(25 Jun 2023)
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Athens - 25 June 2023
1. Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras arriving to vote, greeting people, voting

STORYLINE:
Leftist leader Alexis Tsipras voted in Greece's second election in less than two months on Sunday.

The 48-year-old head of the left-wing Syriza party served as prime minister from 2015-2019, during some of the most turbulent years of Greece’s nearly decade-long financial crisis.

Greeks headed to the polls for the second time in less than two months on Sunday, with the conservative party in power a strong favorite to win with a wide majority after a campaign focused on economic growth and security.

The vote is overshadowed by a major shipwreck just over a week ago that left hundreds of migrants dead or missing off the coast of western Greece. But the disaster is unlikely to significantly affect the overall outcome as Greeks are expected to focus on domestic economic issues.

Conservative leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis, 55, is eyeing a second term as prime minister after his New Democracy party won by a huge margin in May elections — but fell short of gaining enough parliamentary seats to form a government.

With a new electoral law now favoring the winning party with bonus seats, he is hoping to form a strong majority in the 300-member parliament.

Tsipras, his main rival, fared dismally in the May elections, coming a distant second, 20 percentage points behind New Democracy.

He has since been trying to rally his voter base, a task complicated by splinter parties formed by some of his former associates.

Sunday's vote is being held under an electoral system that grants a bonus of between 25 and 50 seats to the winning party, depending on its performance, which makes it easier for a party to win more than the required 151 seats in the 300-member parliament to form a government.

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