[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Jubilant supporters of Alexis Tsipras' left-wing Syriza party cheered, waved party flags and danced Sunday after the party comfortably won Greece's third national vote this year despite a rebellion within his party over his acceptance of a painful third international bailout.With 44 percent of the vote counted, Syriza stood at 35.5 percent, with the conservative New Democracy at 28 percent while the Nazi-inspired Golden Dawn was coming in third with 7.1 percent, followed closely by the once-mighty socialist PASOK party with 6.3 percent. Abstention was high, at nearly 45 percent in an election-weary country with a traditionally high voter turnout.
Newly-elected Tsipras says 'work', 'struggle' ahead for Greeks
| Yes, indeed. Hopefully Mr. Tsipras will be able to get his grasshopper people to act more like ants. |
"The road of hard work and struggle lies ahead," Tsipras said in a tweet,
Based on official results with 40 percent of the vote counted, Syriza could end up with 149 parliamentary seats and can again partner up with the nationalist Independent Greeks party who appeared likely to muster 13 seats -- exactly the same result as in January.