PASOK leadership up for grabs

After a nail-biting first round in PASOK's leadership elections, it was decided that incumbent leader Nikos Androulakis will face off against Athens Mayor Haris Doukas in next Sunday's runoff.

Doukas secured second place over MP and former minister Pavlos Geroulanos by a razor-thin margin of just 858 votes, according to final results published Monday morning.

It became clear early on that Androulakis would emerge as the frontrunner, and he ultimately won by an eight-point margin. With 100% of the votes counted, Androulakis received 29.64%, Doukas 21.41%, and Geroulanos 21.12%. Former EU commissioner and minister Anna Diamantopoulou received 19.52%, while MPs Michalis Katrinis and Nadia Giannakopoulou received 6.03% and 2.29%, respectively.

PASOK officials expressed satisfaction with the high voter turnout, as more than 300,000 citizens cast their ballots. By...