New Democracy party supporters cheer as party's candidate on Athens' mayoral elections Kostas Mpakogiannis arrives at the Old Parliament square in Athens, Greece. European voters are electing 751 lawmakers, with each nation apportioned a number of seats based on its population as anti-immigrant and far-right groups are hoping to gain ground in Brussels to transfer power from the EU for their national governments. Greece's opposition New Democracy party took a commanding lead over the ruling leftist Syriza.