The second round of Presidential voting ended on Tuesday with candidate Stavros Dimas to have received 168 votes, far below the 200 needed. The votes came from the coalition Nea Dimokratia – PASOK (155) and 13 from independent MPs, among them two ex Golden Dawn.
2. round of voting – results:
Stavros Dimas 168
Present: 131
Absent 1
In the third round of voting, on 29. December 2014, the Presidential candidate will need only 180 votes to be elected.