Outcome of Greece election looking increasingly uncertain

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The prevailing assumption before the Greece election was called was that outgoing Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras would return as head of the next government in one way or another. However, the latest polling has suggested this is far less certain than assumed. Raising the question of what the outcome of the election might be?

Related url hyperlinks look at developments in the the closing weeks of the election campaign, including the first televised debate since 2009 between political leaders whch was held on the 9 September 2015.

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