Greek PM seeks new poll in push for absolute majority after election win

Kyriakos Mitsotakis says he will not try to form coalition after his party fell five seats short of majority

Riding high on an election victory few expected, Greece's prime minister has said he will push for a repeat poll as soon as possible" after a landslide win that left the centre-right leader short of a parliamentary majority under a new voting system.

Hours after his New Democracy party clinched almost 41% of the vote - 20 percentage points ahead of its main rival, the leftwing Syriza, Kyriakos Mitsotakis said he would not waste time trying to form a coalition government.