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Tsipras’ first task as re-elected prime minister will be to implement more tough austerity measures demanded by creditors in return for a new €86bn rescue package.

‘Recovery can not come through magic but through lots of work, stubbornness and struggle’.

Earlier, Tsipras’ chief rival, conservative New Democracy Party leader Vangelis Meimarakis, congratulated the victor and urged quick formation of a new government that Tsipras said will include the nationalist Independent Greeks Party.

With almost all votes counted, Syriza had won more than 35%.

Greece’s Alexis Tsipras has said his left-wing Syriza party has a “clear mandate” after winning the country’s fifth election in six years. “We won’t recover from the struggle by magic, but it can happen with hard work”, he added.