(25 Jun 2023)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Athens - 25 June 2023
1. Various of SYRIZA party kiosk
2. Various of people watching and reacting to the results of the exit polls at SYRIZA party kiosk
3. SYRIZA party kiosk signage
4. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Alexandros Minas, pensioner:
“Those results were to be expected, and I am afraid that there will be trouble with the second and third party because the lowest projection for the second party is the same as the highest projection for the third party and that will cause problems in the parliament as to who will play the role of the main opposition.”
5. Various of person outside SYRIZA party kiosk
6. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Omiros Poulakis, actor and SYRIZA candidate:
“It is clear that the voters’ choices have taken a right, even far-right, turn, and I am afraid that this will also affect the policies at a social, parliamentary and political level.”
7. Various of PASOK party kiosk
8. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Potzakis Manolis, PASOK official:
“People are heading towards investing in PASOK again, to make it a reliable opposition party in the parliament.”
9. Mid of person watching the exit poll results at the PASOK party kiosk
10. Kiosk signage
11. Mid of people sat in kiosk
12. Various of people at the New Democracy party kiosk
13. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Dimitris (only name given), local resident:
“Very nice, very nice, bravo. The situation is clearing out and now we will see positive changes.”
14. Various of Greek parliament / people walking
15. Greek flag

STORYLINE:
People in Athens were reacting to the news on Sunday of Greece's conservative New Democracy party winning a landslide victory, based on the findings of an exit poll.

The poll projects Kyriakos Mitsotakis' party gaining 40-44% of the vote, with his main rival, the left-wing Syriza party suffering a crushing defeat with just 16-19% projected support, even worse than his 20% in the last elections in May.

Official projections based on early returns also show Mitsotakis' party is projected to win 40.5% of the vote.

“People are heading towards investing in PASOK again, to make it a reliable opposition party in the parliament," said one PASOK official.

"The situation is clearing out and now we will see positive changes," added a local resident in Athens.

Sunday's vote came just over a week after a migrant ship capsized and sank off the western coast of Greece, leaving hundreds of people dead and missing and calling into question the actions of Greek authorities and the country's strict migration policy.

But the disaster, one of the worst in the Mediterranean in recent years, did not affect the election, with domestic economic issues at the forefront of voters' minds.

AP video shot by Srdjan Nedeljkovic.

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