Upon victory, Tsipras said that the country's group of constant lenders is "finished", in a jab at his right-wing opponent and Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras.
This new victory means that the party will take 150 of the 300 seats in Greek Parliament, just one shy of an overall majority. Following the victory, hundreds of supporters went to the streets waving flags in support of the recently-powered party.
Although this is of vast importance in Greece, why does it pertain to the more Western countries? The answer is worldwide economics.
Greece's economy has been one of the worst off of the developed first world countries, borrowing a vast amount of money from the so-called "Troika", including a 240 billion euro bailout in 2010.
"The verdict of our people means the Troika is finished."So, the world will watch and wait to see what this new shift in power means for the people of Greece.
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