Stefanos Kasselakis wins SYRIZA-PA leadership election with 56.69% of the vote

With 75% of the votes counted, Stefanos Kasselakis on Sunday emerged as the victor of the election for a new leader of main opposition SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance, according to an announcement by the head of the party's Electoral Committee Yiannis Drosos.

Kasselakis received 56.69% of the vote, against 43.31% for rival candidate Effie Achtsioglou.

According to Achtsioglou's team, she telephoned Kasselakis to congratulate him on his victory and is to make a statement at SYRIZA-PA's headquarters.