List of parliamentary constituencies of Greece

This is a list of electoral constituencies returning Members of Parliament to the Parliament of Greece. The list reflects the changes which were made to Athens B and Attica in December 2018.[1] Electoral constituencies account for 288 of the 300 parliamentary seats,[2] while the other 12 are elected on a national level through party-list proportional representation. Each constituency, with the exception of those in Attica and Thessaloniki, corresponds to a single prefecture of Greece, even though these were abolished in 2010.

Parliamentary constituencies as of the 2018 reform.
Parliamentary constituencies as of 2018 by number of seats.
The Greece constituency for elections to the European Parliament.

The number of seats in each constituency is calculated by first finding the national quota. This is done by dividing the total number of legal residents in the country, as counted at the latest census, by 288 the number of seats in the Parliament elected in constituencies;[3] using the 2011 census, the current quota is 34,385 residents per seat. The actual number of seats per constituency is then calculated in two steps. First by dividing the legal resident population of each constituency with the national quota and rounding down,[3] so that Athens A for example gets 13 seats with a sum of 13.59 while Evrytania gets 0 with a sum of 0.90. Because the sums are rounded down, there are always leftover seats which are then allocated in the second step, by awarding one additional seat to each constituency, in descending order of leftover sums, until all 288 constituency seats have been allocated.[3] In the 2018 apportionment of seats, 263 seats were allocated in the first step and 25 in the second.[1]

In addition, Greece is a single 21-seat constituency of the European Parliament.

Constituencies of Greece[2][1]
Constituency Legal residents
(2011 census)
Seats Maximum number of
votes per ballot
Legal residents
per seat
Achaea 291,469 9 3 32,385
Aetolia-Acarnania 252,016 7 2 36,002
Arcadia 105,454 3 1 35,151
Argolis 95,561 3 1 31,854
Arta 86,421 3 1 28,807
Athens A 467,160 14 4 33,369
Athens B1 – North Athens 523,763 15 4 34,918
Athens B2 – West Athens 386,969 11 4 35,179
Athens B3 – South Athens 601,559 18 4 33,420
Boeotia 115,774 3 1 38,591
Cephalonia 41,369 1 1 41,369
Chalkidiki 108,723 3 1 36,241
Chania 142,472 4 2 35,618
Chios 53,010 2 1 26,505
Corfu 101,113 3 1 33,704
Corinthia 140,720 4 2 35,180
Cyclades 124,147 4 2 31,037
Dodecanese 167,152 5 2 33,430
Drama 108,579 3 1 36,193
East Attica 358,589 10 3 35,859
Elis 182,463 5 2 36,493
Euboea 210,960 6 2 35,160
Evros 146,378 4 2 36,595
Evrytania 30,790 1 1 30,790
Florina 56,376 2 1 28,188
Grevena 41,296 1 1 41,296
Heraklion 279,838 8 3 34,980
Imathia 144,495 4 2 36,124
Ioannina 171,315 5 2 34,263
Karditsa 142,201 4 2 35,550
Kastoria 51,482 2 1 25,741
Kavala 139,220 4 2 34,805
Kilkis 98,908 3 1 32,969
Kozani 160,327 5 2 32,065
Laconia 93,467 3 1 31,156
Larissa 275,921 8 3 34,490
Lasithi 72,198 2 1 36,099
Lefkada 26,796 1 1 26,796
Lesbos 101,794 3 1 33,931
Magnesia 189,661 6 2 31,610
Messenia 175,594 5 2 35,119
Pella 151,753 4 2 37,938
Phocis 44,963 1 1 44,963
Phthiotis 165,066 5 2 33,013
Pieria 130,000 4 2 32,500
Piraeus A 192,856 6 2 32,143
Piraeus B 272,683 8 3 34,085
Preveza 65,870 2 1 32,935
Rethymno 79,778 2 1 39,889
Rhodope 108,556 3 1 36,185
Samos 42,381 1 1 42,381
Serres 214,381 6 2 35,730
Thesprotia 51,158 2 1 25,579
Thessaloniki A 565,329 16 4 35,333
Thessaloniki B 313,046 9 3 34,783
Trikala 150,938 4 2 37,735
West Attica 141,055 4 2 35,264
Xanthi 110,887 3 1 36,962
Zakynthos 38,642 1 1 38,642
Average 167,845 5 2 34,493
Greece total 9,902,842 288a 34,385

Notes

  1. ^a A further 12 seats are elected at a national level through party-list proportional representation, bringing the total number of seats to 300.

See also

References

  1. Εφημερίδα της Κυβερνήσεως τη Ελληνικής Δημοκρατίας [Government Gazette of the Hellenic Republic] (in Greek), A, Athens: National Publishing House, 31 December 2018, retrieved 12 February 2019
  2. "Βουλευτικές Εκλογές – Ενδιαφέρουν τον Πολίτη" [Legislative Elections – Of Interest to the Citizen] (in Greek). Athens: Ministry of Internal Affairs. Archived from the original on 2019-04-11. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
  3. Εφημερίδα της Κυβερνήσεως τη Ελληνικής Δημοκρατίας [Government Gazette of the Hellenic Republic] (in Greek), A, Athens: National Publishing House, 15 March 2012, retrieved 11 March 2019
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