Greek centre-right party falls short of majority in general election

Prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis's party on 40% share against Syriza on 20%, with more than 90% of votes counted

Greece's general election has failed to produce a winner despite the centre-right party of the incumbent prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, clinching 40% of the vote with more than 90% of ballots counted.

New Democracy was leading with a 20-point margin - 40.8% - over the leftist main opposition Syriza party which was trailing at just over 20.1% - a difference rarely seen since the collapse in 1974 of military rule. Even in Crete, a socialist bastion, the rightwing party had fared unexpectedly well.