2023-06-25 20:56:45
The partial recount, with 54.8% of the votes counted, confirms the wide victory of the Prime Minister of Greece during the last four years, el conservador Kyriakos Mitsotakisin the elections held this Sunday.
the conservative Mitsotakis New Democracy obtained 40.37% of the ballots counted, which, if this level of support is maintained, would give it 157 of the 300 seats in the Greek Parliament and, with it, the absolute majority.
Slap it to the left
The result has been a new setback for the left-wing opposition of Syriza and especially for its leader, the former head of government Alexis Tsipraswhich adds only 17.8% of the votes, even below the results of the elections a month ago.
Los Pasok-Kinal Social Democrats are in third place with 12.6% of the votes, followed by Communist Party of Greecewith 7.3%.
The formation Freedom Cruise of the former Syriza deputy Zoe Konstantopulu also manages to pass the 3% threshold to obtain parliamentary representation, something that the leftist does not achieve MeRA25 by former Finance Minister Yanis Varufakis.
far right
In fifth place, with 4.7%, is the far-right party Spartansto which the former neo-Nazi deputy Ilías Kasidiaris, currently in prison for leading a criminal gang, showed his support a few weeks ago.
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It is followed by two other far-right parties: Greek solution (4,6%) y el antisistema Niki (Victory) of the theologian Dimitris Natsiós (3.7%).
new electoral law
In the elections on May 21, New Democracy came in first place, obtaining a percentage similar to today’s, but did not achieve an absolute majority.
Mitsotakis then refused to negotiate with his rivals to form a coalition government, knowing that eventual new elections would be held with a new electoral law that grants bonus seats to the winner and could thus govern alone.
The support for Mitsotakis in these elections is mainly due to his economic management, according to all studies. Despite the fact that the country’s economy has not yet reached the levels prior to the 2010 debt crisis, the Greeks recognize their work, with increases in pensions and salaries, the arrival of investments and the country’s growth above the European Union average.
And despite the fact that his government has faced scandals, such as the wiretapping of an opposition politician and journalists, the greeks voted more with the pocket thinking about possible democratic setbacks.
Refering to immigration policy, Mitsotakis followed through on his promise to reduce asylum claims and protect the borders, which has attracted conservative voters despite criticism from human rights groups and aid organizations for carrying out, according to them, pushbacks. Neither these criticisms nor the recent shipwreck with hundreds of deaths and disappearances have diminished support for him at the polls.
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