2014 Greek local elections
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Regions won by ■ – Nea Dimokratia ■ – SYRIZA ■ – independents |
Local elections were held in Greece on 18 May 2014 (first round) and 25 May 2014 (second round).[1][2] Voters elected representatives to the country's local authorities, comprising 13 regions and 325 municipalities.
Background[]
Traditionally, candidates at local elections do not run under the official name of any party as the constitution only foresees the participation of electoral lists (or "combinations") and not parties. Despite this theoretical independence and distinction, for all practical purposes most candidates run as local front organisations for political parties.[3]
Issues[]
Greece is still facing a long-term government-debt crisis, which may affect the elections.
Election results[]
Source: Hellenic Ministry of the Interior
In the municipalities, as well as the regions, any candidate can participate in the first round. If the leading candidate does not have an absolute majority (50%+) of the votes, then a second round is held between the two leading candidates in the first round.
Regions[]
Attica[]
Contender Rena Dourou (SYRIZA) defeated incumbent (Society of Values) in the second round and succeeded him as Regional Governor of Attica.
Candidate | Supporting Parties | 1st Round | 2nd Round | Total seats | ||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
Rena Dourou | SYRIZA | 386,833 | 23.80 | 12 | 794,231 | 50.82 | 49 | 61 |
[a] | 359,302 | 22.11 | 11 | 768,604 | 49.18 | 1 | 12 | |
Georgios Koumoutsakos | Nea Dimokratia | 228,913 | 14.08 | 7 | 7 | |||
Ilias Panagiotaros | Golden Dawn | 180,908 | 11.13 | 6 | 6 | |||
Thanasis Pafilis | KKE | 173,325 | 10.66 | 5 | 5 | |||
Pavlos Chaikalis | ANEL | 116,464 | 7.17 | 4 | 4 | |||
Recreate Greece – Drasi | 48,242 | 2.97 | 2 | 2 | ||||
Ecologist Greens | 36,449 | 2.24 | 1 | 1 | ||||
ANTARSYA | 33,895 | 2.09 | 1 | 1 | ||||
EPAL | 32,475 | 2.00 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Maria Giannakaki | DIMAR – Greens – | 28,601 | 1.76 | 1 | 1 |
Central Greece[]
Kostas Bakoyannis (ND) defeated Evangelos Apostolou (SYRIZA) in the second round and succeeded Klearchos Pergantas (PASOK) as Regional Governor of Central Greece.
Candidate | Supporting Parties | 1st Round | 2nd Round | Total seats | ||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
Kostas Bakoyannis | Nea Dimokratia | 136,688 | 41.35 | 11 | 161,286 | 56.06 | 20 | 31 |
Evangelos Apostolou | SYRIZA | 61,961 | 18.75 | 5 | 126,428 | 43.94 | 5 | 10 |
Athanasios Giannopoulos | EPAL | 47,609 | 14.40 | 4 | 4 | |||
Golden Dawn | 29,867 | 9.04 | 2 | 2 | ||||
KKE | 29,191 | 8.83 | 2 | 2 | ||||
DIMAR | 14,115 | 4.27 | 1 | 1 | ||||
ANTARSYA | 11,093 | 3.36 | 1 | 1 |
Central Macedonia[]
Incumbent Apostolos Tzitzikostas (ANEL/EPAL/LAOS) defeated contender Giannis Ioannidis (ND) in the second round and remained Regional Governor of Central Macedonia.
Candidate | Supporting Parties | 1st Round | 2nd Round | Total seats | ||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
Apostolos Tzitzikostas | ANEL – EPAL – LAOS | 322,829 | 32.81 | 562.964 | 71.01 | 43 | ||
Giannis Ioannidis | Nea Dimokratia | 182,912 | 18.59 | 229,838 | 28.99 | 11 | ||
SYRIZA | 115,484 | 11.74 | 4 | 4 | ||||
Golden Dawn | 85,960 | 8.74 | 3 | 3 | ||||
DIMAR | 84,089 | 8.55 | 3 | 3 | ||||
KKE | 78,330 | 7.96 | 3 | 3 | ||||
Elia – Drasi – | 58,059 | 5.90 | 2 | 2 | ||||
Michalis Tremopoulos | Ecologist Greens – Greens | 30,419 | 3.09 | 1 | 1 | |||
ANTARSYA | 25,842 | 2.63 | 1 | 1 |
Crete[]
Incumbent Stavros Arnaoutakis (Drasi) defeated contender (ND) in the second round and remained Regional Governor of Crete.
Candidate | Supporting Parties | 1st Round | 2nd Round | Total seats | ||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
Stavros Arnaoutakis | Drasi | 143,461 | 41.13 | 184,154 | 64.01 | 31 | ||
Nea Dimokratia | 91,411 | 26.21 | 103,547 | 35.99 | 11 | |||
SYRIZA | 65,000 | 18.64 | 5 | 5 | ||||
KKE | 19,912 | 5.71 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Golden Dawn | 11,585 | 3.32 | 1 | 1 | ||||
DIMAR – Ecologist Greens | 9,234 | 2.65 | 1 | 1 | ||||
ANTARSYA | 8,198 | 2.35 | 1 | 1 |
Eastern Macedonia and Thrace[]
Giorgos Pavlidis (ND), the former prefect of Xanthi, defeated incumbent (ind.) in the second round and succeeded him as Regional Governor of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace.
Candidate | Supporting Parties | 1st Round | 2nd Round | Total seats | ||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
Giorgos Pavlidis | Nea Dimokratia | 122,086 | 34.73 | 168,852 | 56.34 | 31 | ||
– | 96,959 | 27.58 | 130,845 | 43.66 | 10 | |||
Konstantinos Morfidis | SYRIZA | 40,105 | 11.41 | 3 | 3 | |||
Terence Quick | ANEL | 28,728 | 8.17 | 2 | 2 | |||
Christos Kitsopoulos | Golden Dawn | 20,942 | 5.96 | 2 | 2 | |||
Christos Trellis | KKE | 18,859 | 5.36 | 1 | 1 | |||
Vasileos Traiforos | DIMAR | 10,158 | 2.89 | 1 | 1 | |||
Katerina Gerostergiou | Ecologist Greens – Greens | 8,322 | 2.37 | 1 | 1 | |||
Giorgos Botsidis | ANTARSYA | 5,387 | 1.53 | 0 | 0 |
Epirus[]
Incumbent (ND) defeated contender Olga Gerovasili (SYRIZA) in the first round and remained Regional Governor of Epirus.
Candidate | Supporting Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
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Nea Dimokratia | 110,746 | 50.83 | 31 | |
Olga Gerovasili | SYRIZA | 53,543 | 24.58 | 10 |
DIMAR | 21,037 | 9.66 | 4 | |
KKE | 17,549 | 8.05 | 3 | |
Golden Dawn | 8,591 | 3.94 | 2 | |
ANTARSYA | 6,400 | 2.94 | 1 |
Ionian Islands[]
Contender (SYRIZA), defeated incumbent (ND) in the second round and succeeded him as Regional Governor of the Ionian Islands.
Candidate | Supporting Parties | 1st Round | 2nd Round | Total seats | ||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
SYRIZA | 24,694 | 20.55 | 63,506 | 59.93 | 24 | |||
Nea Dimokratia | 26,147 | 21.76 | 42,469 | 40.07 | 5 | |||
Angela Gerekou | Drasi | 17,419 | 14.49 | 3 | 3 | |||
Ecologist Greens | 14,428 | 12.01 | 3 | 3 | ||||
KKE | 13,750 | 11.44 | 2 | 2 | ||||
– | 6,216 | 5.17 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Golden Dawn | 6,192 | 5.15 | 1 | 1 | ||||
– | 5,483 | 4.56 | 1 | 1 | ||||
DIMAR | 3,192 | 2.66 | 1 | 1 | ||||
ANTARSYA | 2,661 | 2.21 | 0 | 0 |
North Aegean[]
Contender Christiana Kalogirou (ND) defeated incumbent (ind.) in the second round and succeeded him as Regional Governor of the North Aegean.
Candidate | Supporting Parties | 1st Round | 2nd Round | Total seats | ||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
Christiana Kalogirou | Nea Dimokratia | 33,410 | 31.51 | 46,357 | 53.01 | 25 | ||
– | 27,446 | 25.88 | 41,095 | 46.99 | 6 | |||
SYRIZA | 20,538 | 19.37 | 4 | 4 | ||||
KKE | 15,565 | 14.68 | 3 | 3 | ||||
DIMAR – Drasi | 3,673 | 3.46 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Ecologist Greens | 2,878 | 2.71 | 1 | 1 | ||||
ANTARSYA | 2,525 | 2.38 | 1 | 1 |
Peloponnese[]
Incumbent Petros Tatoulis (ND) defeated contender (SYRIZA) in the second round and remained Regional Governor of Peloponnese.
Candidate | Supporting Parties | 1st Round | 2nd Round | Total seats | ||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
Petros Tatoulis | Nea Dimokratia | 157,672 | 43.17 | 182.456 | 59.35 | 31 | ||
SYRIZA | 57,417 | 15.72 | 124.953 | 40.65 | 9 | |||
Giorgos Dedes | DIMAR – | 56,181 | 15.38 | 4 | 4 | |||
Golden Dawn | 32,894 | 9.01 | 2 | 2 | ||||
KKE | 23,696 | 6.49 | 2 | 2 | ||||
EPAL | 18,797 | 5.15 | 1 | 1 | ||||
ANTARSYA | 10,653 | 2.92 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Ecologist Greens | 7,946 | 2.18 | 1 | 1 |
South Aegean[]
Contender (ND) defeated incumbent (ind.) in the second round and succeeded him as Regional Governor of the South Aegean.
Candidate | Supporting Parties | 1st Round | 2nd Round | Total seats | ||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
Nea Dimokratia | 61,168 | 35.71 | 83,317 | 56.86 | 31 | |||
– | 55,269 | 32.27 | 63,216 | 43.14 | 11 | |||
SYRIZA – Ecologist Greens | 31,483 | 18.38 | 5 | 5 | ||||
KKE | 13,561 | 7.92 | 2 | 2 | ||||
Golden Dawn | 9,813 | 5.73 | 2 | 2 |
Thessaly[]
Incumbent ND) defeated contender (DIMAR) in the second round and remained Regional Governor of Thessaly.
(Candidate | Supporting Parties | 1st Round | 2nd Round | Total seats | ||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
Nea Dimokratia | 189,591 | 42.90 | 208,170 | 54.50 | 31 | |||
DIMAR | 76,434 | 17.30 | 173,814 | 45.50 | 9 | |||
SYRIZA | 58,762 | 13.30 | 3 | 3 | ||||
KKE | 46,075 | 10.43 | 3 | 3 | ||||
Panagiotis Iliopoulos | Golden Dawn | 30,552 | 6.91 | 2 | 2 | |||
ANEL | 20,456 | 4.63 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Ecologist Greens – Greens | 10,166 | 2.30 | 1 | 1 | ||||
ANTARSYA | 9,870 | 2.23 | 1 | 1 |
Western Greece[]
Incumbent Apostolos Katsifaras (ind.) defeated contender (Nea Dimokratia) in the second round and remained Regional Governor of Western Greece.
Candidate | Supporting Parties | 1st Round | 2nd Round | Total seats | ||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
Apostolos Katsifaras | – | 92,462 | 23.06 | 153,028 | 50.50 | 31 | ||
Nea Dimokratia | 79,610 | 19.85 | 149,984 | 49.50 | 5 | |||
SYRIZA | 67,406 | 16.81 | 4 | 4 | ||||
DIMAR | 50,862 | 12.68 | 3 | 3 | ||||
Nikos Karathanasopoulos | KKE | 35,284 | 8.80 | 2 | 2 | |||
Golden Dawn | 31,338 | 7.82 | 2 | 2 | ||||
– | 13,069 | 3.26 | 1 | 1 | ||||
ANEL | 11,794 | 2.94 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Ecologist Greens | 10,957 | 2.73 | 1 | 1 | ||||
ANTARSYA | 8,187 | 2.04 | 1 | 1 |
Western Macedonia[]
Contender (ind.), defeated incumbent ND) in the second round and succeeded him as Regional Governor of Western Macedonia.
(Candidate | Supporting Parties | 1st Round | 2nd Round | Total seats | ||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
– | 24,694 | 29.13 | 101,566 | 59.01 | 25 | |||
Nea Dimokratia | 67,859 | 35.61 | 70,545 | 40.99 | 9 | |||
SYRIZA | 21,054 | 11.05 | 2 | 2 | ||||
DIMAR | 20,573 | 10.80 | 2 | 2 | ||||
KKE | 13,134 | 6.89 | 2 | 2 | ||||
Golden Dawn | 8,982 | 4.71 | 1 | 1 | ||||
ANTARSYA | 3,443 | 1.81 | 0 | 0 |
Major municipalities[]
Athens[]
Candidate | Supporting Party | 1st Round | % | 2nd Round | % | Total seats |
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Giorgos Kaminis | Olive Tree- Democratic Left– - Greens- | 46,976 | 21.06 | 110,987 | 51.42 | 29 |
Gabriel Sakellaridis | Coalition of Radical Left | 44,620 | 20.00 | 104,876 | 48.58 | 5 |
Aris Spiliotopoulos | New Democracy | 37,746 | 16.92 | 4 | ||
Ilias Kasidiaris | Golden Dawn | 35,949 | 16.12 | 4 | ||
Communist Party of Greece | 16,529 | 7.41 | 2 | |||
Nikitas Kaklamanis | EPAL[b] | 15,834 | 7.10 | 2 | ||
Independent Greeks | 7,937 | 3.56 | 1 | |||
Independent-Panathinaikos Movement | 6,489 | 2.91 | 1 | |||
ANTARSYA | 4,398 | 1.97 1 | 1 | |||
Ioanna Kondouli | Ecologist Greens | 3,024 | 1.36 | 0 | ||
Independent | 2,097 | 0.94 | 0 | |||
Independent | 1,474 | 0.66 | 0 |
Thessaloniki[]
Candidate | Supporting Party | 1st Round[4] | % | 2nd Round | % | Total seats |
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Yiannis Boutaris | Olive Tree - Drassi - | 47,628 | 36.04 | 70,126 | 58.11 | 29 |
New Democracy | 34,564 | 26.16 | 50,542 | 41.89 | 10 | |
Coalition of Radical Left | 13,968 | 10.57 | 3 | |||
Golden Dawn | 10,195 | 7.71 | 2 | |||
Communist Party of Greece | 8,233 | 6.23 | 2 | |||
4,168 | 3.15 | 1 | ||||
Ecologist Greens - Greens | 4,131 | 3.13 | 1 | |||
George Rakkas | 2,869 | 2.17 | 1 | |||
Giannis Koutras | ANTARSYA | 2,804 | 2.12 | 0 | ||
Giannis Kouriannidis | National Unity Association - National Front | 1,918 | 1.45 | 0 | ||
Dimitris Papamichael | Pirate Party of Greece | 1,672 | 1.27 | 0 |
Nationwide percentage results[]
Party | Nationwide results |
Change from 2010 local elections |
Change from 2012 legislative elections | |
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ND | 26.3 | |||
SYRIZA | 17.7 | |||
PASOK (Olive Tree) [c] | 16.2 | |||
KKE | 8.8 | |||
ΧΑ | 8.1 | |||
DIMAR | 3.8 | |||
ANEL | 3.2 | |||
ANTARSYA | 2.3 | |||
OP | 2.1 | |||
All others | 11.1 |
Reaction[]
The elections were regarded as a victory for SYRIZA,[6][7][8][9] which was not expected to perform well due to its weak local organization.[10] Candidates backed by the ruling New Democracy fared poorly, particularly Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' hand-picked candidates.[8] In Athens, New Democracy failed to make the runoff for the first time since 1975.[6][9]
In response the results, PM Samaras said "Greece must show it has the stability that it deserves" in the second round and European election scheduled to take place next week.[6] Opposition leader Alexis Tsipras said it was a "historic day", and that next Sunday would be "the first day of a new era."[6][7]
Notes[]
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- ^ "Making sense of the ballot Archived 2010-11-10 at the Wayback Machine", Athens News, 5 November 2010, p. 8.
- ^ ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΠΟΥΛΟΥ, ΤΑΝΙΑ. "Δεύτερη θητεία για τον Γ. Μπουτάρη". Kathimerini. Kathimerini. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
- ^ "Public Issue: Στο 26,3% η εκλογική επιρροή της Ν.Δ". euro2day.gr. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Voters back anti-bailout parties in Greece's local elections (in English)". The Guardian. 18 May 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Greece's leftist Syriza party fares well in key local races (in English)". Reuters. 18 May 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Greeks tempted to 'experiment' with Syriza, local election shows (in English)". EurActiv. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Leftist Syriza Candidates Gain on Incumbents in Greek Local Elections (in English)". The Washington Post. 18 May 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
- ^ "Local elections in Greece a precursor of European vote (in English)". . 18 May 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
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