New Democracy leads the electoral race in 12 out of 13 regions in Greece

The following are elected from the first Sunday: Apostolos Tzitzikostas in the Region of Macedonia with 61.99 percent; : Stavros Arnaoutakis in Crete with 60.81 percent; Alexandros Kachrimanis in Epirus with 56.97 percent; Kostas Agorastos in Thessaly with 55.42 percent; Giorgos Hatzimarkos in the South Aegean with 54.99 percent.

A second round of elections will be held next Sunday in the following regions: Attica, Macedonia, Thrace, North Aegean, Greece, Ionian Islands, Peloponnese and Central Greece.

Roughly one third of Greek municipalities elect mayor in first round

In roughly one third of municipalities in Greece, 107 in total, the mayor has been elected in the first round of the local government elections. In most cases where the vote ended in the first round, the winning candidates were mayors running for re-election.

Among Greece's 10 largest municipalities, the city of Volos re-elected Achilleas Beos with 57.23 pct in the first round and the west Athens district of Peristeri elected Andreas Pachatouridis with a landslide 74.18 pct.

For the rest of the municipalities there will be a second round of elections next Sunday between the top two candidates of the first round.

These will include the City of Athens, where ND-affiliated Kostas Bakoyannis will run against SYRIZA-affiliated Nasos Iliopoulos, the City of Thessaloniki, where the battle will be between Nikos Tachiaos and Konstantinos Zervas, as well as Patras, Heraklion, Piraeus, Larisa, Rhodes and Ioannina.

Source: ana-mpa

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