The ruling party is in the lead.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis's ruling party won a landslide victory, but is likely to still have to enter a second round of voting.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis celebrates with supporters after the Greek election results were announced. (Source: Reuters)

On May 21, preliminary results of the Greek election on the same day showed that with more than 96% of votes counted, Prime Minister Mitsotakis' New Democracy Party recorded 40.8% of the votes in favor.

Notably, the party also won in places considered "strongholds" of the left, such as the island of Crete.

The second-largest party, the left-wing Syriza of former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, won just 20% of the vote.

The Greek Communist Party (KKE) received 7.2% of the vote, with increased turnout in urban areas.

Meanwhile, former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis's MeRa25 party failed to surpass the 3% threshold needed to secure a place in parliament .

Commenting on the result, Giorgios Georpetritis, a former State Secretary and close ally of Mitsotakis, said: “It seems that the New Democracy party will have an important victory… Greeks remember the past and vote for the future… they vote for future generations.”

Government officials also described the result as a “great victory” for Mr Mitsotakis.

According to tradition, after the official results, President Katerina Sakellaropoulou will allow Kyriakos Mitsotakis three days to discuss the formation of a coalition government. However, officials close to him said he wants to enter a new round of elections, scheduled for early July, to seek a majority government.

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