2000 Greek legislative election

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2000 Greek legislative election
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All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament
151 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
  Kostas Simitis.jpg Kostas Karamanlis 2009 (cropped).jpg
Leader Costas Simitis Kostas Karamanlis
Party PASOK ND
Leader since 30 June 1996 21 March 1997
Last election 162 seats, 41.49% 108 seats, 38.12%
Seats won 158 125
Seat change Decrease 4 Increase 17
Popular vote 3,007,596 2,935,196
Percentage 43.79% 42.74%
Swing Increase 2.30pp Increase 4.62pp
  Third party Fourth party
  Aleka Papariga - Crop.jpg Nikos Konstantopoulos 2013 cropped.jpg
Leader Aleka Papariga Nikos Konstantopoulos
Party KKE Synaspismos
Leader since 1991 1993
Last election 11 seats, 5.61% 10 seats, 5.12%
Seats won 11 6
Seat change Steady Decrease 4
Popular vote 379,454 219,880
Percentage 5.52% 3.20%
Swing Decrease 0.09pp Decrease 1.92pp
2000 Greek legislative election - Vote Strength.svg
Map of electoral districts, showing the largest party by share of votes. Darker shades indicate stronger vote share.
Prime Minister before election

Costas Simitis
PASOK

Prime Minister after election

Costas Simitis
PASOK

Greek Parliamentary election, 2000
Distribution of parliament seats after the 2007 elections (Results).

Distribution of parliament seats after the 2000 elections (Results).
  Panhellenic Socialist Movement: 158 seats
  New Democracy: 125 seats
  Communist Party of Greece: 11 seats
  Coalition of the Left and Progress: 6 seats
Date 9 April 2000
Previous prime minister Kostas Simitis
Next prime minister Kostas Simitis holding position

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 9 April 2000.[1] The ruling Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) of Prime Minister Costas Simitis was narrowly re-elected, defeating the conservative New Democracy party. Simitis formed his third cabinet.

Results[]

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) 3,007,596 43.79 158 –4
New Democracy (ND) 2,935,196 42.74 125 +17
Communist Party of Greece (KKE) 379,454 5.52 11 0
Coalition of the Left and Progress (SYN) 219,880 3.20 6 –4
Democratic Social Movement (DIKKI) 184,598 2.69 0 –9
Democratic Regional Union (DPE) 32,068 0.47 0 New
Union of Centrists 23,228 0.34 0 0
Union of Ecologists 20,446 0.30 0 0
14,703 0.21 0 New
Front Line 12,125 0.18 0 New
Radical Left Front (MERA) 8,132 0.12 0 New
Communist Party of Greece (Marxist-Leninist) (KKE (M-L)) 7,301 0.11 0 New
Party of Hellenism 6,272 0.09 0 0
Left! (M-L KKE and A/synechia) 5,866 0.09 0 0
Alternative Ecologists 3,321 0.05 0 0
Liberal Party 2,091 0.03 0 New
Fighting Socialist Party of Greece (ASKE) 2,026 0.03 0 0
Self-Governed Movement of Labour Politics 1,145 0.02 0 0
Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece (OAKKE) 1,126 0.02 0 0
Christian Faith 305 0.00 0 0
Party of Greek Workers 169 0.00 0 0
National Patriotic Party 22 0.00 0 New
Olympic Party 14 0.00 0 0
Panhellenic Democratic Party of Peace 4 0.00 0 New
Independents 592 0.0 0 0
Invalid/blank votes 158,516 – – –
Total 7,026,527 100 300 0
Registered voters/turnout 9,372,541 74.97 – –
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular vote
PASOK
 
 43.79%
ND
 
 42.74%
KKE
 
 5.52%
SYN
 
 3.20%
DIKKI
 
 2.69%
Others
 
 2.06%
Parliament seats
PASOK
 
 52.67%
ND
 
 41.67%
KKE
 
 3.67%
SYN
 
 2.00%

References[]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p830 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
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