Posted in Politics / history on January 26, 2015|
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The [enlargeable] map above tells it all. The voters in Greece have given SYRIZA an overwhelming mandate to change the course of the country. It is a convincing victory for the left.
Falling short (149) of an outright majority of seats in Parliament where 151 are needed, SYRIZA will have to form a coalition with another party to gain the necessary seats. Will this be a case of “strange bedfellows”?
Today Alexi Tsipras will meet with the President of the Republic who will ask SYRIZA to form a government. Syriza will have a few days to negotiate with another party. If they can not agree with another party, the task of forming a government will fall to the party which came in second.
Locally, Magnisias will be represented by 5 MPs from Syriza (see below) and one MP from Nea Demokratia.

Homeboy candidates Spyros Lemonis polled 4,301 for SYRIZA, and KKE’s Giorgos Anagnostou pulled 759 – neither enough for a seat.
The entry point for the website of the Ministry of Interior’s election tally can be found by clicking here. Then click on the Union Jack in the lower left corner.
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