Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras receives rock star greeting at polling booth

The radical left Syriza party is poised to win Greece;s general election by promising to rewrite the terms of the country's international bailout.

Syriza's leader Alexis Tsipras said the future of Greece was not to follow a path of austerity.

"The strong message of the Greek people will be that Greece will return (to) democracy, Greek people will regain social cohesion and dignity," he told the media after casting his vote.

The Syriza party has remained firmly ahead of conservative Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' New Democracy party in opinion polls throughout the election campaign.