Greece’s ruling New Democracy party dominates country's local elections

Greece's conservative New Democracy (ND) party won seven of its 13 regions in its local elections, and now it's hoping to take the other six.

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00:00 The votes are in and Greece's conservative New Democracy Party has come out on top of

00:06 Sunday's local elections.

00:08 The party of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis won seven of the country's 13 regions, including

00:15 one of its largest, Athens.

00:17 And now he's hoping to take the other six in the second round.

00:21 I think there was no specific message in these elections.

00:27 There were just some conclusions, confirming some things that we saw in the national elections.

00:33 The first is the sovereignty of the ruling party in the election scene.

00:39 A second small conclusion is the fact that the "Kaselakiada" and this gel that Mr. Kaselakis

00:45 did in the media, but also in some Syriza reporters, we do not see it at the level of the national

00:53 election body.

01:04 Three months after the national elections, the citizens' vote in the self-governing elections

01:08 confirmed the political scene that has been formed.

01:12 But apart from the government party that prevailed, the abstention also prevailed, which reached

01:16 almost 70% in the largest municipality of Greece, the municipality of Athens.

01:24 Voters will return to the polls on the 15th of October for a second round runoff.

01:30 Thank you.

01:31 Thank you.

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