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1st LD Writethru: Greek Leftist leader Tsipras receives mandate to form gov't

Xinhua, September 21, 2015 Adjust font size:

Former Prime Minister and leader of the Radical Left SYRIZA party Alexis Tsipras formally received on Monday from the President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos the mandate to form the next government as the winner of Sunday's general elections.

SYRIZA won 35.5 percent of votes and 145 seats in the next 300-member strong assembly, according to the final official results released by the Interior Ministry.

On Sunday night a few hours after the closing of the ballots Tsipras and Panos Kammenos, the leader of the Right-wing Independent Greeks party (ANEL), the junior partner in Tsipras' first government from January to August, announced their intention to renew the coalition partnership.

With the 10 seats ANEL secured by garnering 3.7 of the votes, the new government will control 155 seats in the next chamber.

The announcement of its composition and swearing in ceremony were expected to be made by Wednesday noon so that Tsipras can participate in the forthcoming EU summit.

Later on Monday evening the 41-year-old Leftist leader was scheduled to be sworn in as prime minister for a second time this year. Endit