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Political analyst predicts Socialist party PASOK win

(4 Oct 2009) 1. Pull out from Greek flags to wide of sign reading (Greek) "PASOK, Citizen comes first" 2. Wide of people at opposition Socialist party PASOK campaign headquarters 3. Man reading magazine at the campaign headquarters 4. Wide of stage and chairs at PASOK campaign headquarters 5. Wide of ruling Conservative party "New Democracy" campaign headquarters with pictures of prime minister Costas Karamanlis in background 6. Mid of Karamanlis poster next to Greek flags 7. Wide of New Democracy campaign headquarters 8. Banner reading (English/Greek) "Exit Poll, Parliamentary Elections 2009" 9. Close-up of banner 10. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Thodoris Livanios, Political Analyst: "There is a PASOK lead at least up until voting time. We are still unclear on how strong it will be and whether it will assure him an absolute majority. These are the day's main questions which will be answered later." 11. Cutaway close-up of detail on political banner showing a voter and ballot box 12. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Thodoris Livanios, Political Analyst: (Answering question on whether New Democracy could reverse PASOK's lead) "New Democracy tried to reverse it but up to this moment it doesn't seem that it has achieved that. It is mainly due to the fact that there were many factors which affected New Democracy's image negatively and which it could not reverse." 13. Wide exterior of Greek Parliament STORYLINE Greek voters were casting their ballots on Sunday in a snap general election likely to produce a change in government, as voters angered by scandals and a foundering economy were expected to reject the Conservatives in favour of the opposition Socialists. Polling stations opened at 7 am (0400 GMT) and were to close at 7 pm (1600 GMT) in the election, which conservative Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis called just halfway through his second four-year term. By late afternoon, members of the two main rival political parties were making their way to their respective campaign headquarters for preparations ahead of election results, expected later in the day. A political analyst conducting exit polls was confident that the opposition socialist party would win the elections but was uncertain over whether their advance would be strong enough to ensure an absolute majority. "There is a PASOK lead at least up until voting time. We are still unclear on how strong it will be and whether it will assure him an absolute majority," said Thodoris Livanios. Livanios added that the ruling conservative party hadn't managed to improve it's battered image sufficiently to turnaround PASOK's lead. Opposition leader George Papandreous' Panhellenic Socialist Movement, known by its Greek acronym PASOK, headed into the polls leading Karamanlis' New Democracy party by 6 to 7 percentage points in the last opinion polls published two weeks earlier, before a pre-election ban came into effect. 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. Both 57-year-old Papandreou and 53-year-old Karamanlis are scions of political families. Papandreou's father, Andreas, and grandfather, George, were both prime ministers at various times between the 1940s and the 1990s, while Karamanlis' uncle and namesake was premier five times between 1955 and 1980 as well as president twice. The short election campaign ended on Friday with Karamanlis' final rally in central Athens before of tens of thousands of supporters. The prime minister once again accused his opponent of being an irresponsible politician. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...