An unexpected result

As many readers of this blog will by now be aware, the national elections of Sunday 21st May ended in a near landslide victory for the governing party Nea Dimokratia and a major and unexpected defeat for the official opposition. In the days before the election, SYRIZA had still been polling around 6 per cent behind ND, and given the high proportion of undecided voters had been able to entertain some hopes of coming out on top. In the event it gained only half of the votes won by ND, the final count for the parties which exceeded the 3 per cent threshold for entry into Parliament being as shown in the table.