2014 Greek local elections

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.

2014 Greek local elections
18 & 25 May 2014
Regions won by

■ – Nea Dimokratia ■ – SYRIZA

■ – independents

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.

Attica

Contender Rena Dourou (SYRIZA) defeated incumbent Ioannis Sgouros (Society of Values) in the second round and succeeded him as Regional Governor of Attica.

Candidate Supporting Parties 1st Round 2nd Round Total seats
Votes%Seats Votes%Seats
Rena DourouSYRIZA386,83323.8012794,23150.824961
Ioannis SgourosSociety of Values [lower-alpha 1]359,30222.1111768,60449.18112
Georgios KoumoutsakosNea Dimokratia228,91314.0877
Ilias PanagiotarosGolden Dawn180,90811.1366
Thanasis PafilisKKE173,32510.6655
Pavlos ChaikalisANEL116,4647.1744
Thanos TzimerosRecreate Greece – Drasi48,2422.9722
Antonios GakisEcologist Greens36,4492.2411
Despina KoutsoumbaANTARSYA33,8952.0911
Petros MantoumbalosEPAL32,4752.0011
Maria GiannakakiDIMAR – Greens – Europe-Ecology28,6011.7611

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
Votes%Seats Votes%Seats
Kostas BakoyannisNea Dimokratia136,68841.3511161,28656.062031
Evangelos ApostolouSYRIZA61,96118.755126,42843.94510
Athanasios GiannopoulosEPAL47,60914.4044
Apostolos GletsosGolden Dawn29,8679.0422
Georgios MarinosKKE29,1918.8322
Konstantinos ChainasDIMAR14,1154.2711
Vassilis ZoumbosANTARSYA11,0933.3611

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
Votes%Seats Votes%Seats
Apostolos TzitzikostasANEL – EPAL – LAOS322,82932.81562.96471.0143
Giannis IoannidisNea Dimokratia182,91218.59229,83828.9911
Despina CharalampidouSYRIZA115,48411.7444
Nikos ChrysomallisGolden Dawn85,9608.7433
Markos BolarisDIMAR84,0898.5533
Giannis ZiogasKKE78,3307.9633
Niobi PavlidouElia – Drasi – Society of Values58,0595.9022
Michalis TremopoulosEcologist Greens – Greens30,4193.0911
Thanassis AgapitosANTARSYA25,8422.6311

Crete

Incumbent Stavros Arnaoutakis (Drasi) defeated contender Serafim Tsokas (ND) in the second round and remained Regional Governor of Crete.

Candidate Supporting Parties 1st Round 2nd Round Total seats
Votes%Seats Votes%Seats
Stavros ArnaoutakisDrasi143,46141.13184,15464.0131
Serafim TsokasNea Dimokratia91,41126.21103,54735.9911
Michalis KritsotakisSYRIZA65,00018.6455
Stelios OrfanosKKE19,9125.7111
Giorgos SpyropoulosGolden Dawn11,5853.3211
Antonis AnipsitakisDIMAR – Ecologist Greens9,2342.6511
Giannis KyriakakisANTARSYA8,1982.3511

Eastern Macedonia and Thrace

Giorgos Pavlidis (ND), the former prefect of Xanthi, defeated incumbent Aris Giannakidis (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
Votes%Seats Votes%Seats
Giorgos PavlidisNea Dimokratia122,08634.73168,85256.3431
Aris Giannakidis–96,95927.58130,84543.6610
Konstantinos MorfidisSYRIZA40,10511.4133
Terence QuickANEL28,7288.1722
Christos KitsopoulosGolden Dawn20,9425.9622
Christos TrellisKKE18,8595.3611
Vasileos TraiforosDIMAR10,1582.8911
Katerina GerostergiouEcologist Greens – Greens8,3222.3711
Giorgos BotsidisANTARSYA5,3871.5300

Epirus

Incumbent Alexandros Kachrimanis (ND) defeated contender Olga Gerovasili (SYRIZA) in the first round and remained Regional Governor of Epirus.

Candidate Supporting Parties Votes % Seats
Alexandros KachrimanisNea Dimokratia110,74650.8331
Olga GerovasiliSYRIZA53,54324.5810
Giorgos ZapsasDIMAR21,0379.664
Olga TsoumaniKKE17,5498.053
Konstantinos AnagnostouGolden Dawn8,5913.942
Nikos ZikosANTARSYA6,4002.941

Ionian Islands

Contender Theodoros Galiatsatos (SYRIZA), defeated incumbent Spyros Spyrou (ND) in the second round and succeeded him as Regional Governor of the Ionian Islands.

Candidate Supporting Parties 1st Round 2nd Round Total seats
Votes%Seats Votes%Seats
Theodoros GaliatsatosSYRIZA24,69420.55 63,50659.9324
Spyros SpyrouNea Dimokratia26,14721.76 42,46940.075
Angela GerekouDrasi17,41914.4933
Giorgos KaloudisEcologist Greens14,42812.0133
Theodoros GoulisKKE13,75011.4422
Alekos Desyllas–6,2165.1711
Nikos LemontzisGolden Dawn6,1925.1511
Christos Anthis–5,4834.5611
Tassos SalvanosDIMAR3,1922.6611
Evanthia GaitanidouANTARSYA2,6612.2100

North Aegean

Contender Christiana Kalogirou (ND) defeated incumbent Nassos Giakalis (ind.) in the second round and succeeded him as Regional Governor of the North Aegean.

Candidate Supporting Parties 1st Round 2nd Round Total seats
Votes%Seats Votes%Seats
Christiana KalogirouNea Dimokratia33,41031.5146,35753.0125
Nassos Giakalis–27,44625.8841,09546.996
Aglaia KyritsiSYRIZA20,53819.3744
Stratis KorakasKKE15,56514.6833
Giannis SpilanisDIMAR – Drasi3,6733.4611
Vassilis BallasEcologist Greens2,8782.7111
Andreas BallasANTARSYA2,5252.3811

Peloponnese

Incumbent Petros Tatoulis (ND) defeated contender Odysseas Voudouris (SYRIZA) in the second round and remained Regional Governor of Peloponnese.

Candidate Supporting Parties 1st Round 2nd Round Total seats
Votes%Seats Votes%Seats
Petros TatoulisNea Dimokratia157,67243.17182.45659.3531
Odysseas VoudourisSYRIZA57,41715.72124.95340.659
Giorgos DedesDIMAR – Society of Values56,18115.3844
Dimitris DoltsiniadisGolden Dawn32,8949.0122
Nikos GontikosKKE23,6966.4922
Giannis ManolisEPAL18,7975.1511
Panayotis KatsarisANTARSYA10,6532.9211
Dimitra LymberopoulouEcologist Greens7,9462.1811

South Aegean

Contender Giorgos Hatzimarkos (ND) defeated incumbent Ioannis Mahairidis (ind.) in the second round and succeeded him as Regional Governor of the South Aegean.

Candidate Supporting Parties 1st Round 2nd Round Total seats
Votes%Seats Votes%Seats
Giorgos HatzimarkosNea Dimokratia61,16835.7183,31756.8631
Ioannis Mahairidis–55,26932.2763,21643.1411
Benetos SpyrouSYRIZA – Ecologist Greens31,48318.3855
Lila KafantariKKE13,5617.9222
Savvas SpyridisGolden Dawn9,8135.7322

Thessaly

Incumbent Konstantinos Agorastos (ND) defeated contender Nikos Tsilimingas (DIMAR) in the second round and remained Regional Governor of Thessaly.

Candidate Supporting Parties 1st Round 2nd Round Total seats
Votes%Seats Votes%Seats
Konstantinos AgorastosNea Dimokratia189,59142.90208,17054.5031
Nikos TsilimingasDIMAR76,43417.30173,81445.509
Iro DiotiSYRIZA58,76213.3033
Vangelis BoutasKKE46,07510.4333
Panagiotis IliopoulosGolden Dawn30,5526.9122
Marina ChrysoveloniANEL20,4564.6311
Nikos PoutsiakasEcologist Greens – Greens10,1662.3011
Stathis DourosANTARSYA9,8702.2311

Western Greece

Incumbent Apostolos Katsifaras (ind.) defeated contender Andreas Katsaniotis (Nea Dimokratia) in the second round and remained Regional Governor of Western Greece.

Candidate Supporting Parties 1st Round 2nd Round Total seats
Votes%Seats Votes%Seats
Apostolos Katsifaras–92,46223.06153,02850.5031
Andreas KatsaniotisNea Dimokratia79,61019.85149,98449.505
Vassilis HatzilambrouSYRIZA67,40616.8144
Thymios SokosDIMAR50,86212.6833
Nikos KarathanasopoulosKKE35,2848.8022
Christos RigasGolden Dawn31,3387.8222
Ioannis Zapheiropoulos–13,0693.2611
Panayotis LaliotisANEL11,7942.9411
Giorgos KanellisEcologist Greens10,9572.7311
Dimitris DesyllasANTARSYA8,1872.0411

Western Macedonia

Contender Theodoros Karypidis (ind.), defeated incumbent Georgios Dakis (ND) in the second round and succeeded him as Regional Governor of Western Macedonia.

Candidate Supporting Parties 1st Round 2nd Round Total seats
Votes%Seats Votes%Seats
Theodoros Karypidis–24,69429.13 101,56659.0125
Georgios DakisNea Dimokratia67,85935.61 70,54540.999
Themis MoumoulidisSYRIZA21,05411.0522
Georgia ZembiliadouDIMAR20,57310.8022
Giannis VittasKKE13,1346.8922
Nikolaos KourkoutasGolden Dawn8,9824.7111
Stefanos PrassosANTARSYA3,4431.8100


Athens
CandidateSupporting Party1st Round%2nd Round%Total seats
Giorgos Kaminis  Olive Tree-  Democratic Left–  Bridges-  Greens-  Europe-Ecology46,97621.06110,98751.4229
Gabriel Sakellaridis  Coalition of Radical Left44,62020.00104,87648.585
Aris Spiliotopoulos  New Democracy37,74616.924
Ilias Kasidiaris  Golden Dawn35,94916.124
Nikos Sofianos  Communist Party of Greece16,5297.412
Nikitas Kaklamanis  EPAL[lower-alpha 2]15,8347.102
Vassilis Kapernaros  Independent Greeks7,9373.561
Nikos Avramidis  Independent-Panathinaikos Movement6,4892.911
Petros Konstantinou  ANTARSYA4,3981.97 11
Ioanna Kondouli  Ecologist Greens3,0241.360
Marios Strofalis  Independent2,0970.940
Stavros Vidalis  Independent1,4740.660

Thessaloniki
CandidateSupporting Party1st Round[4]%2nd Round%Total seats
Yiannis BoutarisOlive Tree - Drassi - Europe-Ecology47,62836.0470,12658.1129
Stavros KalafatisNew Democracy34,56426.1650,54241.8910
Triantafyllos MitafidisCoalition of Radical Left13,96810.573
Artemis MattheopoulosGolden Dawn10,1957.712
Ioannis DelisCommunist Party of Greece8,2336.232
Makis Stergiou4,1683.151
Eleanna IoannidouEcologist Greens - Greens4,1313.131
George Rakkas2,8692.171
Giannis KoutrasANTARSYA2,8042.120
Giannis KouriannidisNational Unity Association - National Front1,9181.450
Dimitris PapamichaelPirate Party of Greece1,6721.270


Nationwide percentage results
Party Nationwide
results		 Change from
2010 local elections		 Change from
2012 legislative elections
ND 26.3
6.3
3.2
SYRIZA 17.7
12.7
9.2
PASOK (Olive Tree) [lower-alpha 3] 16.2
18.5
3.9
KKE 8.8
2.1
4.3
ΧΑ 8.1
-
1.1
DIMAR 3.8
1.6
2.3
ANEL 3.2
-
4.3
ANTARSYA 2.3
0.5
2.0
OP 2.1
0.7
1.2
All others 11.1
0.8

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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
  1. This candidate ran as an independent, but is closely identified with PASOK.[lower-alpha 4]
  2. This candidate is a former member of New Democracy.
  3. including Agreement for the New Greece, Dynamic Greece and others

References
  1. nikosk (29 July 2013). "Δημοτικές εκλογές – Ευρωεκλογές 2014: πότε ξεκινάει ο 1ος γύρος". fimes.gr. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  2. aftodioikisi.gr (27 July 2013). "Στις 18 και 25 Μαΐου 2014 οι δημοτικές εκλογές - Aftodioikisi.gr". aftodioikisi.gr. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  3. "Making sense of the ballot Archived 2010-11-10 at the Wayback Machine", Athens News, 5 November 2010, p. 8.
  4. ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΠΟΥΛΟΥ, ΤΑΝΙΑ. "Δεύτερη θητεία για τον Γ. Μπουτάρη". Kathimerini. Kathimerini. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  5. "Public Issue: Στο 26,3% η εκλογική επιρροή της Ν.Δ". euro2day.gr. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  6. "Voters back anti-bailout parties in Greece's local elections (in English)". The Guardian. 18 May 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  7. "Greece's leftist Syriza party fares well in key local races (in English)". Reuters. 18 May 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  8. "Greeks tempted to 'experiment' with Syriza, local election shows (in English)". EurActiv. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  9. "Leftist Syriza Candidates Gain on Incumbents in Greek Local Elections (in English)". The Washington Post. 18 May 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  10. "Local elections in Greece a precursor of European vote (in English)". MacroPolis. 18 May 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
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