sunday at 07:00 local time (4:00 GMT) so Nearly 10 million citizens were called to the polls elect a new Parliament and Government.
According to the polls, seven of the 30 parties competing in these general elections have a probability of exceeding the 300-seat threshold, or 3%, required to enter the Greek Parliament.
New Democracy, favorite
conservative New Democracy (ND) formation Kyriakos MitsotakisPrime Minister of Greece for the last four years, as department Favorite with 40% of voting intentAccording to polls, he’s 20 percentage points ahead of former head of government Alexis Tsipras’ left-wing Syriza party (20%).
These are the same percentages the two parties received in the May 21 elections, but this time around. It would be enough for the conservative leader to get 39% of the vote. to obtain an absolute majority in the parliament.
And that’s thanks to the bonus of up to 50 seats to the winning party, which was eliminated in the last elections in May and subsequently all failed attempts to form a government in Greece.
In third place is the Social Democrats with 12 percent. Pasok-Kinalfollowed by Communist Party (6.5%) and the nationalist Greek Solution (4%).
First time two parties will be represented in parliament: formation Freedom RideZoe Konstantopulu (4%), former Syriza MP and far-right and anti-system nikki (Victoria), by the theologian Dimitris Natsios (3.5%).
Mitsotakis sells himself as “the only option”. stable government“
Conservative Mitsotakis presents himself as “the only option” to form “the one”. stable government“To keep the country on the path of growth so that Greece takes a “big step towards Europe” in terms of wages and living standards in the coming years.
Tsipras advocates an economy that “works for all” and after the defeat of the May elections – Syriza lost a third of its support compared to 2019 – it wants the vote to remain a “strong opposition party”.
While the conservative leader was unable to curb the galloping inflation in staple food during his tenure, he did manage to boost the economy above the European average and large foreign investments came in.
If Mitsotakis gets an absolute majority tomorrow and forms a government, He will be the first Greek head of government to be re-elected after a four-year term since the financial crisis erupted in 2010.
After twelve hours of opening, the polls will close at 19:00 (4:00 pm GMT).
The first results are expected to be announced in an hour and a half, and by 9 PM (6 PM GMT) it will be known exactly how many seats each party will get, and it will be known for sure if New Democracy wins an absolute majority. Mijalis Stavrianudakis, secretary general of the Ministry of the Interior, to state television ERT.