(26 Jun 2023)
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Athens - 26 June 2023
1. Various of New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis, his wife Mareva Grabowski-Mitsotaki and their children arriving at the Presidential Palace for swearing in ceremony
2. Various of people outside Presidential Palace
3. Various of Mitsotakis and family departing Presidential Palace
4. Mitsotakis arrives at prime minister's office, greeted by caretaker Prime Minister Judge Ioannis Sarmas
5. Wide of prime minister's office
6. Sarmas and Mitstoakis shaking hands before Sarmas leaves and Mitsotakis re-enters office

STORYLINE:
Greece's center-right leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis was formally sworn in as prime minister Monday, after easily winning a second term with a record-high margin over the left-wing opposition, in an election that also ushered new far-right parties into Parliament.

With 99.70% of the vote counted, Mitsotakis' New Democracy (ND) party had 40.55%, more than twice the main opposition Syriza's 17.84%.

It was the largest margin of victory seen in half a century and slightly expanded ND's 20-percentage-point lead in a previous election five weeks before.

Mitsotakis, 55, was sworn in after being formally handed the mandate to govern by Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, and was due later Monday to name his new cabinet that's to assume its duties on Tuesday.

Held under a new electoral law that boosts the first party, Sunday's vote gave ND a comfortable majority of 158 seats in the 300-member Parliament, with Syriza getting 48.

The May election had failed to provide Mitsotakis with a majority due to the one-off electoral system then in force, which prompted the new vote.

AP video shot by Lefteris Pitarakis

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