Famellos elected SYRIZA leader

Sokratis Famellos has reportedly been elected of the left-wing SYRIZA party; official results are still pending.

At 11.25 pm, about an hour after they had said they would post final results, SYRIZA posted that, with 99% of precincts reporting, Famellos was leading with 49.41% of the votes, followed by MP Pavlos Polakis (43.51%), MEP Nikolas Farantouris (5.09%) and regional councilor, ex-mayor of Stylida and actor Apostolos Gletsos (1.99%). It appears that, with Famellos so close to the 50% plus one vote threshold, it has been decided to acknowledge him as leader by acclamation in order to avoid a runoff. 

Farantouris, had already congratulated him about half an hour earlier, declaring that he will be by his side.

Pavlos Polakis, had earlier been quoted as saying that "I will not make the SYRIZA people suffer through a second vote." 

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