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From the Liveblog of Sunday, July 7, 2019

Exit polls show conservatives beating leftist Tsipras in Greek vote

7 July 2019, 7:51 pm

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Exit polls in Greece’s general election indicate conservative opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has won a comfortable victory over left-wing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.

The exit polls from the election predict Mitsotakis’ New Democracy party will win enough seats in Greece’s 300-member parliament to form a government without needing to enter a coalition with another party.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras makes a statement to the press after casting his ballot at a polling station during general elections in Athens, on July 7, 2019. (Louisa GOULIAMAKI / AFP)

The vote was Greece’s first parliamentary election since the country emerged from three successive international bailouts and as it continues to struggle from a crippling financial crisis of nearly a decade.

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