2004 European Parliament election in Greece

European Parliament election in Greece, 2004

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24 seats to the European Parliament
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Kostas Karamanlis George Papandreou Aleka Papariga Party ND PASOK KKE Leader since 21 March 1997 8 February 2004 1991 Last election 36.00% 32.91% 8.67% Seats won 11 8 3 Seat change +2 -1 0 Percentage 43.02% 34.03% 9.48% Swing +7% +1.1% +.8   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Nikos Konstantopoulos Georgios Karatzaferis Party Coalition of the Left (SYN) LAOS Leader since 14 September 2000 Last election 5.16% did not contest Seats won 1 1 Seat change -1 +1 Percentage 4.19% 4.12% Swing -1% +4.12%

The European Parliament election of 2004 in Greece for the election of the delegation from Greece to the European Parliament took place on June 13. The election system used in Greece was a party-list proportional representation with a 3% threshold for any party. The number of seats allocated to Greece was 24.

Results[]

The 2004 European election was the sixth election to the European Parliament. The ruling New Democracy party made strong gains, while the opposition Panhellenic Socialist Movement made smaller gains, both at the expense of minor parties. The traditional party, Popular Orthodox Rally contested the election for the first time and elected a Euro Member of Parliament.

Summary of the results of Greece's 13 June 2004 election to the European Parliament

National party		European party	Leader(s)	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	New Democracy	EPP	Kostas Karamanlis	2,633,961	43.02	7.01	11 / 24	2
	Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)	PES	George Papandreou	2,083,327	34.03	1.12	8 / 24	1
	Communist Party (ΚΚΕ)	None	Aleka Papariga	580,396	9.48	0.81	3 / 24	0
	Coalition of Left Movements and Ecology (SYN)	PEL	Nikos Konstantopoulos	254,447	4.16	1.00	1 / 24	1
	Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS)	AIDE	Georgios Karatzaferis	252,429	4.12	New	1 / 24	1
	Women for Another Europe Γυναίκες για μια άλλη Ευρώπη			46,565	0.76	-	0 / 24	0
	Democratic Regional Union			44,541	0.73	-	0 / 24	0
	Ecologists Greens			40,873	0.67	-	0 / 24	0
	Union of Centrists		Vassilis Leventis	34,511	0.56	+0	0 / 24	0
	Greek Ecologists		Dimosthenis Vergis	32,956	0.54	-	0 / 24	0
	Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Greece			21,220	0.35	+0	0 / 24	0
	Hellenic Front		Makis Voridis	15,243	0.25	-	0 / 24	0
	Δημοκρατικό Σοσιαλιστικό Κίνημα (ΔΗΣΟΚ)		Emmanouil Kriaras	13,627	0.22	-	0 / 24	0
	Radical Left Front			13,387	0.22	+0	0 / 24	0
	Anti-Capitalist Coalition			11,938	0.19	-	0 / 24	0
	Militant Socialist Party of Greece			11,598	0.19	+0	0 / 24	0
	Patriotic Alliance			10,618	0.17	+0	0 / 24	0
	Rainbow			6,176	0.10	+0	0 / 24	0
	Όραμα			5,996	0.10	-	0 / 24	0
	Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece			5,090	0.08	+0	0 / 24	0
	Ευρωπαϊκή Συμπολιτεία, Άμεση Δημοκρατία - Αδέσμευτο Κίνημα Υποστήριξης Ριζοσπαστικών Αλλαγών (AKYPA)			3,791	0.06	+0	0 / 24	0
	Alternative Ecologists			284	0.00	+0	0 / 24	0
				45	0.0	+0	0 / 24	0
Totals				6,283,637	100.00	—	24 / 24	1
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				9,938,863	63.22
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