Greece’s ruling Syriza party suffered a landslide defeat by the conservative New Democracy in elections on Sunday, bringing an end to the government of Alexis Tsipras.

Four years after his party surged to victory, Mr Tsipras was voted out of power by a Greek public tired of his government’s austerity measures.

Greeks turned instead to the scion of one of the country’s most powerful political families. Kyriakos Mitsotakis is to be sworn in as prime minister on Monday after his centre-Right party took 39.8 percent of the votes, compared to 31.5 percent for Mr Tsipras' left-wing movement, with more than 94 percent of ballots counted.

Speaking late on Sunday, Mr Mitsotakis vowed that the country would "proudly" enter a post-bailout period of "jobs, security and growth".

"A painful cycle has closed," he said, adding that Greece would "proudly raise its head again" on his watch.

"I want to see this people prosper. I want to see the children who left to return," he later told party supporters.