By Antonis Anzoletou

On Sunday, May 21 at Charilaou Trikoupi smiles were wide and festivities were abundant. The very good mood of the executives of PASOK and Nikos Androulakis was justified, as the movement has gone through “a thousand waves” since 2012. In January 2015, he even risked his entry into the Parliament, entering last and receiving only 4.68% of the votes of the electorate. The last time Charilaou Trikoupis saw self-reliance percentages was when George Papandreou beat Kostas Karamanlis in October 2009 with a percentage of 43.94%.

“One step at a time” they say to Harilaou Trikoupi, as they estimate that the reduction of the “scissors” with SYRIZA opens a new field in the space of the center-left. But what is the “Achilles heel” of PASOK, as it emerged in the previous polls? The big urban centers. His party Nikos Androulakis managed to achieve impressive percentages in the region, surpassing SYRIZA in many cases (Lassithi 21.48%, Rethymnon 21.47%, Chios 19.3%, Kilkis 17.34%, Drama 16.93%, Laconia 15.21%) . In Rhodope and Heraklion may have been in third place, behind SYRIZA, but recorded its highest performances, 22.63% and 21.81% respectively.

Thanasis Diamantopoulos, professor of Political Science, speaking on SKAI radio, said that the three points that PASOK got were mostly a result of the unreliability of SYRIZA. “In the distribution of his votes PASOK a party that rises, rises in the big urban centers, in the Attica basin in Thessaloniki and then spreads to the periphery. Here we see a quasi-bucolic party very weak in Attica and Thessaloniki and strong in the periphery. This does not bode well for strong upward momentum.”

The truth is that in Harilaou Trikoupi they have a lot of work to do in the basin of Attica and to a large extent the pre-election period that is coming to an end had this goal as well. PASOK, apart from Eastern Attica and Second Thessaloniki, in all other regions finished fourth behind the KKE. And even with single-digit percentages. Features: 1st Piraeus (5.93%), 1st Athens (6.7%), 2nd Piraeus (7.41%), Northern Athens (7.42%), Western Attica (7.43%) , Southern sector of Athens (7.54%). In 1st Thessaloniki, a third party emerged Greek solution and PASOK registered 7.94%. In the western sector of Athens, PASOK also finished fourth with a “score” of 8.8%.

Charilaou Trikoupis needs to regain the influence she had in the past in the big urban centers with Nikos Androulakis choosing both the southern sector of Athens and the A’ Thessaloniki to be a candidate, as he did on May 21. The effort that has been made is great, as it is estimated that if the party manages to increase its percentages, there is a possibility of winning from an additional seat in the southern and northern sectors of Athens.