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Athens News Agency: News in English, 06-10-22
CONTENTS
[01] Official results of 2nd round of local gov't elections in
prefectures and municipalities
[01] Official results of 2nd round of local gov't elections in
prefectures and municipalities
According to official results of the second round of the local
government elections which were released by the Interior, Public
Administration and Decentralisation Ministry at press time on Sunday
evening, in the confrontation for the election of mayor in two major
prefectures, the victor in Thessaloniki, Macedonia, was Vassilis
Papageorgopoulos who was backed by the ruling New Democracy (ND), while
in Patras, western Greece, the winner was Andreas Fouras who was
supported by the main opposition Panhellenic Socialist Movement
(PASOK).
In the seven confrontations for the election of a prefect, the ND won
the prefectures of Arkadia with Dimitris Constantopoulos and Hania,
Crete, with Grigoris Arhontakis. PASOK won the prefectures of Kardita
with Fotis Alexakos, Cephalonia with Dionysis Georgatos, Lefkada with
Constantine Aravanis, Magnisia with Apostolos Papatolias and Serres
with St. Fotiadis.
In the second round of the local government elections for prefects in
capitals of prefectures, ND won seven municipalities, while in another
two municipalities, elected were independents of ND. PASOK won eight
municipalities, while in another two municipalities, elected were two
independents of PASOK. Finally, in two municipalities, elected were
candidates who were supported by PASOK and the Coalition of the Left,
Movements and Ecology (Synaspismos).
The ND maintains its lead in prefectures, winning 30 against 22 by
PASOK. Two prefectures which were elected were with the cooperation of
PASOK and Synasmismos.
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