2019 European Parliament election in Greece
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All 21 Greek seats in the European Parliament | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map of Greek electoral districts, showing the largest party by share of votes. Darker shades indicate stronger vote share. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
European Parliament elections were held in Greece on 26 May 2019 to elect the 21 Greek members of the European Parliament. The elections were held alongside the first round of the local and regional government elections, resulting in a major defeat for the governing Syriza party, and leading to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras bringing forward the scheduled parliamentary elections for 7 July 2019.
Participating parties
[edit]Parties and coalitions participating in the elections:
- Syriza
- Communist Party of Greece (KKE)
- Course of Freedom
- Democracy Left
- Democratic Responsibility
- Ecologist Greens
- European Realistic Disobedience Front (MeRA25)
- Front of the Greek Anticapitalist Left
- Golden Dawn (XA)
- Greece, the Other Way [el]
- Greek Ecologists
- Greek Solution
- Greens
- Independent Greeks
- Liberal Alliance
- Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece
- Movement for Change (KINAL)
- National Front-Patriotic League-Lions' Movement
- New Democracy (ND)
- New Greek Momentum [el]
- New Right
- Organisation of Internationalist Communists of Greece
- Panhellenic Citizen Chariot
- Party of Friendship, Equality and Peace
- Popular Orthodox Rally-Patriotic Radical Union [el]
- Popular Unity-Pirate Party of Greece
- Rainbow
- Recreate Greece
- The River
- Union of Centrists
Opinion polls
[edit]Polling firm/Commissioner | Fieldwork date | Sample size | KINAL | EL | Potami | ANEL | M25 | PE | EG | Lead | ||||||
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Pulse/Skai[1] | 18–20 Apr 2019 | 1,010 | 25.0 | 35.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 6.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | - | 10.5 |
Interview/Vergina TV[2] | 15–17 Apr 2019 | 1,005 | 22.7 | 36.4 | 7.9 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.3 | - | 13.7 |
Metron Analysis/Alpha TV[3] | 15–17 Apr 2019 | 1,200 | 25.6 | 35.0 | 8.5 | 5.9 | 7.5 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 2.1 | - | - | 1.9 | 9.4 |
Marc/Proto Thema[4] | 26 Mar–1 Apr 2019 | 1,200 | 24.8 | 39.2 | 8.9 | 7.2 | 6.3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.5 | - | 2.1 | - | - | 1.3 | 14.4 |
MRB/Star[5] | 1–3 Apr 2019 | 1,003 | 25.6 | 36.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 6.7 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | - | - | 2.3 | 10.9 |
Metron Analysis/To Vima[6] | 18–20 Mar 2019 | 1,204 | 23.9 | 36.1 | 7.7 | 7.1 | 6.4 | 1.5 | - | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 | - | 3.1 | 12.2 |
Results
[edit]Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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New Democracy | 1,873,137 | 33.12 | 8 | +3 | |
Syriza | 1,343,595 | 23.75 | 6 | 0 | |
Movement for Change | 436,726 | 7.72 | 2 | 0 | |
Communist Party of Greece | 302,603 | 5.35 | 2 | 0 | |
Golden Dawn | 275,734 | 4.87 | 2 | −1 | |
Greek Solution | 236,347 | 4.18 | 1 | New | |
MeRA25 | 169,635 | 3.00 | 0 | New | |
Course of Freedom | 90,927 | 1.61 | 0 | New | |
The River | 85,934 | 1.52 | 0 | −2 | |
Union of Centrists | 82,084 | 1.45 | 0 | 0 | |
Greece, the Other Way | 70,347 | 1.24 | 0 | New | |
Popular Orthodox Rally–Patriotic Radical Union | 69,779 | 1.23 | 0 | 0 | |
Citizens | 51,398 | 0.91 | 0 | New | |
Ecologist Greens | 49,418 | 0.87 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent Greeks | 45,148 | 0.80 | 0 | –1 | |
Free Homeland | 41,269 | 0.73 | 0 | New | |
Party of Friendship, Equality and Peace | 40,211 | 0.71 | 0 | 0 | |
Recreate Greece | 39,217 | 0.69 | 0 | 0 | |
New Right | 37,540 | 0.66 | 0 | New | |
Antarsya | 36,361 | 0.64 | 0 | 0 | |
Agricultural Livestock Party of Greece | 32,014 | 0.57 | 0 | New | |
Popular Unity–Pirate Party of Greece | 31,648 | 0.56 | 0 | 0 | |
Assembly of Greeks | 29,509 | 0.52 | 0 | New | |
Greens – Solidarity | 25,245 | 0.45 | 0 | 0 | |
Enypekk–Strong Greece | 22,341 | 0.39 | 0 | New | |
Youth Party | 18,458 | 0.33 | 0 | New | |
Democratic Responsibility | 18,207 | 0.32 | 0 | New | |
New Greek Momentum | 12,278 | 0.22 | 0 | New | |
Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece | 12,231 | 0.22 | 0 | 0 | |
Greek Ecologists | 11,511 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 | |
National Front–Patriotic League–Lions' Movement | 10,742 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 | |
People's European Social Groups | 10,264 | 0.18 | 0 | 0 | |
Panhellenic Citizen Chariot | 9,893 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | |
Greek Radicals | 9,242 | 0.16 | 0 | New | |
Rainbow | 6,364 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | |
Liberal Alliance | 6,032 | 0.11 | 0 | New | |
Organisation of Internationalist Communists of Greece | 4,803 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | |
Kollatos | 3,065 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | |
LEFKO–AKE–EPKA | 2,886 | 0.05 | 0 | New | |
Greek Vision | 1,976 | 0.03 | 0 | New | |
Total | 5,656,119 | 100.00 | 21 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 5,656,119 | 95.54 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 264,236 | 4.46 | |||
Total votes | 5,920,355 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 10,088,325 | 58.69 | |||
Source: Ministry of the Interior |
Elected MEPs
[edit]New Democracy
[edit]- Stelios Kympouropoulos (577,114 votes)
- Vangelis Meimarakis (496,600 votes)
- Maria Spyraki (319,237 votes)
- Eliza Vozemberg (288,427 votes)
- Manolis Kefalogiannis (257,819 votes)
- Anna-Michelle Assimakopoulou (225,211 votes)
- Giorgos Kyrtsos (196,929 votes)
- Thodoris Zagorakis (195,264 votes)
Coalition of the Radical Left
[edit]- Dimitrios Papadimoulis (272,835 votes)
- Elena Kountoura (236,961 votes)
- Kostas Arvanitis (220,816 votes)
- Stelios Kouloglou (198,436 votes)
- Alexis Georgoulis (162,974 votes)
- Petros Kokkalis (140,404 votes)
Movement for Change
[edit]- Nikos Androulakis (180,822 votes)
- Eva Kaili (145,650 votes)
Communist Party of Greece
[edit]- Kostas Papadakis (55,956 votes)
- Lefteris Nikolaou-Alavanos (34,457 votes)
Golden Dawn
[edit]- Ioannis Lagos (130,488 votes)
- Athanasios Konstantinou (50,360 votes)
Greek Solution
[edit]- Emmanouil Fragkos (27,665 votes)
References
[edit]- ^ "Νέο γκάλοπ: Δημοσκόπηση ΣΚΑΪ: Διπλό προβάδισμα ΝΔ. Επηρεάζουν σκανδαλολογία, παροχές;". skai.gr (in Greek). 22 April 2019. Archived from the original on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- ^ "Νέο γκάλοπ: Στο 13,7% η διαφορά ΝΔ – ΣΥΡΙΖΑ στις ευρωεκλογές – Στο 10,5% στις εθνικές". skai.gr (in Greek). 18 Apr 2019. Archived from the original on 18 April 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ "Νέο γκάλοπ: Μπροστά με 7,3 μονάδες η ΝΔ στις ευρωεκλογές και 7,8 στις εθνικές". patrisnews.com (in Greek). 18 Apr 2019.
- ^ "Δημοσκόπηση για το "Πρώτο Θέμα": 10,8 μονάδες μπροστά η ΝΔ στις ευρωεκλογές". star.gr (in Greek). 6 Apr 2019.
- ^ "Μεγάλη δημοσκόπηση του Star: Με 9% προηγείται η ΝΔ στις ευρωεκλογές". star.gr (in Greek). 4 Apr 2019.
- ^ "Δημοσκόπηση Metron Analysis: Γκάλοπ Metron Analysis: Χάνει με διαφορά ο Τσίπρας και το στοίχημα των ευρωεκλογών". tovima.gr (in Greek). 23 March 2019.