LIVE: Syriza projected to win Greek elections

Alexis Tsipras

Greece went to the polls on Sunday, and the first exit polls are projecting a victory for the incumbent Prime Minister and Syriza.
The radical left-wing party was catapulted into power in January this year, in opposition to the country's European bailout deals and austerity policies.
Eight months later, after months of torturous negotiations, capitulation, the resignation of former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis and the calling of new snap elections, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is now heading up a pro-bailout party.
The anti-bailout hard left of Syriza are running under a separate banner, as a bloc called Popular Unity. 
The polls have generally given Syriza a narrow lead, but it's been uncomfortably close to New Democracy, the centre-right party that previously headed up a coalition. 
We'll have more as the results come out.

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