Ballot boxes in Greece for the European Elections closed at 7 p.m. on Sunday, and the Exit Polls published one minute later show a victory for ruling conservative New Democracy. However, the real winner of these elections is voters’ abstention that reaches around 68%.
Note that the results of the exit polls do not include the 187,000 postal votes.
EXIT POLLS
Estimations:
ND: 28 – 32%
SYRIZA: 15.2 – 18.2%
PASOK: 10.9% – 13.9%
KKE: 7.9% – 10.3%
Greek Solution: 7.6% – 10%
Niki: 2.9% – 4.9%
Course of Freedom: 2.6 – 4.6%
MeRA25: 2% – 4%
Voice of Reason: 2.2% – 3.6%
Democrats: 0.7% – 1.7%
New Left: 1.3% – 2.7%
Patriots: 1.4% – 2.8%
Cosmos: 0.5% – 1.5%
Estimations Seats distributions
ND: 7 – 8 seats
SYRIZA: 4 seats
PASOK: 3 seats
KKE: 2 seats
Greek Solution: 2 seats
Niki: 1 seats
Course of Freedom: 1 seat
MeRa25: 0-1 home
Voice of Reason: 0-1 seat
Democrats: 0 seats
New Left: 0 seats
Patriots: 0 seats
Cosmos: 0 seats
First official results are expected around 9 p.m. and final results around 11 p.m.
Many Greeks chose the beach over the ballot boxes.
