Sokratis Famellos was elected SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance leader on Sunday.
The results of the elections were announced by the president of the Central Electoral Committee, Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou.
According to Xanogiannakopoulou, a total of 70,152 persons voted in the elections. Based on 99% of votes counted, Sokratis Famellos received 49.41%, Pavlos Pollakis 43.51%, Nikolas Farantouris 5.09% and Apostolos Gletsos 1.99%.
"We would like to congratulate all four presidential candidates for their struggle, their contribution that ensures the new political unity and the future dynamic course of SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance," she said.
Famellos: "We are starting tonight, united" - The first statements of the new SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance leader
"We are starting tonight, united," Famellos stressed in his first statements as the newly elected leader of SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance outside the party's headquarters.
"In these elections, the large participation but also the new registrations showed first of all that SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance is here and I believe that this is a message that unites us all," he underlined.
Famellos also stated that "these results are also an answer to all those who questioned SYRIZA's next day. But we are here and the citizens, the members of SYRIZA, gave a clear response today, they decided to press the restart button."