2000 Greek legislative election
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.
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All 300 seats to the Hellenic Parliament 151 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Map of electoral districts, showing the largest party by share of votes. Darker shades indicate stronger vote share. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Distribution of parliament seats after the 2007 elections (Results). Distribution of parliament seats after the 2000 elections (Results). | |
Date | 9 April 2000 |
Previous prime minister | Kostas Simitis |
Next prime minister | Kostas Simitis holding position |
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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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 |
National Coalition | 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 |
References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p830 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
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