Athens News Agency: News in English, 02-10-20
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[01] Logal government elections
[01] Logal government elections
20/10/2002 13:25:20
Greeks went once again to the polls this Sunday to vote for the run off
elections and choose their local governments both on a municipal and
prefecture level.
Last Sunday several of the candidates managed to gain more than 50 per
cent of the vote and be elected as mayors or prefects, however, as the
Greek constitution mandates, those candidates in the majority of
municipalities and prefectures that did manage to garner more than the
required 50 pre cent of the vote will have to endure a run off
election.
The two candidates with the most votes will face off in most areas,
with the largest municipality and prefecture, Athens and Attica
respectively, up for grabs.
Already since Friday, the two major metropolitan centers of Greece,
Athens and Thessaloniki witnessed an exodus of those of their residents
that vote in their hometowns taking advantage of the good weather
forecasted for the weekend.
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