the country is heading for new elections despite the victory of the right

In the aftermath of the broad victory of the right in the legislative elections, Greece is heading Monday, May 22 to a new ballot. Outgoing Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, whose New Democracy party emerged triumphant from this vote, thus wishes to secure an absolute majority. Because the electoral system will soon change. And the party that comes first will then get a “bonuses” up to 50 seats.

Big winner of these elections which aimed to renew the 300 seats in Parliament, the New Democracy party won 40.8% of the vote, according to the final results. Despite the magnitude of his victory, the 55-year-old leader, in charge of Greece since 2019, narrowly misses the absolute majority. His camp only obtained 145 parliamentary seats. But Kyriakos Mitsotakis has ruled out forming a coalition government.

The outgoing Greek Prime Minister has called for new elections “maybe June 25” to try to obtain the six seats which it lacked to obtain an absolute majority. During a meeting with the President of the Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, Kyriakos Mitsotakis hoped that this new election would be held “as soon as possible”.