Greece's conservative New Democracy (ND) party won seven of its 13 regions in its local elections, and now it's hoping to take the other six.
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00:00 The votes are in and Greece's conservative New Democracy Party has come out on top of
00:06 Sunday's local elections.
00:08 The party of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis won seven of the country's 13 regions, including
00:15 one of its largest, Athens.
00:17 And now he's hoping to take the other six in the second round.
00:21 I think there was no specific message in these elections.
00:27 There were just some conclusions, confirming some things that we saw in the national elections.
00:33 The first is the sovereignty of the ruling party in the election scene.
00:39 A second small conclusion is the fact that the "Kaselakiada" and this gel that Mr. Kaselakis
00:45 did in the media, but also in some Syriza reporters, we do not see it at the level of the national
00:53 election body.
01:04 Three months after the national elections, the citizens' vote in the self-governing elections
01:08 confirmed the political scene that has been formed.
01:12 But apart from the government party that prevailed, the abstention also prevailed, which reached
01:16 almost 70% in the largest municipality of Greece, the municipality of Athens.
01:24 Voters will return to the polls on the 15th of October for a second round runoff.
01:30 Thank you.
01:31 Thank you.
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