(BFW) Syriza Places First in Greek Election, Exit Poll Shows


BN 01/25 17:00 *SYRIZA TO GET 35.5%-39.5% OF VOTE, 146-158 SEATS: EXIT POLL
BN 01/25 17:00 *NEW DEMOCRACY TO GET 23%-27% OF VOTE, 65-75 SEATS: POLL
BN 01/25 16:59 *SYRIZA TO GET 35.5%-39.5% OF VOTE: EXIT POLL
BN 01/25 16:59 *ANTI-BAILOUT SYRIZA PARTY SET TO WIN GREEK ELECTION: EXIT POLLS
BN 01/25 16:59 *ANT1 TV RELEASES EXIT POLL AFTER GREEK VOTING CLOSES
BFW 01/25 16:59 *SYRIZA PLACES FIRST IN GREEK ELECTION, EXIT POLL SHOWS

Syriza Places First in Greek Election, Exit Poll Shows
2015-01-25 17:04:10.148 GMT


By Marcus Bensasson and Christos Ziotis
(Bloomberg) -- Greece’s Syriza party is set to win
country’s parliamentary elections with 35.5% to 39.5% of the
vote vs 23% to 27% for Antonis Samaras’s New Democracy, exit
poll for ANT1 TV shows.
* Led by Alexis Tsipras, Syriza is projected to get between
146 and 158 seats in Greece’s 300-seat chamber, according to
exit poll, possibly enough for an outright majority
* Nationalist, anti-immigrant, Golden Dawn party gets 6.4%-8%
* To Potami, or River, also gets 6.4% to 8%
* Communist Party gets 4.7% to 5.7%
* Socialist Pasok party to get 4.2% to 5.2%
* Independent Greeks party gets 3.5% to 4.5%
* Movement of Democratic Socialists, founded by former PM
George Papandreou, to get 2.2% to 3.2%
* NOTE: A party needs to get at least 3% share of the vote in
order to elect lawmakers in next Greek parliament; winner
needs at least 151 seats to form govt
* NOTE: Polls closed at 7pm local time; interior ministry to
release first official result projection 9:30pm


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