Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said he would not form a coalition government after his centre-right party won Sunday’s election but fell short of securing a majority, writes Aljazeera.
Mitsotakis now hopes for a new election on June 25 after President Katerina Sakellaropoulou formally offered him an opportunity to form a coalition under the constitution.
His New Democracy (ND) party won 40.79 percent of the vote, double that of the left-wing opposition party Syriza at 20.07 percent.
The socialist PASOK party came in third with 11.46 percent, as 61 percent of the eligible voters turned up at polling booths on Sunday.
Using the proportional representation voting system meant ND gained only 146 seats out of 300, making them five short of a governing majority.
