The conservative Mitsotakis would renew the position at the helm of Greece according to the first polls

The Prime Minister of Greece and leader of the conservative New Democracy (ND) formation, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, is emerging as the winner of the legislative elections held this Sunday, according to the first projections at the foot of the ballot box.

This was reported by public television ERTaccording to which estimates based on questions to voters and published after the closure of polling stations they see the governing ND in a band between 36% and 40% of the votes.

The left-wing opposition Syriza party of former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras trails behind, with between 25% and 29%.

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The social democrats from Pasok-Kinal they came in third placewith between 9.5 and 12.5% ​​of the vote, followed by the Communist Party of Greece (6-8%) and the far-right Greek Solution (3.5-5.5%).

The party of former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, the leftist MeRA25, which projections give it between 2.5 and 4.5%, he can be left out of Parliament if he finally does not pass the 3% threshold required to enter the 300-seat Chamber.

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In a a similar situation is the party Travesía de la Libertad (2.2 – 4.2%) of the former Syriza deputy and former Parliament Speaker Zoe Konstantopulu.

These estimates would confirm that neither of the two great rivals has obtained the necessary majority to govern without forming a coalition with other parties, which makes it very probable that the nearly 10 million Greeks with the right to vote will have to return to the polls in early July.

The first partial data of the scrutiny of the votes that allow “a safe estimate” of the final result are expected around 17:30 GMT, The Ministry of the Interior advanced.

Mitsotakis presented herself during the election campaign as the “only option” to ensure stability and keep Greece on the path of growth, in the face of division on the left.

Alexis Tsipras, proposes to form a “progressive government” with the Pasok-Kinal Social Democrats for “kick out the worst right-wing government in the country’s history“.