(4 Oct 2009)
Klathmonos Square, Central Athens
1. Wide of Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) party campaign headquarters with supporters waiting for the exit polls
2. Wide of PASOK supporters cheering and waving flags
3. Camera operator
4. Various of men taking pictures with famous Greek TV presenter Petroula Kostidou
5. Tilt down to children waving flags
6. Long continuous shot of PASOK supporters watching the first exit polls on a large screen on stage, celebrating with fireworks, blowing horns and chanting UPSOUND (Greek) : "PASOK is here united and strong."
STORYLINE:
An exit poll by Greek TV stations projected on Sunday that the opposition Socialist PASOK party will win the country's early parliamentary election with between 41 and 44 percent of the vote.
The poll said Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis' conservative Nea Dimokratia (New Democracy) party is in second place with between 34.3 and 37.3 percent of the vote.
Socialist leader George Papandreou had been widely expected to win Sunday's election after the conservatives saw their popularity undermined by a faltering economy and a string of corruption scandals.
Fifty-three-year-old Karamanlis, who was first elected in 2004, called the elections halfway through his second four-year term.
He said he needed a strong new mandate to tackle Greece's economic troubles.
The exit polls also showed that the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), which is the oldest Greek political party, will be third with between 7.3 to 8.3 percent.
The nationalist party Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS) will be fourth with five to six percent and in the fifth place will be the coalition of the left with 3.9 to 4.9 percent.
The Green Party will probably struggle to get into parliament, as the exit polls show the ecology party to be between two and 3.5 percent.
Each party needs at least 3 percent to get into the Greek parliament.
If the Green Party doesn't get into parliament, it would mean that the Socialists would be able to form a government with at least a slim majority of 151 seats in the 300-member Parliament.
If the Green Party manages to get into parliament, then PASOK will need over 42 percent to form a government.
If no party wins enough votes to gain 151 seats in the 300-member parliament and none can form a coalition with a smaller party, new elections will have to be called, likely in November.
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