Greek Projection Casts Doubt on New Democracy, Pasok Government
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Greek voters flocked to anti-bailout parties, projections showed, throwing doubt on whether the two main parties can put together a government strong enough to implement spending cuts to ensure the flow of bailout funds.
New Democracy led in the election today with 18.9 percent of the vote, according to projections based on partially counted ballots on state-run NET TV. Pro-bailout socialist Pasok got 13.4 percent. On the other side of the debate, anti-bailout party Syriza got 16.6 percent and Independent Greeks got 10.5 percent. Based on those figures, Pasok and New Democracy would fall one short of the 151 seats needed to win a majority.