OUR Crete in “blue” it is definitely an impressive element election campaign Sundays since on the island SW not seen the first in recent decades. However, at the second level, the data shows that the Cretans may not have moved as far to the right as shown on the election map. Percentages show that ND ranked first, o SYRIZA lost a lot, but PASOK this is a party that fifteen years later – s.s. Crete was green in 2009 – looks like it’s back to Cretan preference.

Characteristics, PASOK as a whole in Crete scored 19% and took third place. but with a difference of 2.5 points from SYRIZA, which collected 21.5%. Also in two of the four prefectures, Rethymno and Lassithi, it came in second, even outstripping SYRIZA by a single thread, while adding up the percentages of SYRIZA and PASOK by prefecture, the forces of the central left remain dominant on the island. It is also worth noting that the smaller parties did not receive the interest from the collapse of SYRIZA that they received in the rest of Greece.

However, it is characteristic that SYRIZA retained its strength and retained its first place in urban centers, which local government officials attribute to the fact that a significant part of the population in Rethymnon, Heraklion, Chania And Lasithi is civil servantspart of society in which SYRIZA occupies a significant place.

From 4 prefectures Rethymnon ND took first place mainly due to the collapse of SYRIZA, as in practice it increased its percentage by only 0.55% (1074 votes more than in 2019), while the electoral power of SYRIZA decreased by 15.96% . PASOK rose to 21.47% from 9.82% in 2019.

However, in Zoniana SYRIZA received 41.23%, ND 39.30% and PASOK 17.29%. The remaining parties do not “exist” because they received less than 1%. Five people voted for the Greek decision, 3 KKE and 2 from Freedom Sailing and MeRA25.

In the municipality of Mylopotamos, with 9,506 voters, ND (38.09%) received 531 more votes than PASOK (32.51%), which elected 3,090 people, while SYRIZA received 1,837 votes and a percentage of 19.32%. In 2019, 8,997 people voted, of which 3,701 were SYRIZA, 3,422 ND and 957 Change Movement – PASOK. In the municipality of Kulukon, PASOK regains its former percentage with 39.86% and 1364 votes against ND’s 36.1% (1239 votes) and SYRIZA’s 16.69%.

In Chania Polakis

In Chania, ND scored 7 points compared to 2019 and received 41.16%. SYRIZA, however, lost almost 17 points (16.71), falling to 20.64%, while PASOK rose from 6.54% to 10.92%, the lowest on the island.

As a result, Polakis failed to rally the voters of SYRIZA, as can be seen from the election results. For example, in Sfakia, 840 people voted for ND and 719 for SYRIZA. “Polakis rallied his constituents, but alienated many with his demeanor. He won the votes himself, but perhaps SYRIZA lost the votes,” the local government official believes.

In the prefecture of Heraklion, the NI increased by 5 percentage points and reached 35.47%, while SYRIZA, with 22.93%, lost more than 20 points compared to 2019. Just one point behind SYRIZA PASOK, which gained 21.81%, increasing its strength by 10 points compared to 2019. PASOK’s victory in this district is largely attributed to its president, Nikos Androulakis.

In Lasithi Prefecture, ND increased by 5.66 points to 39.98%, the highest for a party on the island. Accordingly, SYRIZA lost almost 17% of its strength in 2019, falling from 34.57% to 17.76%. PASOK, the second party in the prefecture, increased its strength by 6 percentage points. However, PASOK officials attribute the party’s success to the organizers of the vote in Crete, who were mostly new faces and had “social outreach” at the local level.