To the second round by 21 points! 'Great victory' in Greece wasted :Image Credit "Milliyet"

To the second round by 21 points! 'Great victory' in Greece wasted :

The YDP, led by Prime Minister Mitsotakis, achieved the largest vote share in Greece since 2007, with the main opposition leader Tsipras losing even in his own village. While the polls seem to have gone to waste, the Greek media gives the codes of the second round.

Greece, with around 10 million voters, went to the polls at the weekend, and the highly anticipated results turned all the polls upside down. The New Democracy Movement (YDP), led by Prime Minister Kiryakos Mitsotakis, took the lead by outperforming its closest rival by 21 points. According to the map published by the Greek Ministry of Interior, Prime Minister Mitsotakis' party YDP finished first in all constituencies except one place.

As of Monday morning, 99.6 per cent of the votes were counted. Accordingly, in the election, where the conservative YDP reached 40.7 per cent, the main opposition SYRIZA received only 20 per cent.

Socialist PASOK increased its votes and maintained its position as the third-largest party with 11.5 per cent. The Communist Party KKE won the right to enter the parliament with 7.2 per cent and the nationalist LISY party as the fifth party with 4.4 per cent.

In the pre-election polls in Greece, it was estimated that Mitsotakis' YDP would receive 32 per cent of the vote. The table that emerged on the evening of May 21 showed that the polls were wrong by almost 10 points.

When the results became clear on Sunday evening, Prime Minister Mitsotakis, who came before his voters, described the picture that emerged as a 'political earthquake'. Mitsotakis, who stated that the vote showed that he gave his party the mandate for a four-year government, said in his victory speech, "The people wanted Greece to be governed by the majority government and the New Democracy Party without the help of others."

In the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA), led by Alexis Tsipras, the results were disappointing.

57 VOTES IN ISTANBUL :

Greek Skai television, on the other hand, reports that voters outside of Greece also voted in the parliamentary elections held at the weekend, and that ballot boxes were set up for the first time in Turkey, which is among the countries in question. For the first round, which ended with the overwhelming victory of Prime Minister Mitsotakis, 22,825 Greek citizens went to the polls abroad.

Skai's Turkey correspondent, Manolis Kostidis, stated that for the first time in Istanbul, ballot boxes were set up for Greek voters, and 57 out of 85 voters came to the consulate building to vote. Greeks living in Kazakhstan, Armenia and Georgia also voted at the ballot box in Istanbul.

EVEN LOSE IN THE VILLAGE

The websites of Greek newspapers conveyed the election results to their readers with interactive maps, and there were live broadcasts on television screens. While the Kathimerini newspaper used the headline 'Mitsotakis' victory, Tsipras' fall and the next day', in other news it preferred the headline 'Immediate change sign from Tsipras'.

The headline of the striking news in the To Vima newspaper, which was presented to its readers with the headline 'The era of the centres', was 'Tsipras lost even in his own village Arta'. According to the newspaper, the political model of the period, which only benefited the extremists, was rejected by both the government and the opposition wing.

Great victory in Greece wasted in the second round with a margin of 21 points :

ESCAPE WITH FIVE CHAIRS :

YDP won 146 out of 300 seats in the parliament, but the majority could not reach 151. Elections in Greece are held according to the proportional electoral system and Mitsotakis had to reach 46 percent in order to form a government on his own.

Based on the announced vote rates, it can be concluded that YDP can form a government with PASOK. However, PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis has previously announced that he will reject Kiryakos Mitsotakis as the head of a possible coalition government.

Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou will assign Mitsotakis the task of forming a government, and when the YDP leader returns to office, it will be the turn of other party leaders. Party leaders have three days each, and if a government cannot be formed, Greece will go to the second round after 60 days.

Prime Minister Mitsotakis signalled the second round in his victory speech and stated that he would not form a coalition government.

SCENARIOS FOR THE SECOND ROUND :

The search for a coalition is the most curious question in Greece today. With the announcement of the final results by the Ministry of Interior, coalition talks began. Greek media reports that Kiryakos Mitsotakis met with President Sakellaropoulou today. The news on the first page of To Vima, 'How will Micotakis act, when will new ballot boxes be set up?' published under the title.

While Kathimerini said 'YDP is on the way to self-confidence-Scenarios for victory in the second round', the international news agency AFP gave a news titled 'While the Prime Minister seeks an absolute majority, Greece is waiting for a new election'. Evaluating 'the great victory is wasted', the agency also wrote that the 21-point difference between the YDP, which has won its biggest victory since 2007, and the main opposition party, is the largest since 1974.

AFP added that the second round in Greece could take place on 25 June or 2 July.

In Greece, the provisional government is in office until the elections are held again. The government is made up of high judges and technocrats.

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