Conservative party of Greek prime minister in big election lead, to seek outright majority

By ELENA BECATOROS and DEREK GATOPOULOS
Associated Press

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The conservative party of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has won a landslide election victory Sunday but without enough parliamentary seats to form a government outright. The prime minister has indicated he will seek a second election in a bid to consolidate his victory without need of a coalition partner. Mitsotakis’ New Democracy party was 20 percentage points ahead of its main rival, the left-wing Syriza party, with nearly complete election results late Sunday. But under the current electoral system of proportional representation, his 40% vote share was still not enough to secure a majority of the 300 seats in Parliament.