Greek election - January 25th 2015

[politicus]

I suppose we should wait until the votes are counted before we start saying things with any degree of firmness, but this looks pretty clear...

Greek exit polls are not known for their accuracy.

[justfollowingtheelections]

The SYRIZA twitter account has posted a link to Patti Smith's "People have the power"...

[Zinneke]

We still need to determine :

- If Syriza has a majority on its own.
- Who will take the symbolic third place.
- Just how badly ND have done.
- If G papandreou and ANEL make it in.
- Where Dimhar have ended up.
- What the point of PASOK is?

Lots of mysteries still to be solved.

[Boston Bread]

Wow, I was afraid of underestimating ND but instead this happened!
Truly exciting times for the Greek people. And if the exit polls hold, congrats Tender.

[justfollowingtheelections]

Two more exit polls (I got them from another message board):

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[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

I really hope Bruce Springsteen's The River beats out Golden Shower.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I suppose we should wait until the votes are counted before we start saying things with any degree of firmness, but this looks pretty clear...

Greek exit polls are not known for their accuracy.

Exactly.

[Double Carpet]

Is anybody able to make any sense of these early polling station results on Greek TV?

Obv ND doing well in many, but a lot of these will be strong ND rural areas?

Wish we had some comparatives for these v June 2012.

Nothing yet on official results site.

Fwiw I think Syriza may fall just short, with 147-148 seats.

[Tender Branson]

Another exit poll (Palmos):

[Oak Hills]

per GPO, how support has moved between parties (I assume since Euro 2014; my Greek is terrible, I'm just assuming b/c Potami is included)

I can't even figure out what those graphics are saying about how the vote is flowing.

19% of KKE goes to SYRIZA
10% of To Potami goes to SYRIZA, 14% to ND
20% of PASOK goes to SYRIZA, 11.5% TO ND
19% of ANEL goes to SYRIZA, 16% to ND
9% of XA TO SYRIZA, 19% to ND
12% of others to SYRIZA, 12% of others to ND

SYRIZA vote breakdown: 91% retained, 1% to KKE, 1% to Papandreou, 0.5% to To Potami, 2.5% to ND, 3% undecided

ND vote breakdown: 83.5% retained, 10% to SYRIZA, 0.5% to To Potami, 1% to XA%, 5% undecided

Thank you very much.  I still think those graphics are very strangely designed.

[Tender Branson]

And if the exit polls hold, congrats Tender.

Yeah, hopefully.

It would mean that my Greek predictions are much better than my Austrian ones.

[Zanas]

If Palmos is any indication, there could be a remote chance at Pasok ending below Anel, which would be the delicious cherry on top of that already delicious cake.

[Bacon King]

official results page:

http://ekloges.ypes.gr/current/v/public/index.html?lang=en

[Tender Branson]

official results page:

http://ekloges.ypes.gr/current/v/public/index.html?lang=en

Yeah, the first results there should pop up in ca. 30 minutes according to the Interior Ministry.

[Lief 🗽]

Supporters at the ND headquarters watching election returns:

[Meeker]

Supporters at the ND headquarters watching election returns:

http://whitepeoplemourningromney.tumblr.com/

[Double Carpet]

Looking like an approx 5-6% swing to Syriza in both Athens A and Athens B so far?

[Lief 🗽]

Updated exit poll in five minutes apparently.

edit:

[Clarko95 📚💰📈]

[Lief 🗽]

EURO-HORROR TSIPRAS TRIUMPHS, cries Bild.

[politicus]

Registered 1.201.765
Reporting   14,29 %
Voted   58,17 %
Invalid/Blank   2,28 %
Not in Parl/mnt   8,65 %

Syriza   34,91 %
ND      29,48 %
XA      6,25 %
Potami   5,53 %
Pasok   5,30 %
KKE           5,29 %
ANEL   4,59 %
MDS      2,55 %
Union of Centrists   1,85 %
Teleia - Apostolos Gkletsos 1,69 %
LAOS   1,10 %
Antarsya   0,58 %
DIMAR   0,46 %
Communist Party of Greece (Marxist–Leninist) 0,13 %

[Insula Dei]

I'm actually surprised noone has mentioned the very low turnout yet. At 58%, it's down 4 points on June 2012, which already was pretty low in a country where prior to the crisis elections would generally have turnout in the mid-70s.

EDIT: Scratch that - The turnout figures on the official results page seems to be only about votes already counted and continue to shift.

[RodPresident]

Epic fail DIMAR!
Who is Gklestsos?
And how Union of Centrists to get a large surge...

[Boston Bread]

Currently 18% reporting, and as more comes in SYRIZA tends to rise (now at 35.1%). If the trend persists the exit polls will wind up accurate.

[YL]

The Guardian live blog is quoting a seats projection of Syriza 150, ND 76, Golden Dawn 17, Potami 16, KKE 15, Pasok 13, ANEL 13.