As we expected, the previous unofficial poll [6]forecasts were total rubbish, and according to exit polls from NET TV, the results are as follows:
- New Democracy: 17-20%
- Pasok: 14-17%
- In a stunner, Syrizia [7], or the coalition of the radical left - a vehement anti-Bailout party - gets more votes than the ruling PASOK party: 15.5%-18.5%
- Independent Greeks: 10-12%
- Finally, and not surprisingly in the aftermath of the French results, the ultra right Golden Dawn [8]gets 6-8% of the vote and will make it into Parliament
Visually from Athens News [9]:
[10]
Tallied across, up to 60% of the new parliament will be anti-bailout (at least according to exit polls), and hence "Domino toppling." Good luck with that pro-bailout coalition government. Needless to say these results are very ugly and make any prospect of a pro-bailout coalition cabinet virtually impossible. Suddenly the fate of the European experiment is in the hands of the ultra right and the far left - yup, Neo-Nazis will determine the future of Europe. How quaint... again - congratulations Europe.
For much more on the implications of this stunning success of the anti-bailout powers, see here [11]and here [12].
And to paraphrase Schrodinger Schauble [13]:
"If Greek voters were to vote for a majority that does not honour those agreements, then Greece will have to bear the consequences of that" - RTRS [14]
Here come the consequences - Mikaël Charozé [15]will be a very busy man tonight.
Watch the developing election results, whose implications are far greater than anything out of France, live at Mega TV after the jump:
[16]
****
More exit polls updates from Athens-News [17]:
Public Issue for Skai
(min-max, in %)
- New Democracy 20.5-24.5
- Radical Left Coalition (Syriza) 14-18
- Pasok 13-17
- Communist Party 7-10.5
- Independent Greeks 7-10
- Democratic Left 6-9
- Golden Dawn 5-8
- Ecogreens 2-4
- Popular Orthodox Rally (Laos) 2-4
- Drasi 1-3
- Democratic Alliance 1-3
7pm Here are the results of the exit polls
(min-max, in %)
- New Democracy 17-20
- Radical Left Coalition (Syriza) 15.5-18.5
- Pasok 14-17
- Independent Greeks 10-12
- Communist Party 7.5-9.5
- Golden Dawn 6-8
- Democratic Left 4.5-6.5
- Popular Orthodox Rally (Laos) 2.5-3.5
- Democratic Alliance 2.5-3.5
- Ecogreens 2.5-3.5
- Drasi 2-2.8
- Recreate Greece 1.9-2.5
- Anticapitalist Left 1.2-2
- Others 2-4
And just to confirm that the world is losing it, in the Schleswig-Holstein election, according to ARD, after the CDU (with 30.5%), SPD with 29.5%, Green Party with 14%, and FDP with 8.5%, we get... the Pirate Party 8%.
So Neo-Nazis in Greece, Pirates in Germany: the world has officially lost it.