ATHENS (Reuters) -Greek conservatives were leading over the leftist Syriza in elections on Sunday, a joint exit poll by six polling agencies showed.

The exit poll gave the conservative New Democracy party between 37.5-41.5% of the vote versus 23.5-27.5% for the Syriza party, which governed the country in 2015-2019, at the peak of Greece’s financial crisis.

The projections suggested that New Democracy was not likely to win outright.

EXIT POLL

PARTIES * VOTES %

ND

37.5-41.5

Syriza

23.5-27.5

PASOK

11.5-12.5

KKE

6.5-7.5

EL

4.3-5.3

Mera25

2.5-3.5

Plefsi 2.5-3.5

Eleftherias

2.5-3.5

Niki

Exit poll conducted by: ALCO, Marc, Metron Analysis, MRB Hellas, Pulse and GPO

* ND: Conservative party, leader PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Syriza: Leftist party, leader Alexis Tsipras

PASOK: Socialist party, leader Nikos Androulakis

KKE: Communist party, leader Dimitris Koutsoumbas

Mera25: Leftist party, leader Yanis Varoufakis

EL: Right-wing Elliniki Lysi (Hellenic Solution), leader Kyriakos Velopoulos

Plefsi Eleftherias, leftist party, leader Zoe Constantopoulou

Niki, nationalist party, leader Dimitriοs Natsios

(Reporting by Athens Νewsroom)

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