KINAL ELECTIONS: N. Androulakis and G. Papandreou voted – Their messages

LAST UPDATE: 12:12

The electoral process of KINAL is progressing smoothly, while so far two presidential candidates Nikos Androulakis and George Papandreou have voted. The polls will close at 7 pm.

“Today is a great day for our country, the Democratic Party and PASOK. Today, the dreams and aspirations of all generations come together. I ask again this Sunday for great participation from the progressive Democrats who came on the first Sunday. “I ask for a clear mandate so that we can all together make the Democratic Party strong and proud again”, said Nikos Androulakis.

At the polling station for the internal party elections that operates in the City Hall of Nice, George Papandreou voted shortly after 11:00.

The former prime minister who is claiming the leadership of KINAL against Nikos Androulakis, said after exercising his right to vote that “last Sunday, with the large turnout we had, we sent a message of hope for a large faction, which will be beneficial for place “.

Mr. Papandreou also stressed: “Today, all the democrats at the polls, we vote for a strong leadership of the Movement, with a strong voice in Parliament, for a fair and green society. From tomorrow we have a lot of work and new struggles for its Greece. justice, foresight and humanity “.

Andreas Loverdos’s right to vote in Metamorfosi, just before 11 o’clock.

As announced on Friday by the competent Committee of KINAL for the internal party elections (EDEKAP), those who had voted last Sunday, in the first round, have the right to vote and will not pay 3 euros again.

Nikos Androulakis is the favorite from the first round. Objective data show that most chances are on the side of the Cretan MEP.

Nikos Androulakis collected a significant percentage of votes in the first round, 98,431 votes and a percentage of 36.88% and left behind by almost 10 points difference his opponent George Papandreou who was voted by 74,093 citizens, a percentage of 27.97%.

Of the candidates who did not make it to the second round, Andreas Loverdos, who collected the most 69,411 votes, openly supported Nikos Androulakis in the second round, thus greatly increasing the chances of a sure victory.

The rest of the candidates did not want to give a line and left their voters free to act at will. If Haris Kastanidis and Pavlos Geroulanos, who have been ministers of George Papandreou, had sided in his favor, a dynamic could have been created in the camp of the former prime minister, but something did not happen in the end. On the other hand, even if it adds up all the votes received by Messrs. Christidis Geroulanos and Kastanidis together with those of George Papandreou, they are far behind the sum of the votes of Androulakis and Loverdos.

With information from AMPE