Greek Elections 2023: Most inmates in Korydallos prison voted for SYRIZA

Korydallos prison

Inmates at the Korydallos prison in the Piraeus metropolitan area voted overwhelmingly for SYRIZA (75%) during the Greek elections on Sunday, slightly under the May 21 electoral round results.

In the first voting centre in the prison complex, 192 inmates registered, and 185 actually voted, with 140 casting their votes for SYRIZA (75.68%).

In May, the party had received 82.99% of the votes in that electoral centre. On Sunday, New Democracy received only 9.19% (17 votes), followed by Greek Solution.

In the second voting centre, 97 inmates registered, and 92 voted. Of these, 70 cast a ballot for Syriza (76.09%), while in May's election, it had received 82.61%. New Democracy received 11 votes (11.96%), followed by PASOK with seven votes (7.61%).

All across Greece, with nearly all ballots counted by 22:28 on Sunday, the second round of Greek elections established a clear victory for New Democracy, with 40.56% of the votes and 158 seats in the 300-seat Parliament.

The Greek Interior Ministry results were as follows:

  • New Democracy (Mitsotakis), 40.55% and 158 seats
  • SYRIZA (Tsipras), 17.84% and 47 seats
  • PASOK-KINAL (Androulakis), 11.87% and 32 seats
  • Communist Party (Koutsoubas), 7.67% and 20 seats
  • Spartans (Stigas), 4.68% and 13 seats
  • Greek Solution (Velopoulos), 4.45% and 12 seats
  • Niki (Natsios), 3.70% and 10 seats
  • Plefsi Eleftherias (Konstantopoulou), 3.17% and 8 seats

MeRA25 did not meet the 3% threshold for Parliament.

A total of 52.75% of registered voters cast a ballot, of which 1.11% were invalid votes.

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