Greek conservatives win general elections, fall short of majority

Greek conservatives received a clear mandate from the Greek people to continue efforts to change the country with a strong government, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Sunday after his New Democracy (ND) party won the general elections by a huge margin. ND garnered 40.79 percent of the votes, securing 145 seats in the next 300-member parliament, according to 96.03 percent of the votes counted.

The main opposition party, SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance, gained 20.05 percent of votes with 72 seats, while another three parties that passed the three percent threshold will also enter the new parliament.