Turning the election map into a blue mosaic with a small pink dot in the northeast (Rhodopes) is an unprecedented eye-popping proof of its overwhelming prevalence. New Republic throughout the territory.

Two of his loudest messages of disapproval SYRIZA they came from two prefectures of the “castles” of the so-called “progressive faction” of the times of omnipotence PASOK/Movement for changetransferred to the party of Alexei Tsipras.

IN Achaia, in 2019 SYRIZA reached 40.27%, with New Democracy remaining at 32.43% and PASOK/KINAL approaching 8.91%. Yesterday (based on an integration of about 80%) there was a drop of almost 14 points for SYRIZA, which was stuck at 26.62%, with N.D. to come out on top with 34.40%, and PASOK to significantly increase its strength to 12.68%.

Equally shocking for Kumunduru were the results prefecture of Heraklion, where in 2019 SYRIZA recorded 43.22%, New Democracy 30.15% and PASOK 11.38%. Yesterday, N.D. won (with about 80% integration). from 35.27%, while SYRIZA fell to 22.98% and PASOK slightly behind with 22.37%.

Regions such as Achaia, Arta, Heraklion and II Piraeus were colored blue – only the Rhodopes remained “pink” on the map.

In Piraeus

The change in favor of the New Democracy was also recorded in II Piraeus, a region with a sizable working-class population where left and centre-left parties traditionally do well. In 2019, SYRIZA collected 38.22%, N.D. 30.19%, KNG 8.02% and PASOK 5.09%. And in this case (based on integration of about 80%), SYRIZA shows signs of electoral collapse, as it falls to 20.62%, while ND. ranked first with 37.51%. Both KKE and PASOK registered an increase in their forces, reaching 10.97% and 7.41% respectively. SYRIZA also lost Arta, the home of Alexis Tsipras, where the 2019 elections were won by the Kumundura party (39.94% against 38.99% for New Democracy and 8.44% for PASOK). Now (with over 90% integration) ND got 37.02%, SYRIZA 31.46% and PASOK 11.1%.

Participation

Compared to the two previous election contests (2019 and September 2015), participation rates have slightly increased. Participation slightly exceeded 60% compared to 2019 (57.28%) and September 2015 (56.57%). OUR abstinencethat is, it fell just below 40%.

The number of invalid ballots increased slightly (2.02) compared to 2019 (1.34%) and September 2019 (1.26%). Compared to previous elections, the number of blank ballots decreased by 0.57% compared to 2019 (0.74%) and September 2015 (1.16%).