–Centre-right New Democracy party projected to win the parliamentary election with about 40 percent of the voteGreek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has conceded defeat in a general election to Kyriakos Mitsotakis after exit polls indicated a clear victory for centre-right New Democracy (ND) party. We fully respect the popular vote,” Tsipras said in his concession speech from central Athens, adding that he had phoned Mitsotakis to congratulate him. The conservative ND party was projected to win 39.8 percent of the vote, according to a partial count presented by a Greek Interior Ministry spokesperson. The early count puts Tsipras’ leftist Syriza party on 31.5 percent. I will be a Prime Minister for all Greek people.”In the September 2015 election, Syriza won 149 seats and the ND 76.

Source: Pakistan Today July 07, 2019 20:15 UTC