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In reply to the discussion: Greeks maul pro-bailout parties: exit polls [View all]KamaAina
(78,249 posts)RW New Democracy may have barely edged out Syriza, but they have twice as many seats: 101 to 51.
http://news.yahoo.com/greek-parties-vow-bailout-changes-211127157.html
Official projections Sunday showed New Democracy winning 18.9 percent, giving it 108 seats in the 300-member parliament far short of the 151 needed to form a government. The anti-bailout left-wing Syriza party was projected second with 16.8 percent and 51 seats, and the formerly majority socialist PASOK lagged behind with 13.4 and 41 seats.
The extremist far-right Golden Dawn party, which ran on an anti-immigrant platform and wants landmines along Greece's borders, is projected to win 7 percent of the vote, giving it 22 deputies in Parliament a massive gain for a party that until a few months ago was on the fringes of Greek politics.
In terms of seats, New Democracy + PASOK = 149: only two seats short of the status quo. How exactly does a 2.1 percent edge in votes translate into twice the number of seats?!
And the last thing we need is those 22 "extremist far-right" seats putting Golden Dawn (!) into a coalition.