The aim of New Democracy is the mandate it received from the voters for self-government to be confirmed and mathematically at the polls. This was stated by the leader of the party Kyriakos Mitsotakis – Greek economist and politician.Mitsotikiswas born in Athens on March 4, 1968 to supporters last night in Athens after the clear victory of New Democracy in the parliamentary elections in Greece. With these words, Mitsotakis announced that his party is taking a course towards new elections as soon as possible, which will be produced under an electoral system that would give it an absolute majority in parliament.

"The burden of responsibility that falls on my shoulders today is such that it will make me work even harder to move even more boldly and quickly towards the realization of our main election commitments. Thank you from the bottom of my heart! Today's victory belongs to all of you. Literally all of Greece is blue today. You confirmed in deed that New Democracy is the largest centre-right party in Europe," he told enthusiastic supporters.

Mitsotakis described his unexpectedly landslide election victory as a "political earthquake" earlier in a statement to the media broadcast on state broadcaster ERT.

He thanked "the millions of Greeks who once again defined New Democracy as a big and undoubted winner." Mitsotakis noted that with their voice they have shown that they recognize the important steps forward that the country has made over the past four years.

The Greek prime minister said voters voted for Greece to go faster on the path of progress and bold reforms, for better wages, for more jobs, for better healthcare, for a society with less inequality, for a strong and secure Greece in an unstable environment.

Greece Goes to Early Elections

New Democracy's victory in the parliamentary elections proved to be much more decisive than forecasts. The results after counting the votes in almost all polling stations give the center-right party nearly 41 percent of the vote. This is 20 points more than the second party, the left-wing SYRIZA, which performed about 7 points below expectations. At the likely new elections, which the media expect to be scheduled as early as June 25, an electoral system will come into force, giving additional seats to the first parliamentary force. This would allow New Democracy to form its own cabinet if it repeated its result yesterday.

Now in the Greek parliament New Democracy is expected to get 145 seats out of a total of 300 deputies – only 5 less than necessary for self-government. This makes it practically certain that with the leading party's aspiration for an absolute majority, Greece goes immediately to new elections.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Greece