If, in the next election, Syriza scores 26% it would get about the same number of seats, under the vote redistribution rule, as ND got this time - say just over 100.

BBC: Greece: Trying to understand Syriza

But the reason the last supposedly technocratic administration of Lucas Papademos had a hard time passing meaningful reform was because it included PASOK and ND ministers, who carried on their internecine feud with an eye to the polls.

CNN: Opinion: Greeks prefer Europe to its own politicians