ATHENS (Reuters) -Greek conservatives were leading over the leftist Syriza in elections on Sunday, a joint exit poll by six polling agencies showed.
The exit poll gave the conservative New Democracy party between 37.5-41.5% of the vote versus 23.5-27.5% for the Syriza party, which governed the country in 2015-2019, at the peak of Greece's financial crisis.
The projections suggested that New Democracy was not likely to win outright.
EXIT POLL
PARTIES * VOTES %
ND
37.5-41.5
Syriza
23.5-27.5
PASOK
11.5-12.5
KKE
6.5-7.5
EL
4.3-5.3
Mera25
2.5-3.5
Plefsi 2.5-3.5
Eleftherias
2.5-3.5
Niki
Exit poll conducted by: ALCO, Marc, Metron Analysis, MRB Hellas, Pulse and GPO
* ND: Conservative party, leader PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Syriza: Leftist party, leader Alexis Tsipras
PASOK: Socialist party, leader Nikos Androulakis
KKE: Communist party, leader Dimitris Koutsoumbas
Mera25: Leftist party, leader Yanis Varoufakis
EL: Right-wing Elliniki Lysi (Hellenic Solution), leader Kyriakos Velopoulos
Plefsi Eleftherias, leftist party, leader Zoe Constantopoulou
Niki, nationalist party, leader Dimitriοs Natsios