🇬🇷 Greek politics and elections

[oldtimer]

Turnout at 10:30, around 5 hours ago, was at 11.29%.

At 13:30, 29.13% of voters had cast a ballot, 2.39% less than at the same time in the May election.

If the participation rate is only 2-3% lower than May then I will be very pleased.
We are deep into the summer season and there is zero suspense about the winner.

There is almost no one at my polling station at this time of the day.

From past experience there will be a wave of voters after 5pm local, so I have opportunities to fool around for another hour or two.

[Mike88]

At 16:30, 40.77% of voters had already cast a ballot, a drop of 7.99% compared with the same hour in the May election.

Polls close in 1 hour and a half.

[Mike88]

Open TV live election coverage:

[Landslide Lyndon]

Open TV live election coverage:

The official channel of the Russian government in Greece.

[Mike88]

The official channel of the Russian government in Greece.

The only one I could find with a live Youtube feed. :/

[Mike88]

Found Star TV election coverage also:

[Mike88]

10 minutes for polls to close and the first exit polls.

Official results page: https://ekloges.ypes.gr/current/v/home/en/

[oldtimer]

I was very surprised about the Spartans, everyone was gossiping about them in my precinct.

[oldtimer]

The exit poll has been leaked, the only difference from lunchtime is the Spartans are at 5%.

[Mike88]

Exit poll:

40.0-44.0% ND
16.1-19.1% Syriza
10.0-13.0% PASOK
    7.2-9.2% KKE
    4.0-6.0% Spartans
    2.3-4.3% EL
    2.3-4.3% NIKI
    2.0-4.0% PE
    2.0-4.0% MeRA25

[oldtimer]

The exit poll has the total for Right wing parties up at about 11%, the highest since 2012.
The Left is stable at 14%.
The Center Left has shrunk while the Center Right has gained, a move of about 2%.

[Mike88]

Exit poll seat projection:

158 ND
  45 Syriza
  29 PASOK
  21 KKE
  13 Spartans
    9 EL
    9 NIKI
    8 PE
    8 MeRA25

[oldtimer]

Now I can tell what happened during the last 2 weeks:

The sinking of a migrant ship in the middle of the sea allowed the left to go on the attack.

However a few days later the murder-rape case of a Polish female worker in a tourist island by apparently a Bangladeshi migrant deflated the left again and boosted the right.

On top of that the tourism sector looks like is going through a crisis, and suddently the possibility of hard economic times became a topic in the last few days.

ND allied media tried furiously to split the vote by promoting the Spartans while dumbing on all small parties, so that all of them would get less than the 3% threshold and boost ND seat count.

Tsipras said that regardless of the result he would never resign (no surprise there).

[Mike88]

Kapa Research exit poll: (+/- 1.5%)

42.5% ND
17.5% Syriza
12.0% PASOK
  8.0% KKE
  4.5% Spartans
  4.0% EL
  3.0% NIKI
  3.0% PE

[AustralianSwingVoter]

https://neoskosmos.com/el/2023/06/24/news/diaspora/irthe-apo-ti-nea-zilandia-sti-melvourni-gia-na-psifisei-gia-tis-ellinikes-vouleftikes-ekloges/


Even down under the KKE managed to find some old hands to wave the flags! (This is from one of Australia’s two Greek print newspapers btw. God only knows how they’re still in print!)

[oldtimer]

https://www.megatv.com/live/

Live "Mobster" Lawyer vs Communist PMS Lesbian screaming match over the election results.

[oldtimer]

From the first very early results pouring in I can say:

A very territorial opposition breakdown, the Exit Poll could be very off again.

[Mike88]

Updated exit poll:

39.0-42.0% ND
16.3-19.3% Syriza
11.2-13.2% PASOK
    6.5-8.5% KKE
    3.6-5.6% Spartans
    3.6-5.6% EL
    2.7-4.7% NIKI
    2.1-4.1% PE
    1.4-3.4% MeRA25

[Mike88]

23.7% counted:

40.5% ND
17.9% Syriza
13.6% PASOK
  6.9% KKE
  4.6% Spartans
  4.6% EL
  3.7% NIKI
  2.8% PE

[oldtimer]

23.7% counted:

40.5% ND
17.9% Syriza
13.6% PASOK
  6.9% KKE
  4.6% Spartans
  4.6% EL
  3.7% NIKI
  2.8% PE

You beat me too it.

Im my precinct SYRIZA and PASOK are very very close, so it's what I can see too first hand.

[Mike88]

Interior Ministry final result projection:

40.5% ND, 157 seats
17.9% Syriza, 48
12.3% PASOK, 33
  7.6% KKE, 20
  4.7% Spartans, 12
  4.6% EL, 12
  3.6% NIKI, 10
  3.1% PE, 8

[oldtimer]

Interior Ministry final result projection:

40.5% ND, 157 seats
17.9% Syriza, 48
12.3% PASOK, 33
  7.6% KKE, 20
  4.7% Spartans, 12
  4.6% EL, 12
  3.6% NIKI, 10
  3.1% PE, 8

Just a rearrangement of the opposition deck chairs.

[Mike88]

Casablanca: "We'll always have Paris"

Syriza: "We'll always have Rodopi"

[oldtimer]

Casablanca: "We'll always have Paris"

Syriza: "We'll always have Rodopi"

There was a mini brawl 2 weeks ago when ND accused SYRIZA of being a front for Erdogan and made some vague threats to the local minority in Rodopi to change their vote or else.

[rob in cal]

Interesting that all the small right wing parties passed the threshold. Are they pretty similar on ideology?