Tsipras, who lost the election in Greece, resigns as party leader

The main opposition leader Alexis Tsipras, who suffered a heavy defeat in the recent general elections in Greece, has resigned as the leader of the party. According to the results of the second round, the party of current prime minister Kiryakos Mikotakis, the New Democracy Party, had won 158 seats in parliament with 40.56 percent of the vote.

General elections were held in Greece in May, but no party could reach a majority to form a government alone. Thereafter, the second round of the general elections were held four days ago.

According to the results of the second round, the party of current prime minister Kiryakos Mikotakis, the New Democracy Party, won 158 seats in parliament with 40.56 percent of the vote. There are 300 seats in the parliament. As a result, Mikotakis was re-elected prime minister.

SYRIZA, the party of former prime minister Alexis Tsipras, won 48 seats with 17.83 percent of the vote. SYRIZA had 71 seats in the previous election.

The other parties were center-left PASOK 32, Communist Party 20, far-right Spartans party 12, far-right Greek Solution party 12, far-right NIKI 10 and anti-establishment party Freedom Route won 8 seats.

Following these results, the main opposition leader Tsipras resigned as party leader due to the ’heavy defeat’.