Greece PM Costas Karamanlis ND party Leads in General Elections

Greece PM Costas Karamanlis ND party Leads in General Elections

Greece's ruling conservatives of PM Costas Karamanlis is in sight of win as counting of general election were in process and is leading with 44 percent of the vote in Sunday's parliamentary election.

News trickling of early official results exhibits with about 30 percent of ballots counted, opposition socialist PASOK was second with 38.64 percent of the vote, Communist Party 3rd with 7,15% and Left Coalition (Syriza) 4,29% and the far-right LA.O.S. party was entering parliament for the first time with 3.3 percent.

An exit poll had earlier shown New Democracy winning a slim parliamentary majority with 41.9 percent of the vote. Mr Karamanlis's New Democracy party by nearly winning election with four percentage of votes Mr Karamanlis had been expected to triumph in the poll, after calling elections six months before the end of his term of office.

His support fell when many Greeks felt the government was slow to react to the forest fires. The Conservatives gained a slim parliamentary majority. PASOK lost with four percent, Leftist Parties make little gains. Ultra Nationalist LAOS in the Parliament in puts from.www.greeknewsonline.com