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Leftist SYRIZA party, which wants to revoke Greece's bailout program, is poised to win Sunday's snap poll in the country, according to exit polls.

Though polling stations are to close within a few hours, some pollsters have already announced partial results, according to the BBC and German weekly Der Spiegel.

Hours before polling stations close in Greece, many media outlets place an emphasis on the impact Alexis Tsipras's Coalition of the Radical Left (known for its acronym SYRIZA) is having on the nation's political landscape.

This comes against the backdrop of opinion polls' estimates that the leftist party will be the clear winner of the elections.

Greeks were voting Jan. 25 in an early general election crucial for the country's financial future, with the radical left Syriza party of Alexis Tsipras tipped as the favorite to win, although possibly without a large enough majority to form a government.
     

Greek leftist leader announces "end to humiliation"

ATHENS -- Leader of the Greek opposition Syriza party Alexis Tsipras has said that "an end to national humiliation" was near.

Greek leftist leader Alexis Tsipras told thousands of people gathered in Athens that an end to "national humiliation" was near after opinion polls on Jan. 22 showed his Syriza party pulling ahead three days before an election.
   

Greece's Syriza party leader Alexis Tsipras? meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu in December 2014 marks an important beginning in bilateral relations, Syriza?s foreign relations representative has said.

In the final days of election campaigning, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and his campaign team are to redouble efforts to boost languishing morale among conservative supporters while also trying to win round undecided voters.

With opinion polls suggesting that SYRIZA?s lead over New Democracy is growing, leftist leader Alexis Tsipras urged voters to give him the extra backing needed to gain a parliamentary majority in Sunday?s elections.

By Alexis Papachelas

Sunday?s election will be decisive for Greece.

Independent Greeks leader Panos Kammenos is ?absolutely ready? to govern with SYRIZA if the leftist party wins Sunday?s elections, he said during a news conference on Wednesday.