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Syriza had run on a campaign of renegotiating the country’s €240bn international bailout deal, and pledged to reverse many of the reforms pushed through to qualify for the rescue loans that have kept Greece financially afloat for the past four years.

A senior minister in Greece's governing conservatives has conceded defeat to the radical left Syriza party after today's general election.