Urgent: Greek conservatives lead general elections: first official results

ATHENS, May 21– Greek ruling conservative New Democracy party led in Sunday’s general elections with 41.1 percent of the votes, the first official results announced by the Interior Ministry showed. Meanwhile, the main opposition party, the SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance, won 20 percent of the votes, it added. Greeks went to the polls on Sunday to choose their…

ATHENS, May 21 (Xinhua) — Greek ruling conservative New Democracy (ND) party led in Sunday’s general elections with 41.1 percent of the votes, the first official results announced by the Interior Ministry showed.

Meanwhile, the main opposition party, the SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance, won 20 percent of the votes, it added.

Greeks went to the polls on Sunday to choose their representatives in the next 300-member parliament. Enditem