In the first evaluation elections May 21, 2023 organized by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Athens (representation in Greece and Cyprus), which is signed by its director Marian Wendt.

“First New Democracy won in all districts except for the Rhodope district (with a strong Muslim minority, which is partially influenced by the Turkish Consulate General in Komotini). In the parliamentary elections on May 21, 2023 Kyriakos Mitsotakis (New Democracy/ND) managed not only to win another term as prime minister, but also to maintain and consolidate its political dominance. N.D. receives a near-absolute majority of seats (a simple proportional rule applies with 3% as threshold for entry into parliament). The result is the culmination of an ongoing process that began with his election to the ND leadership. in 2016. Never since 1974 has there been an election in which the government has been so strongly strengthened and the opposition so significantly weakened,” the analysis says.

He emphasizes that the result is even more impressive when one takes into account “the challenges of the last four years: the pandemic, the political surveillance scandal, sharp Turkish provocations, migration pressure, the war in Ukraine and its economic consequences, the Tempe railway accident and, finally, the electoral system. which favored smaller parties.”

Three reasons for electoral success

The reasons for the success of Mitsotakis in the elections, according to the Adenauer Foundation, close to the Christian Democratic Party of Germany (CDU), are as follows: