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Greek Conservatives Win Parliament Elections By Brian Murphy Associated Press Writer Published: Mar 7, 2004 ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Greek conservatives swept to a landslide victory Sunday in parliamentary elections that ended 10 years of Socialist government and assigned a new caretaker to the troubled preparations for this summer's Olympics. With 56 percent of votes counted, the New Democracy party was beating the Socialists 47 percent to 41 percent as part of a deep reshuffling of Greece's political order. Socialist leader George Papandreou conceded defeat after various exit polls showed New Democracy with a strong lead. The conservatives, led by...

"PA" Greece’s conservatives won parliament elections today to return to office after a decade. Their win came after Socialist leader George Papandreou conceded defeat. “New Democracy won the elections,” Papandreou said. “We will help the effort for the Olympic Games ... a very big moment for our country.” Papandreou conceded the election after various exit polls – carried by private and state-run television – gave Costas Caramanlis’ New Democracy party a lead hovering around 5 percentage points ahead of the Socialists. All exit polls had a margin of error of plus or minus 1.5%t Early returns also showed the Socialists...