Official results: 7 parties secure seats in European assembly

Seven parties won seats in the European Parliament in Sunday's election, which showed significant gains for Greece's far-right parties, according to official results released on Monday.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' New Democracy party secured 28.31% of the vote, earning seven seats in the European Parliament. The main leftist opposition party, SYRIZA, received 14.92% of the vote, which translates to four of Greece's 21 seats in the European Union's legislature. The socialist PASOK party came in third with 12.79% and secured three seats.

The nationalist Greek Solution party garnered 9.3% of the vote, earning two seats, narrowly ahead of the communist KKE, which received 9.25% and also secured two seats.

Three more parties surpassed the three percent threshold required for representation in the EU assembly. The religious nationalist Niky (Victory) party,...