Nikos Androulakis is the new leader of KINAL

He beat George Papandreou in the 2nd round

Nikos Androulakis is the new leader of the Movement for Change (KINAL), prevailing against George Papandreou in the second round of the party’s elections.

Nikos Androulakis is ahead with 68.11%, against 31.89% of George Papandreou with 86.96% of the ballots counted, while in three polling stations the ballot box was canceled: 1. Anchialos (Volos), 2. Eretria, 3. Orchomenos (who there was also an episode).

The electoral process saw a large turnout of the voters on Sunday, breaking the record set for a second-round compared to 2017. The polls closed at 7:30 in the afternoon, while initially it was supposed to close at 7 p.m.

The electoral process went smoothly and more than 206,000 cast their ballots at the polling stations.

PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis congratulated the new leader over the phone.