And that concludes our live coverage of a historic night in Greece - the first electoral victory for an anti-austerity party in the eurozone since the start of the crisis in 2008. Follow our news story for further updates.

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tweets, external: Greeks may feel better off by ending austerity & #Grexit but who will lend them the money to pay for their big state & early retirements?

And, external: Trouble ahead for #Syriza promising that the State can keep spending at fantasy levels...with what? Default, devalue & #Grexit also painful

With 80% of the vote counted, Syriza is projected to win 149 seats in parliament - two short of a majority.

Podemos, Spain's rising anti-austerity party and an ally of Syriza, has tweeted, external (in Spanish) to say: "The Greeks are finally going to have a Greek government and not an envoy of Angela Merkel."

UK Prime Minister David Cameron has tweeted, external to say the Greek election will "increase economic uncertainty across Europe". "That's why the UK must stick to our plan, delivering security at home," he added. The Conservative leader is fighting a general election himself in May.

Nick Barnets, journalist

tweets, external: #NewDemocracy closed. Not a soul left here at their election pavilion in #Syntagma. #Athens #Greece

Analysts say the eurozone is set for a new bout of volatility, according to AFP.

"A period of uncertainty and heightened market nervousness now seems likely," says Jonathan Loynes of Capital Economics. Unicredit chief economist Erik Nielsen said Greece was in for a "volatile month". While a deal on its debt was still possible, he added, the viability of an anti-austerity government was less certain.

Jerry Siokos in Athens emails: The time of the Left to govern has come. It will be tested fiercely. I don't believe there are plenty of possibilities for any government to change the current situation, therefore I don't feel full of hope. This crisis, in the European South, has mostly affected the youth, and that is why Europe's future is uncertain.

Russell Brand, British comedian and campaigner

tweets:, external I would vote for Syriza. This is exciting.

Kathimerini, Greek newspaper

tweets, external: [Greek] President Karolos Papoulias calls Tsipras to congratulate him on victory

With 74% of the vote counted, Syriza has won 36%, followed by New Democracy with 28.1%, the far-right Golden Dawn with 6.3% and The River with 5.9 6%.

The other three parties projected to pass the 3% hurdle to get into parliament are the Greek Communist Party (5.4%), Pasok (4.7%) and Independent Greeks (4.7%).

You can follow the returns live on the Greek interior ministry's website, external.

If you are just joining us, Greece's anti-austerity party Syriza has won the general election and is set to win 149-151 seats in the 300-seat parliament.

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It is so far unclear if the party will have an outright majority but leader Alexis Tsipras has praised the vote as an end to the "vicious circle of austerity". Your mandate cancels the international bailouts, he told supporters, but he added that his government would be ready to negotiate a fair, "mutually beneficial solution".

Iraklis Diakos emails: ...Tsipras's party has a difficult road ahead. He has to deal not only with corruption, injustice and poor performance of services in the public sector but also with a widening national deficit and tough creditors with harsh demands.

I just hope for the best for the people of this nation since the measures taken by New Dawn have led to widening the gap between the rich and the poor with unfair and extreme measures for the middle and lower class which led to thrashing the middle class to the grounds.

Belgium's finance minister sees some room to discuss the "modalities" of the Greek debt programme with the other eurozone nations, AP news agency reports.

Johan Van Overtveldt told a Belgian TV channel: "We can talk modalities, we can talk debt restructuring, but the cornerstone that Greece must respect the rules of monetary union, that must stay as it is."

He added: "It is impossible to fundamentally change things."

Yannis emails: I am a 27 year old software engineer from Greece. I am not scared by the election's result but neither do I feel hope. Nothing will change. Greece will just lose six months of reforms. Just like last time a new government will come into power but they won't have any money to spend, so they'll be forced into giving in to EU demands. Mind you I do believe the austerity program is wrong and doesn't make any economic or political sense.

Piers Scholfield, BBC News Athens

tweets:, external Thousands came from across Europe tonight to express solidarity with Syriza

Hugh Laurie, British actor

tweets, external: Bravo Syriza! Must feel like they've just won a giant edition of Storage Wars, but let's hope those boxes are full of good stuff. Good luck! [in Greek]

Macropolis, news service, Athens

tweets, external: Potami [The River, centrist party] leader Theodorakis says slim majority not enough for Syriza, makes it clear he is ready to discuss cooperation

Mehran Khalili, Athens

tweets, external: "Greek leftists' victory throws down challenge to euro establishment" MT @FT Front page of tomorrow's Financial Times

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Alex Massavetas in Athens emails: There is just one issue and that is economics. Society is quite polarised at the moment. This will be the most difficult elections we have ever had - at least for the last decade. A huge crisis has been ongoing for years and we have been dealing with things we never had to deal with before. There is mass unemployment. I am not sure what to predict., but I am not very optimistic.