Greece elections: radical left party win

Alexis Tsipras, opposition leader and head of Syriza party, told Greeks that Syriza party's win in early general election meant an end to austerity and humiliation and that the country's regular and often fraught debt inspections were a thing of the past. Photo: Alexis Tsipras greets supporters after the initial election results for the Greece general elections

Thousands of Syriza supporters flocked to the Athens University building, chanting and waving the party's red and white flags as party leader Alexis Tsipras addressed the crowd. 'The vote of the Greek people has closed the vicious circle of austerity,' he said, declaring Greece's 240-million-euro bailout now 'a matter of the past'

Photo: Supporters of the radical left-wing opposition party Syriza after the initial election results for Greece general elections in Athens

Photo: Supporters of Syriza left-wing party wave a giant flag outside Athens University Headquarters, Jan. 25, 2015

Photo: Headquarters of Greece's Syriza left-wing opposition party in Athens

Photo: A supporter of left-wing Syriza party holding a placard after exit poll results in Athens

Photo: A woman at a polling station during early general elections in Greece

Greece's Conservative Prime Minister Antonis Samaras admitted his defeat in the election and congratulated the leader of the Syriza party

Photo: A woman waving a Greek flag during a speech by the leader of Syriza left-wing party Alexis Tsipras