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Athens News Agency: News in English, 06-10-20
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[01] Second round of local gov't elections Sunday
[01] Second round of local gov't elections Sunday
A second round of local government elections is scheduled for this
Sunday in seven prefectures and 247 municipalities throught the
country. The interest in this second round is centred on the
municipalities of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, and Patra, Peloponnese.
Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos expressed his conviction that
last week's successfull electoral procedure will be repeated this
Sunday.
In Thessaloniki, outgoing mayor Vassilis Papageorgopoulos, backed by
the ruling New Democracy (ND), appears to be the undisputed "favourite"
for re-election, having garnered 41.43 per cent in last Sunday's first
round, against main oppositiion Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)
candidate Chrysa Arapoglou who gathered 21.6 per cent of the votes. In
Patra, candidate and former deputy minister of PASOK, Andreas Fouras
has a slight advantage against former mayor Evangelos Floratos, who is
backed by the ND party, because PASOK "rebel" Yiannis Dimaras garnered
18.5 per cent. Fouras had received 34.7 per cent of the votes and
Floratos 34.06 per cent.
On a level of prefects, elections will be held in seven remaining
prefectures. The ND has already elected 28 prefects, PASOK 17, while in
two municipalities, prefects were elected following cooperation between
PASOK and the Coalition of the Left, Movements and Ecology
(Synaspismos).
Meanwile, the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralisation
Ministry has already taken all the necessary measures in preparation
for the second round of the local government elections.
Pavlopoulos appealed to the citizens to vote in force.
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