Greece (European Parliament constituency)
For elections in the European Union, Greece is a European Parliament constituency, currently represented by twenty-one MEPs. It covers the member state of Greece.
| Greece | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 Location among the current constituencies | |
| Member state | Greece |
| Created | 1981 |
| MEPs | 24 (1981–1994) 25 (1994–2004) 24 (2004–2009) 22 (2009–2014) 21 (2014–present) |
| Sources | |
Current MEPs
Elections
1981
The 1981 European election was a by-election held after Greece joined the European Communities in 1981. The rest of the EC had voted in 1979.
1984
The 1984 European election was the second European election and the first time Greece voted with the rest of the Community.
| ← 1981 • 1984 • 1989 → | ||||||||
| National party | European party | Leader(s) | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) | 2,476,491 | 41.58 | 1.46  |
10 / 24 |
0  | |||
| New Democracy (ND) | 2,266,568 | 38.05 | 6.71 |
9 / 24 |
1 | |||
| Communist Party (ΚΚΕ) | 693,304 | 11.64 | 1.20  |
3 / 24 |
0 | |||
| Communist Party – Interior (KKE–E) | 203,813 | 3.42 | 1.88 |
1 / 24 |
0 | |||
| National Political Union (EPEN) | 136,642 | 2.29 | new | 1 / 24 |
0 | |||
| Party of Democratic Socialism (KDS) | 47,389 | 0.80 | 3.46 |
0 / 24 |
1 | |||
| Christian Democracy (CD) | 26,735 | 0.45 | 0.70 |
0 / 24 |
0 | |||
| Liberal Party | 20,908 | 0.35 | 0.69 |
0 / 24 |
0 | |||
| Revolutionary Communist Movement (EKKE) | 17,789 | 0.30 | - | 0 / 24 |
0 | |||
| Union of the Democratic Centre (EDK) | 16.848 | 0.28 | 0.84 |
0 / 24 |
0 | |||
| Fighting Socialist Party (ASKE) | 10,389 | 0.18 | new | 0 / 24 |
0 | |||
| Valid votes | 5,956,060 | 99.07 | ||||||
| Blank and invalid votes | 55,756 | 0.93 | ||||||
| Totals | 6,011,816 | 100.00 | — | 24 / 24 |
0 | |||
| Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout | 7,790,309 | 77.17 | 4.31 |
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| Source: | ||||||||
1989
The 1989 European election was the third election to the European Parliament and was held on 15 June for Greece.
| ← 1984 • 1989 • 1994 → | ||||||||
| National party | European party | Leader(s) | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Democracy (ND) | Constantine Mitsotakis | 2,647,215 | 40.41 | 10 / 24 |
1 | |||
| Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) | Andreas Papandreou | 2,352,271 | 35.96 | 9 / 24 |
1 | |||
| Coalition of the Left and Progress (SYN) | Charilaos Florakis | 936,175 | 14.31 | 4 / 24 |
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| Democratic Renewal (DIANA) | Konstantinos Stephanopoulos | 89,469 | 1.36 | 1 / 24 |
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| National Political Union (EPEN) | Chrisanthos Dimitriadis | 75,877 | 1.16 | 0 / 24 |
1 | |||
| Alternative Ecologists (OE) | 72,369 | 1.11 | 0 / 24 |
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| Democratic Ecological Movement | Dimitris Kollatos | 67,998 | 1.04 | 0 / 24 |
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| Others (parties and candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats) | 303,295 | 4.37 | 0 / 24 |
0 | ||||
| Valid votes | ||||||||
| Blank and invalid votes | ||||||||
| Totals | 100.00 | — | 24 / 24 |
0 | ||||
| Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout | ||||||||
| Source: | ||||||||
1994
The 1994 European election was the fourth election to the European Parliament and was held on 12 June for Greece.
| ← 1989 • 1994 • 1999 → | ||||||||
| National party | European party | Leader(s) | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) | PES | Andreas Papandreou | 2,458,619 | 37.64 | 1.70 |
10 / 25 |
1 | |
| New Democracy (ND) | EPP | Miltiadis Evert | 2,133,372 | 32.66 | 7.79 |
9 / 25 |
1 | |
| Political Spring (PA) | None | Antonis Samaras | 564,778 | 8.65 | New | 2 / 25 |
2 | |
| Communist Party (ΚΚΕ) | None | Aleka Papariga | 410,747 | 6.29 | * | 2 / 25 |
* | |
| Coalition of the Left and Progress (SYN) | PEL | Nikos Konstantopoulos | 408,072 | 6.25 | * | 2 / 25 |
* | |
| Democratic Renewal (DIANA) | None | Konstantinos Stephanopoulos | 182,525 | 2.79 | 1.42 |
0 / 25 |
0 | |
| Union of Centrists (EK) | None | Vassilis Leventis | 77,951 | 1.19 | New | 0 / 25 |
0 | |
| Others (parties that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats) | 296,627 | 4.54 | — | 0 / 25 |
0 | |||
| Valid votes | 6,532,691 | |||||||
| Blank and invalid votes | 271,193 | |||||||
| Totals | 6,803,884 | 100.00 | — | 25 / 25 |
1 | |||
| Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout | 9,550,596 | 71.24 | ||||||
Source:[4]
1999
The 1999 European election was the fifth election to the European Parliament and was held on 13 June for Greece.
| Party | Leader | Votes | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | +− % | No. | +− | ||
| New Democracy | Kostas Karamanlis | 2,314,371 | 36.00 | +3.3 | 9 | - |
| Panhellenic Socialist Movement | Costas Simitis | 2,115,844 | 32.91 | -4.7 | 9 | -1 |
| Communist Party of Greece | Aleka Papariga | 557,365 | 8.67 | +2.38 | 3 | +1 |
| Democratic Social Movement | Dimitris Tsovolas | 440,191 | 6.85 | - | 2 | - |
| Coalition of the Left and Progress | Nikos Konstantopoulos | 331,928 | 5.16 | -1.2 | 2 | - |
| Political Spring | Antonis Samaras | 146,512 | 2.28 | -6.3 | 0 | -2 |
| The Liberals | Stefanos Manos | 103,962 | 1.62 | +1.6 | 0 | - |
| Party of Greek Hunters | Georgios Aramatzis | 64,194 | 1.00 | 0 | - | |
| Union of Centrists | Vassilis Leventis | 52,512 | 0.82 | 0 | - | |
| Front Line | Konstantinos Plevris | 48,532 | 0.75 | 0 | - | |
| Ecological Greek (Kollatos) Οικολογικό Ελληνικό | Dimitrios Kollatos | 48,532 | 0.75 | 0 | - | |
| Greek Ecologists | Dimosthenis Vergis | 30,684 | 0.48 | 0 | - | |
| Radical Anti-Prohibitory Movement Ριζοσπαστική Αντιαπαγορευτική Κίνηση | Kleanthis Grivas | 21,274 | 0.33 | 0 | - | |
| Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Greece | Iosif Stavridis | 16,782 | 0.26 | 0 | - | |
| Party of Hellenism | Sotirios Sofianopoulos | 16,608 | 0.26 | 0 | - | |
| Alternative Ecologists (Chatzipanagiotou) | Dimitrios Chatzipanagiotou | 14,335 | 0.22 | 0 | - | |
| Popular Unions of Bipartisan Social Groups (Lefko) | Konstantinos Dalios | 14,266 | 0.22 | 0 | - | |
| Radical Left Front | Dimitrios Desillas | 10,884 | 0.17 | 0 | - | |
| Militant Socialist Party of Greece | Nikolaos Kargopoulos | 9,840 | 0.15 | 0 | - | |
| Socialist Worker's Party | Panos Garganas | 8,049 | 0.13 | 0 | - | |
| Hellenic Front | Makis Voridis | 7,693 | 0.12 | 0 | - | |
| Rainbow | Pavlos Boskopoulos | 4,951 | 0.08 | 0 | - | |
| Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece | Ilias Zafeiropoulos | 4,600 | 0.07 | 0 | - | |
| Human Rights | Christos Antonopoulos | 1,201 | 0.02 | 0 | - | |
| Alternative Ecologists (Shizas) | Ioannis Shizas | 832 | 0.01 | 0 | - | |
| Others | 57,219 | 0.89 | 0 | - | ||
| No. of valid votes | 6,429,036 | 100,00 | 25 | - | ||
| Invalid votes | 283,648 | |||||
| Total | 6,712,684 (70.3%) | |||||
| Registered voters | 9,555,326 | |||||
2004
The 2004 European election was the sixth election to the European Parliament and was held on 13 June for Greece. The ruling New Democracy party made strong gains, while the opposition Panhellenic Socialist Movement made smaller gains, both at the expense of minor parties.
| ← 1999 • 2004 • 2009 → | ||||||||
| 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 | Nena Venetsanou | 46,565 | 0.76 | - | 0 / 24 |
0 | ||
| Democratic Regional Union | Mihalis Haralambidis | 44,541 | 0.73 | - | 0 / 24 |
0 | ||
| Ecologists Greens | Mihail Tremopoulos | 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 | Iosif Stavridis | 21,220 | 0.35 | +0 | 0 / 24 |
0 | ||
| Hellenic Front | Makis Voridis | 15,243 | 0.25 | - | 0 / 24 |
0 | ||
| Democratic Socialist Movement Δημοκρατικό Σοσιαλιστικό Κίνημα (ΔΗΣΟΚ) | Emmanouil Kriaras | 13,627 | 0.22 | - | 0 / 24 |
0 | ||
| Radical Left Front | Ioannis Aggelis | 13,387 | 0.22 | +0 | 0 / 24 |
0 | ||
| Anti-Capitalist Coalition | Stella Alfieri | 11,938 | 0.19 | - | 0 / 24 |
0 | ||
| Militant Socialist Party of Greece | Nikolaos Kargopoulos | 11,598 | 0.19 | +0 | 0 / 24 |
0 | ||
| Patriotic Alliance | Dimitrios Zaphiropoulos | 10,618 | 0.17 | +0 | 0 / 24 |
0 | ||
| Rainbow | Styliani Papadimitrou | 6,176 | 0.10 | +0 | 0 / 24 |
0 | ||
| Vision Όραμα | Dimitrios Katsimpras | 5,996 | 0.10 | - | 0 / 24 |
0 | ||
| Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece | Ilias Zafeiropoulos | 5,090 | 0.08 | +0 | 0 / 24 |
0 | ||
| European Confederacy Ευρωπαϊκή Συμπολιτεία, Άμεση Δημοκρατία - Αδέσμευτο Κίνημα Υποστήριξης Ριζοσπαστικών Αλλαγών (AKYPA) | Giorgos Kokkas | 3,791 | 0.06 | +0 | 0 / 24 |
0 | ||
| Alternative Ecologists | Konstantinos Yfantis | 284 | 0.00 | +0 | 0 / 24 |
0 | ||
| Hristopistia | Efstathios Patsantzis | 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 | ||||||
| Source:[7] | ||||||||
2009
| Party | Leader(s) | Party group | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panhellenic Socialist Movement | George Papandreou | PES | 1,878,859 | 36.64 | +2.61 | 8 / 22 |
0 | |
| New Democracy | Kostas Karamanlis | EPP | 1,655,636 | 32.29 | -10.72 | 8 / 22 |
3 | |
| Communist Party | Aleka Papariga | EUL–NGL | 428,283 | 8.35 | -1.13 | 2 / 22 |
1 | |
| Popular Orthodox Rally | Georgios Karatzaferis | IND/DEM | 366,615 | 7.14 | +3.02 | 2 / 22 |
1 | |
| Coalition of the Radical Left[A] | Alekos Alavanos | EUL–NGL | 240,898 | 4.70 | +0.54 | 1 / 22 |
0 | |
| Ecologist Greens | Six-member committee | Greens–EFA | 178,964 | 3.49 | +2.88 | 1 / 22 |
1 | |
| Panhellenic Macedonian Front | Stelios Papathemelis | 65,177 | 1.27 | — | 0 / 22 |
0 | ||
| Party of Greek Hunters | Giorgos Tsagkanelias | 64,782 | 1.27 | — | 0 / 22 |
0 | ||
| Drassi | Stefanos Manos et al. | 38,895 | 0.76 | — | 0 / 22 |
0 | ||
| Ecologists of Greece | K. Papanikolas | 33,236 | 0.65 | — | 0 / 22 |
0 | ||
| Greek Ecologists | Dimosthenis Vergis | 31,188 | 0.61 | +0.07 | 0 / 22 |
0 | ||
| Golden Dawn | Nikolaos Michaloliakos | 23,566 | 0.46 | — | 0 / 22 |
0 | ||
| Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow | 13-member committee | 21,951 | 0.43 | — | 0 / 22 |
0 | ||
| Union of Centrists | Vassilis Leventis | 19,660 | 0.38 | –0.18 | 0 / 22 |
0 | ||
| Marxist–Leninist Communist Party | A. Papadopoulous et al. | 13,142 | 0.26 | –0.09 | 0 / 22 |
0 | ||
| Popular Unions of Bipartisan Social Groups | Kostas Dalios | 10,572 | 0.21 | — | 0 / 22 |
0 | ||
| Society – Political Party of the Successors of Kapodistrias | Emmanouil Voloudakis | 7,964 | 0.16 | — | 0 / 22 |
0 | ||
| Hellenic Direct Democracy Movement | Giorgos Kokkas | 7,916 | 0.15 | — | 0 / 22 |
0 | ||
| Liberal Party–Libertas.eu | Manolis Kaligiannis | Libertas.eu | 6,485 | 0.13 | — | 0 / 22 |
0 | |
| Youth Party | Kyriakos Topsoglou | 6,224 | 0.12 | — | 0 / 22 |
0 | ||
| Workers Revolutionary Party | Sabetai Matsas | 6,048 | 0.12 | — | 0 / 22 |
0 | ||
| Fighting Socialist Party | Nikos Kargopoulos et al. | 5,624 | 0.11 | –0.09 | 0 / 22 |
0 | ||
| European Free Alliance–Rainbow | S. Anastasiadis | EFA | 4,530 | 0.09 | –0.01 | 0 / 22 |
0 | |
| Liberal Alliance | Fotis Perlikos | ALDE | 4,348 | 0.08 | — | 0 / 22 |
0 | |
| Greek Unity | Vasileios Protopapas | 3,105 | 0.06 | — | 0 / 22 |
0 | ||
| Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece | Ilias Zafiropoulos et al. | 2,807 | 0.05 | –0.03 | 0 / 22 |
0 | ||
| Patriotic Humanitarian Movement | Georgios Dontas | 762 | 0.01 | — | 0 / 22 |
0 | ||
| Valid votes | 5,127,237 | 97.46 | ||||||
| Invalid votes | 72,791 | 1.38 | ||||||
| Blank votes | 61,008 | 1.16 | ||||||
| Totals | 5,261,036 | 100.00 | — | 22 | — | |||
| Electorate and voter turnout | 9,995,992 | 52.63 | ||||||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior, Public Administration, and Decentralization, with all precincts reporting as of 05:17, 12 December 2009 (UTC). | ||||||||
Notes
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2014
| ← 2009 • 2014 • 2019 → | ||||||||
| National party | European party | Leader(s) | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) | PEL | Alexis Tsipras | 1,518,608 | 26.57 | 21.87 |
6 / 21 |
5 | |
| New Democracy (ND) | EPP | Antonis Samaras | 1,298,713 | 22.72 | 9.57 |
5 / 21 |
3 | |
| Golden Dawn (XA) | ENF | Nikolaos Michaloliakos | 536,910 | 9.39 | 8.93 |
3 / 21 |
3 | |
| Olive Tree – Democratic Alignment (ELIA DA) | PES | Evangelos Venizelos (PASOK) | 458,403 | 8.02 | 28.62 |
2 / 21 |
6 | |
| The River (TO POTAMI) | None | Stavros Theodorakis | 377,438 | 6.60 | new | 2 / 21 |
2 | |
| Communist Party (KKE) | None | Dimitris Koutsoumpas | 349,255 | 6.11 | 2.24 |
2 / 21 |
0 | |
| Independent Greeks (ANEL) | None | Panos Kammenos | 197,701 | 3.46 | new | 1 / 21 |
1 | |
| Popular Orthodox Rally | MELD | Georgios Karatzaferis | 154,027 | 2.69 | 4.45 |
0 / 21 |
2 | |
| Greek European Citizens | None | Jorgo Chatzimarkakis | 82,350 | 1.40 | new | 0 / 21 |
0 | |
| Democratic Left | None | Fotis Kouvelis | 68,873 | 1.20 | new | 0 / 21 |
0 | |
| Union for the Fatherland and the People | None | Vyron Polydoras | 59,341 | 1.04 | new | 0 / 21 |
0 | |
| Party of Greek Hunters | None | Giorgos Tsagkanelias | 57,014 | 1.00 | 0.27 |
0 / 21 |
0 | |
| Others (parties or candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats) | (103,422) | 9.76 | — | 0 / 21 |
1 | |||
| Valid votes | ||||||||
| Blank and invalid votes | ||||||||
| Totals | 100.00 | — | 21 / 21 |
1 | ||||
| Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout | 59.96 | |||||||
| Source: | ||||||||
References
- Resigned at 91 years old
- Becomes government minister in the Tsipras Cabinet
- "Notis Marias". European Parliament. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- George Th. Mavrogordatos (December 1995). "Greece". European Journal of Political Research. 28 (3–4): 353–358. doi:10.1111/j.1475-6765.1995.tb00500.x.
- Archivo Histórico Electoral statistics
- George Th. Mavrogordatos (December 2000). "Greece". European Journal of Political Research. 38 (3–4): 397–401. doi:10.1111/j.1475-6765.2000.tb01146.x. (Only deals with the parties that took seats)
- Greek Interior Ministry election data; EU election data.
External links
- European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)
- List of MEPs europarl.europa.eu
- Greek election results, via the Greek Ministry of Internal Affairs;
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