Greek election sees conservative win

Greece's conservative New Democracy party achieved victory in a national election on Sunday, official results showed.

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

ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece's conservative New Democracy party achieved a crushing victory in a national election on Sunday, official results showed.

New Democracy had a lead of 40.8% of the vote based on 94.3% of the votes counted versus 20.1% for the leftist Syriza party, but fell just short of the threshold needed to form a government on its own.

Following are the official results released by the Interior Ministry.

PARTIES VOTES%

ND 40.8

SYRIZA 20.1

Greek Prime Minister and New Democracy conservative party leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis speaks to media outside the party's headquarters, after the general election, in Athens, Greece, May 21, 2023. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi

PASOK 11.6

KKE 7.2

EL 4.5

Other parties 15.9

Source: Interior Ministry data, with 94.3% of votes counted

Supporters of New Democracy conservative party react at the party's headquarters after the announcement of the first exit polls, in Athens, Greece, May 21, 2023. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi

ND: Conservative New Democracy party, leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Syriza: Leftist coalition party, leader Alexis Tsipras

Leftist Syriza party leader Alexis Tsipras speaks to the media after casting his ballot at a polling station, during the general election in Athens, Greece, May 21, 2023. REUTERS/Elias Marcou

PASOK: Socialist party, leader Nikos Androulakis

KKE: Communist party, leader Dimitris Koutsoumbas

A girl puts her father's ballot into the ballot box at a polling station, during the general election, in Athens, Greece, May 21, 2023. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi

EL: Right-wing Elliniki Lysi (Hellenic Solution), leader Kyriakos Velopoulos

(Reporting By Athens BureauEditing by Chris Reese)