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Source: Associated Press
@AP: BREAKING: Exit poll projects radical left anti-bailout Syriza party winning election by wide margin in Greece: http://t.co/fwRNg7tGZa/s/P_i8
Greece exit poll shows anti-bailout party winning election
BY ELENA BECATOROS
JAN. 25, 2015 12:08 PM EST
ATHENS, Greece (AP) A Greek state TV exit poll is projecting that anti-bailout party Syriza has won Sunday's parliamentary elections in a historic first for a radical left wing party in Greece.
But it's unclear whether Syriza has won a decisive enough victory over Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' incumbent conservatives to govern alone. For that, they need a minimum 151 of parliament's 300 seats.
The centrist Potami (River) party is battling for third place with the Nazi-inspired, extreme right-wing Golden Dawn, whose leadership is in prison pending trial for running a criminal organization.
Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/9b1816988138404e924c96a12f14bc6f/greeks-go-polls-critical-snap-general-election