© Reuters. Supporters of New Democracy conservative party react at the party’s main election kiosk after the announcement of the first exit polls, in Athens, Greece, May 21, 2023. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
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ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece’s ruling conservative New Democracy party held a decisive lead in a national election on Sunday, early official results showed.
New Democracy had a lead of 41.1% of the vote based on nearly 31% of the votes counted versus 20.1% for the Syriza party.
Following are the official results released by the Interior Ministry.
PARTIES VOTES%
ND 41.1
SYRIZA 20.1
PASOK 12.7
KKE 6.7
EL 4.5
Niki 2.9
Plefsi 2.6
Eleftherias
Mera25 2.3
Source: Interior Ministry data, with 30.7% of votes counted
ND: Conservative New Democracy party, leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Syriza: Leftist coalition party leader Alexis Tsipras
PASOK: Socialist party, leader Nikos Androulakis
KKE: Communist party, leader Dimitris Koutsoumbas
EL: Right-wing Elliniki Lysi (Hellenic Solution), leader Kyriakos Velopoulos
Niki: Nationalists, leader Dimitrios Natsios
Plefsi Eleftherias: leftist party, leader Zoe Constantopoulou
Mera25: Leftist party, leader Yanis Varoufakis
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