SYRIZA Declares Majority Mandate in Greek Parliament, Surges Over Polls Predictions - 70% counted
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Greek Parliament by Party (Dissolved)
300 Members of Parliament Seats contested
PARTY: Official % of vote (projected Members of parliament)
SYRIZA: 36.5 (150 MPs)
ND: 27.7 (76)
GD: 6.3 (17)
To Potami 5.9 (16)
KKE 5.6 (15)
PASOK: 4.8 (13)
Ind Greeks 4.7 (13)
21.43 In statement from Korydallos Prison, Golden Dawn leader Nikos Michaloliakos says party has won third place for a second time (after European elections) and will receive exploratory mandate to form government if other bids fail.
21.49 ND vice president Dimitris Avramopoulos congratulates Tsipras on election victory.
21.51 Democratic Left (DIMAR) leader Fotis Kouvelis calls Tsipras to congratulate him. Meanwhile, his party – which ran with Ecologist Greens – is expected to win fewer votes than Vassilis Leventis's Union of Centrists (Enosi Kentroon) and Apostolos Gletsos's Teleia (Full Stop) party.
22.02 Alco pollster estimates election turnout at 61 pct; up from local elections in 2014, down from general polls in 2012.
22.13 New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras is expected to make statements at Zappeio Hall.
22.23 Official results with 40 pct of the votes counted:
SYRIZA: 35.8 pct
ND: 28.4
GD: 6.4
To Potami: 5.8
KKE: 5.4
PASOK: 4.9
Ind Greeks: 4.7
Movement: 2.4
22.30 PASOK chief Evangelos Venizelos congratulates SYRIZA, says leftist party will need broader consensus. He blames George Papandreou, leader of splinter Movement, for PASOK's poor showing in election as well as for Golden Dawn's third place. He calls congress, including leadership vote.
22.31 Samaras calls Tsipras to congratulate him. He is expected to formally concede defeat in a televised statement shortly.
22.53 Speaking from Zappeio Hall, outgoing PM Samaras concedes defeat but defends legacy. “I am handing over a country without deficits, which is a member of the euro and EU. My conscience is clear,” he says. He emphasizes that ND is only 2 pct down on what it received in June 2012 after 2.5 years of austerity.
23.10 George Papandreou, leader of Movement of Democratic Socialists, hits back at Venizelos after PASOK leader blames him for GD's electoral success. In a statement, Papandreou accuses the outgoing deputy prime minister of having worked with Takis Baltakos, the ex-government secretary general who resigned after being found to have maintained direct lines of communication with the neofascist party.
23.12 Independent Greeks leader Panos Kammenos speaking at Zappeio Hall says "will help stabilize this new political reality. The coming days will be the start of a difficult path, but a Greek path nonetheless.” With 53.6 pct of votes counted, his party is at 4.7 pct (13 MPs).
23.13 European Parliament President Martin Schulz reported to have congratulated Tsipras, says to be planning Athens visit.
23.20 SYRIZA chief Tsipras says Greece is turning over a new page, leaving behind five years of humiliation and pain. He says SYRIZA's mandate closes the vicious circle of austerity, cancels the memorandums of austerity and disaster. “Today, the troika is a thing of the past,” he says.
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UPDATE 1:
23.31 Tsipras's speech continues: There are no winners and losers. Today was a defeat for the Greece of elites and oligarchs, he says. The leftist leader says he is ready to negotiate for a “mutually acceptable” solution with the country's lenders. “There will be no rupture, but no continuation to the subjugation either,” he says. Tsipras pledges radical reforms and a plan for growth.
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30975437
The BBC's Mark Lowen: "Many here are finally smiling again"
Greece votes
Anti-austerity-(edited) Syriza has won a clear victory in Greece's general election.
With nearly 70% of the votes counted, it is projected to win 149 seats, just two short of an absolute majority, though that number could change.
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23.45 Communist Party leader Dimitris Koutsoubas says result expressed people's anger and “false hope” for change. He says SYRIZA will effectively continue current policy.
23.50 Stavros Theodorakis, leader of centrist To Potami party, says SYRIZA needs allies, it will take more than 151 MPs to change the country. He says To Potami will support program to avoid a second election.
23.59 Mega TV reports Independent Greeks leader as ruling out cooperation with To Potami in a SYRIZA government.
00.14 Official results with 70 pct of votes counted:
SYRIZA: 36 pct
ND: 28.2 pct
GD: 6.4
To Potami: 5.9
KKE: 5.4
PASOK: 4.75
Ind Greeks: 4.69
UPDATE 4: Greek Electoral Commission Official LiveMap (88.05% Reporting)
Greek Drama -SYRIZA 2 MP Seats Away From Absolute Parliamentary Majority
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