Central Athens was uncannily quiet for an election night. Where were the firecrackers and the cars filled with party workers waving Greek flags that would normally race around Syntagma Square blaring out patriotic songs? After Kyriakos Mit-sotakis, leader of the centre-right New Democracy (nd), claimed victory at around 10.30pm on July 7th, a small crowd outside the party's headquarters applauded and shouted, "Prime minister, prime minister!" A beaming Mr Mitsotakis made a brief speech thanking his supporters and went home to his family.
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