Greece Faces New Election After Mitsotakis Fell Short of a Majority

On Sunday, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ New Democracy party emerged as the largest party but fell short of a majority, AP News reports.

New Democracy received 40.7.9% of the vote and 146 seats, five short of a majority of 151. The Syriza party got 20.07% and Pasok received 11.46%.

On Monday, Mitsotakis confirmed he would not form a coalition government. A new election will take place between June 25 and July 2.

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