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May 2023 Greek legislative election

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May 2023 Greek legislative election
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All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament
151 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered9,946,082
Turnout61.76% (Increase 3.98pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis Alexis Tsipras Nikos Androulakis
Party ND Syriza PASOK–KINAL
Last election 39.85%, 158 seats 31.53%, 86 seats 8.10%, 22 seats
Seats won 146 71 41
Seat change Decrease 12 Decrease 15 Increase 19
Popular vote 2,407,750 1,184,621 676,165
Percentage 40.79% 20.07% 11.46%
Swing Increase 0.94pp Decrease 11.46pp Increase 3.36pp
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Dimitris Koutsoumpas Kyriakos Velopoulos
Party KKE EL
Last election 5.30%, 15 seats 3.70%, 10 seats
Seats won 26 16
Seat change Increase 11 Increase 6
Popular vote 426,628 262,498
Percentage 7.23% 4.45%
Swing Increase 1.93pp Increase 0.75pp
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election

Kyriakos Mitsotakis
ND

Prime Minister after election

Ioannis Sarmas
Caretaker

Snap parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 21 May 2023.[1][2][3] All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament were contested. They were the first elections since 1990 not to be held under a bonus seats system, due to amendments to the electoral law made in 2016. Instead, a purely proportional system was used.[4]

The New Democracy of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis achieved an unexpected victory defying the opinion polls and winning in a landslide.[5] As the election did not result in any party gaining a majority, and no coalition government was formed by any of the parties eligible to do so, Mitsotakis called for another snap election in June.[6][7][8] On 24 May 2023, as required by Greece's constitution, President Katerina Sakellaropoulou appointed Ioannis Sarmas to be the caretaker prime minister for the interim.[9]

Background

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On 8 February 2023 Parliament voted to prohibit parties led nominally or actually by convicts from running in the elections, a provision possibly applicable in the case of the National Party – Greeks party. New Democracy and PASOK voted for the law, while the Communist Party of Greece, Greek Solution and MeRA25 voted against, with Syriza voting present.[10][11]

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited President Katerina Sakellaropoulou on 22 April 2023 in order to request the dissolution of the Parliament due to a national issue of extraordinary importance (pursuant to Article 41 of the Constitution of Greece); the issue cited was the need of political stability for the achievement of investment-grade.[12][13] The election day was set for Sunday 21 May,[13] a day before the end of the 30-day period within which elections must be held following the dissolution of the Parliament.[citation needed]

A large number of parties, mostly of the far right, were stopped from running in the elections either because of legal or bureaucratic reasons.[14]

Electoral system

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See also: Elections in Greece, List of parliamentary constituencies of Greece, and Apportionment in the Hellenic Parliament
Ballot box in a Greek election centre
Ballots in a Greek election centre

The electoral law under which the 2023 elections were held was passed in 2016 by the SYRIZA-ANEL coalition government.[15] Under the Constitution, amendments to the electoral law come into effect starting from the second election to be held following their passage, unless they pass with a supermajority.[16]

SYRIZA-ANEL's 2016 law established a purely proportional system with a 3% electoral threshold. It ditched the 50-seat majority bonus, which had been in place since 1990.[citation needed]

In January 2020, soon after returning to power, New Democracy, which has always been a proponent of majority bonuses since 1974, passed a new electoral law to reinstate the bonus, albeit under a different formula. The party list with the most votes would receive up to 50 extra seats, benefitting disproportionally under a new sliding scale: It gets at least 20 extra seats (assuming it receives at least 25% of the vote) plus another extra seat for every half percentage point between 25% and 40%, for a total of 50 extra seats when reaching at least 40% of the vote. Only the remaining seats (at least 250) are proportionally distributed among all parties above 3% (including the largest party itself).[17] This 2020 law would take effect starting from the next Greek election after the May 2023 election (which turned about to be just a month later in June 2023, as election winners New Democracy wanted the extra seats to gain an absolute majority of seats).[18]

A 2019 law granted the right to vote for Greeks abroad which have lived for two years in Greece during the previous 35 years and who have submitted a tax return during the year of the election or the previous year. Voters from abroad choose the national-wide ballot of their desired party without choosing candidates, and their vote is counted equally in final results.[19] In this election only 22,857 people from the Greek diaspora were registered as voters, much fewer than expected, because of the legal restrictions in place.[20][21]

Voting was theoretically compulsory, with voter registration being automatic,[22] but, just as it happened in previous years, none of the penalties and sanctions in place for those who did not vote were enforced.[23]

Campaign

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The general secretary of the Communist Party of Greece Dimitris Koutsoumpas in the general election gathering of the Communist Party in Syntagma square, Athens.

Officially, the election period began on 22 April, although the parties had begun to intensify their campaigning in the days after the first announcement of the date of election.[citation needed] The Greek politicians have employed various methods to outreach their positions, such as town hall meetings, speeches in cafes and squares, methods which are employed both by Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Alexis Tsipras.[citation needed]

New Democracy campaigned on reform and opening of Greece worldwide, while associating Syriza, the rival party, with populism.[24] New Democracy's campaign focuses on tax cuts, investment promises and lower unemployment promises, as well generically on the economy, bringing up their overall management of the Greek economy,[25] with Greece being named the Top Economic Performer for 2022 by The Economist.[26] This was in particular due to Greece in 2022 being able to repay ahead of schedule 2.7 billion euros ($2.87 billion) of loans owed to Eurozone countries under the first bailout it received during its decade-long debt crisis, along with being on the verge of reaching investment-grade rating.[27][28]

Syriza's campaign focused on the 2022 wiretapping scandal, blaming New Democracy for the inadequate safety measures that resulted on the Tempi rail crash,[29] as well as the housing crisis, the problems of the middle class, the lack of trust of the citizens in Mitsotakis, and other issues.[citation needed]

PASOK, once one of the two main parties, had a campaign focusing on meritocracy, green transition, a strong healthcare system and transparency. Its leader, Nikos Androulakis, decried both Mitsotakis and Tsipras because they supported austerity measures. He insisted that a coalition government, in order to participate in it, must have a nonpartisan leader voted on consensus.[29]

The Communist Party of Greece campaigned on workers' issues, such as the exploitation of workers from employers and bad working conditions in many companies, the Tempi rail crash and the infrastructure from earlier governments, stopping Greek support to Ukraine, and the housing crisis and living standards. It also emphasized in their campaign that "each vote that goes to the Communist Party, remains there and strengthens the struggle".[30][31] It opposed the border disputes with Turkey and any other country, which, according to the Communist Party, were encouraged by NATO, the United States, and the European Union. It supported the people-friendly energy planning, and claimed that under the 2023 circumstances, energy was a way of profit for the capital. It supported public education, the legalisation of illegal migrants living and working in the country, as well a free health system. It claimed that the justice system is subordinated in the logic that prioritises profit over human life.[32]

Greek Solution supported economic patriotism, structural changes in the economy in order to reduce the dependency on tourism, the expansion of the territorial waters to 12 miles from the coast, green transition and the exploitation of the country's natural resources.[33]

MeRA25 supported a "break off from the Brussels directives and the interests of the oligarchy", the introduction of a free savings system (Dimitra), the abolition of mandatory conscription, and a change in the status of NATO membership for Greece. It supported the abolition of the energy exchange, and opposed the division of the world in geopolitical blocks. It also opposed the exploitation of the natural resources of Greece. It supported an educational reform, an independent judicial system, public health and public education.[34]

Main party slogans

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Party or alliance Original slogan English translation
ND «ΣΤΑΘΕΡΑ ΤΟΛΜΗΡΑ ΜΠΡΟΣΤΑ» "FIRMLY BRAVELY FORWARD"
SYRIZA «Δικαιοσύνη Παντού» "Justice Everywhere"
PASOK-KINAL «Η κοινωνία στο προσκήνιο!» "Society at the forefront!"
KKE «ΜΟΝΟΙ ΤΟΥΣ ΚΑΙ ΟΛΟΙ ΜΑΣ» "THEM ALONE AND ALL OF US"
EL «Πρώτα η Ελλάδα, Πρώτα οι Έλληνες» "Greece First, Greeks First"
MERA25 «Όλα μπορούν να είναι αλλιώς!» "Everything can be different!"
PE «Δώσε Ζωή στην Βουλή» "Give life to the parliament"
NIKH «Διεκδικούμε την Ελλάδα που μας αξίζει» "We claim the Greece we deserve"

New Democracy also used the motto Greek: Η Ελλάδα δε γυρίζει πίσω, lit. 'Greece is not going back', a prominent motto of the party under Konstantinos Mitsotakis' leadership during the 1993 Greek legislative election.[35][36][37] Additionally, ΚΚΕ supplemented its main slogan with: Greek: #ΤΩΡΑ_ΚΚΕ, lit. '#NOW_ΚΚΕ',[38] while PASOK-KINAL also used a secondary motto in speeches and TV spots: Greek: Απόφαση Αλλαγής, lit. 'Decision for Change'[39][40] Also, Greek Solution occasionally used: Greek: Παίρνουμε την Ελλάδα στα χέρια μας!, lit. 'We take Greece onto our own hands!'

Candidates' debates

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On 29 April, a cross-party meeting chaired by interim Interior Minister Calliope Spanou reached an agreement to hold a six party leaders' debate on 10 May. The debate took place at 10 May 2023, 11 days before the elections. In the debate, the leaders of all 6 political parties of the Greek Parliament participated, along with 6 journalists representing all major Greek TV networks.[41] There were 6 rounds for 6 themes. The first (1st) theme concerned: Economy, Growth and Development, the second (2nd): Foreign policy and Defense, the third (3rd): State, Institutions and Transparency, the fourth (4th) Health, education and social welfare, the fifth (5th) Energy and the Environment, and the sixth (6th): New Generation (i.e., the youth). Each journalist had 30 seconds to make a question to a candidate and 15 seconds for a follow-up question.[42] The candidates had 90 seconds to answer the first question and 45 seconds for the follow-up.[42] The journalists asking the questions were Sia Kosioni, Antonis Sroiter, Mara Zacharea, Rania Tzima, Panagiotis Stathis and Georgios Papadakis.[43]

2023 Greek legislative election debate
Date Time Organisers Moderator(s)     P  Present    A  Absent invitee  N  Non-invitee 
ND
Mitsotakis 		Syriza
Tsipras 		PASOK-KINAL
Androulakis 		KKE
Koutsoumpas 		EL
Velopoulos 		MeRA25
Varoufakis 		Refs
10 May 2023 9:00PM ERT1[a] Giorgos Kouvaras P P P P P P [44]
  1. ^ Was also broadcast on all 6 nationwide TV channels,
    Alpha TV, ANT1, Mega Channel, Open TV,Skai TV, Star Channel

Opinion polls

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Main article: Opinion polling for the May 2023 Greek legislative election
Local regression trend line of poll results from 7 July 2019 to July 2023, with each line corresponding to a political party.

Contesting parties, alliances and independents

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On 2 May 2023, the Supreme Court ruled that 27 political parties, 8 alliances and one independent had met the criteria to contest the election. The names of the 36 entities are listed below in alphabetical order.[45]

  1. United Popular Front
  2. Front of the Greek Anticapitalist Left (ANTARSYA)
  3. Assembly of Greeks
  4. Breath of Democracy
  5. Communist Party of Greece
  6. Communist Party of Greece (Marxist–Leninist)
  7. Course of Freedom
  8. Dimosthenis Vergis - Greek Ecologists
  9. EAN
  10. Ecologist Greens - Green Unity
  11. European Realistic Disobedience Front - Alliance for the Rupture (MeRA25)
  12. Free Again
  13. Greek Solution
  14. Greek Vision
  15. Green Movement
  16. Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece
  17. Movement 21
  18. Movement of the Poor
  19. National Creation
  20. New Democracy
  21. New Structure
  22. Northern League – Krama
  23. Now All Together
  24. Organisation of Internationalist Communists of Greece
  25. Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece
  26. PASOK – Movement for Change
  27. Political Initiative
  28. Smoking Groups for Art and Artistic Creation [el]
  29. Social
  30. Society of Values [el] – Liberal Alliance
  31. Stefanos Proitsis (Independent)
  32. Coalition of Radical Left – Progressive Alliance (SYRIZA)
  33. Union of Centrists
  34. Unite Freedom Alliance
  35. Unity – Truth
  36. Victory

Results

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Main article: List of members of the Hellenic Parliament, May 2023
Results, showing the winning party in each municipal unit. New Democracy won a total of 990 units (97%), the largest number recorded since the Kapodistrias reform of 1998.
  ND (990)
  SYRIZA (24)
  PASOK (7)
  KKE (3)
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
New Democracy2,407,75040.79146–12
Syriza1,184,62120.0771–15
PASOK – Movement for Change676,16511.4641+19
Communist Party of Greece426,6287.2326+11
Greek Solution262,4984.4516+6
Victory172,2602.920New
Course of Freedom170,4242.8900
MeRA25155,1072.630–9
Alliance of Subversion53,3460.900New
National Creation48,0360.810New
Unite Freedom Alliance37,3050.630New
Ecologist Greens - Green Unity35,2010.600New
Movement 2134,9140.590New
Antarsya31,7590.5400
Breath of Democracy27,6190.470New
Union of Centrists22,4710.3800
Free Again20,4430.350New
Movement of the Poor18,4790.310New
EAN15,1740.260New
Green Movement14,6270.250New
Now All Together14,0360.240New
Communist Party of Greece (Marxist–Leninist)12,7470.2200
Assembly of Greeks12,7430.2200
Smoking Groups for Art and Artistic Creation [el]11,5210.200New
Unity – Truth11,4010.190New
Political Initiative6,0790.100New
Society of Values [el]–Liberal Alliance5,8660.100New
Northern League – Krama5,4300.090New
Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece3,9220.0700
Organisation of Internationalist Communists of Greece1,9300.0300
SOCIAL – Modern Democratic Party1,0140.020New
Organization for the Reconstruction of the KKE1,0100.0200
New Structure700.000New
Greek Vision120.000New
Greek Ecologists00.0000
Independents1550.0000
Total5,902,763100.003000
Valid votes5,902,76397.39
Invalid votes123,3182.03
Blank votes34,9590.58
Total votes6,061,040100.00
Registered voters/turnout9,919,11561.10
Source: Ministry of Interior
Vote share (in %)
ND
 
 40.79%
Syriza
 
 20.07%
PASOK-KINAL
 
 11.46%
KKE
 
 7.23%
EL
 
 4.45%
NIKI
 
 2.92%
PE
 
 2.89%
MeRA25
 
 2.63%
EPAM
 
 0.90%
ED
 
 0.81%
ESE
 
 0.63%
OP
 
 0.60%
K21
 
 0.59%
ANT.AR.SY.A
 
 0.54%
Others
 
 3.49%
Parliamentary seats
ND
 
 48.67%
Syriza
 
 23.67%
PASOK-KINAL
 
 13.67%
KKE
 
 8.67%
EL
 
 5.33%

Results by region

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Constituency ND SYRIZA PASOK KKE EL NIKI PE MERA25
% ± % ± % ±[a] % ± % ± % ± % ± % ±
Achaea 33.95 Increase 1.52 27.01 Decrease 13.26 12.42 Increase 3.51 6.80 Increase 1.35 3.68 Increase 0.44 3.72 New 2.93 Increase 1.33 2.50 Decrease 0.64
Aetolia-Akarnania 39.48 Decrease 1.47 25.84 Decrease 8.09 13.53 Increase 3.29 6.28 Increase 1.35 2.51 Increase 0.82 3.03 New 1.73 Increase 0.84 1.69 Decrease 0.44
Argolis 43.53 Increase 0.10 17.75 Decrease 7.24 15.59 Increase 0.75 5.12 Increase 1.56 3.63 Increase 0.38 2.85 New 2.28 Increase 1.13 2.93 Decrease 0.19
Arkadia 40.73 Decrease 1.83 19.14 Decrease 11.00 17.84 Increase 7.03 6.44 Increase 1.90 3.21 Increase 0.46 2.02 New 2.20 Increase 1.13 1.97 Decrease 0.70
Arta 36.69 Decrease 2.30 31.75 Decrease 8.19 10.96 Increase 2.52 7.50 Increase 2.67 2.41 Increase 0.98 1.91 New 1.50 Increase 0.84 2.42 Increase 0.44
Athens A 42.18 Decrease 0.14 22.55 Decrease 8.74 6.70 Increase 1.54 8.60 Increase 2.23 3.02 Increase 0.44 1.96 New 3.35 Increase 1.84 3.60 Decrease 0.24
Athens B1 46.02 Increase 0.21 18.76 Decrease 9.46 7.42 Increase 1.83 8.63 Increase 2.44 2.69 Increase 0.15 2.07 New 3.18 Increase 1.79 3.50 Decrease 0.65
Athens B2 34.46 Increase 4.77 22.73 Decrease 15.87 8.80 Increase 2.80 11.40 Increase 2.75 4.09 Increase 0.58 2.24 New 4.01 Increase 2.28 3.32 Decrease 0.96
Athens B3 41.56 Increase 2.07 20.54 Decrease 11.49 7.54 Increase 1.82 9.68 Increase 2.55 3.36 Increase 0.37 2.06 New 3.44 Increase 1.93 3.41 Decrease 1.03
East Attica 45.51 Increase 2.38 17.62 Decrease 11.98 8.15 Increase 3.12 6.86 Increase 1.90 4.89 Increase 0.04 2.34 New 3.32 Increase 1.71 2.74 Decrease 1.13
West Attica 41.90 Increase 7.62 18.20 Decrease 18.04 7.43 Increase 2.19 9.13 Increase 3.20 6.69 Increase 1.45 2.56 New 3.09 Increase 1.51 2.19 Decrease 1.01
Boeotia 37.26 Increase 1.01 20.85 Decrease 11.42 13.97 Increase 4.27 8.90 Increase 1.89 4.00 Increase 0.61 2.63 New 2.82 Increase 1.38 2.27 Decrease 1.14
Cephalonia 36.67 Decrease 1.27 26.08 Decrease 6.37 9.74 Increase 3.92 10.95 Increase 1.43 2.92 Increase 0.43 1.06 New 3.53 Increase 1.75 2.73 Decrease 0.72
Chalkidiki 39.92 Decrease 2.67 15.27 Decrease 9.05 14.05 Increase 3.68 4.59 Increase 1.45 6.79 Increase 2.46 5.39 New 2.94 Increase 1.03 2.71 Decrease 1.10
Chania 41.15 Increase 7.10 20.64 Decrease 16.71 10.92 Increase 4.38 7.19 Increase 2.17 3.47 Increase 0.34 1.94 New 3.00 Increase 0.58 3.28 Decrease 1.57
Chios 46.14 Increase 0.49 12.36 Decrease 9.78 19.30 Increase 4.36 6.78 Increase 2.00 3.01 Increase 0.58 1.72 New 2.24 Increase 0.88 2.23 Decrease 0.66
Corfu 37.08 Increase 1.94 19.99 Decrease 14.42 12.32 Increase 4.82 8.66 Increase 1.67 3.37 Increase 0.97 1.76 New 5.09 Increase 2.96 3.15 Decrease 1.69
Corinthia 41.60 Decrease 0.20 19.85 Decrease 10.88 14.14 Decrease 5.67 4.14 Increase 1.34 3.97 Decrease 0.14 3.58 New 2.75 Increase 1.22 2.46 Decrease 1.22
Cyclades 47.55 Increase 4.00 15.95 Decrease 12.37 11.28 Increase 2.76 5.63 Increase 1.43 3.64 Increase 0.76 2.24 New 2.87 Increase 1.02 2.88 Decrease 1.22
Dodecanese 49.93 Increase 8.65 14.89 Decrease 14.84 13.42 Increase 3.05 4.00 Increase 0.80 4.62 Increase 0.75 2.22 New 2.80 Increase 1.10 1.83 Decrease 1.18
Drama 39.41 Decrease 4.49 13.89 Decrease 8.83 16.93 Increase 4.62 3.93 Increase 1.15 6.90 Increase 0.20 5.33 New 2.92 Increase 1.35 2.11 Decrease 0.99
Elis 37.69 Increase 1.66 23.91 Decrease 10.91 19.29 Increase 4.50 5.00 Increase 1.38 3.36 Increase 0.48 1.52 New 2.12 Increase 0.84 1.38 Decrease 0.83
Euboea 37.16 Increase 0.55 18.85 Decrease 16.06 15.23 Increase 6.70 7.14 Increase 2.16 5.22 Increase 1.06 2.26 New 3.42 Increase 1.46 2.48 Decrease 0.66
Evros 43.31 Decrease 1.68 18.67 Decrease 8.88 12.34 Increase 4.17 3.88 Increase 0.93 8.72 Increase 2.86 2.82 New 1.64 Increase 0.83 1.61 Decrease 0.78
Evrytania 45.17 Decrease 3.70 22.82 Decrease 6.72 11.24 Increase 1.30 5.48 Increase 2.69 2.91 Increase 0.77 3.21 New 1.55 Increase 0.70 1.79 Decrease 0.05
Florina 38.12 Decrease 0.90 24.74 Decrease 10.77 13.12 Increase 6.88 4.89 Increase 1.82 4.71 Decrease 2.56 4.02 New 2.05 Increase 0.95 2.34 Decrease 0.44
Grevena 44.31 Increase 1.15 21.85 Decrease 7.64 12.97 Increase 3.08 6.88 Increase 1.06 2.91 Increase 0.17 2.50 New 1.66 Increase 0.82 1.52 Decrease 0.80
Imathia 40.87 Decrease 1.05 17.65 Decrease 9.33 11.33 Increase 3.09 5.81 Increase 1.13 7.81 Increase 2.18 4.57 New 2.83 Increase 1.12 1.94 Decrease 1.12
Ioannina 37.93 Increase 0.51 24.36 Decrease 11.94 14.51 Increase 4.98 7.15 Increase 2.16 2.95 Increase 0.61 2.48 New 1.74 Increase 0.72 2.15 Decrease 0.64
Heraklion 35.47 Increase 5.32 22.93 Decrease 20.29 21.81 Increase 10.43 5.12 Increase 1.55 2.25 Increase 0.07 1.34 New 1.76 Increase 0.76 2.90 Decrease 1.13
Karditsa 46.38 Increase 1.47 19.81 Decrease 10.64 13.70 Increase 4.28 7.27 Increase 1.67 2.71 Increase 0.22 1.88 New 1.53 Increase 0.78 1.50 Decrease 0.37
Kastoria 46.84 Decrease 3.39 21.00 Decrease 6.10 8.61 Increase 1.61 3.81 Increase 1.28 5.06 Increase 2.33 3.91 New 2.17 Increase 1.16 2.51 Decrease 0.47
Kavala 43.65 Increase 1.10 16.16 Decrease 10.04 11.13 Increase 2.65 5.31 Increase 1.13 5.37 Decrease 0.49 4.37 New 2.58 Increase 0.99 2.43 Decrease 0.70
Kilkis 40.61 Decrease 1.74 13.65 Decrease 9.57 17.34 Increase 6.13 6.44 Increase 1.39 6.93 Increase 1.77 5.25 New 2.46 Increase 1.06 1.82 Decrease 0.88
Kozani 38.63 Decrease 0.76 20.74 Decrease 10.65 13.21 Increase 2.91 6.13 Increase 1.49 4.48 Increase 0.47 4.89 New 2.25 Increase 0.86 2.26 Decrease 0.70
Laconia 49.78 Decrease 0.13 13.82 Decrease 5.81 15.21 Increase 0.82 5.17 Increase 1.60 3.89 Increase 0.70 1.69 New 2.60 Increase 1.60 1.66 Decrease 0.35
Larissa 40.23 Increase 0.93 19.83 Decrease 11.42 11.91 Increase 3.12 8.60 Increase 2.35 4.02 Decrease 0.32 3.31 New 2.13 Increase 0.94 2.50 Decrease 0.31
Lasithi 39.98 Increase 5.56 17.76 Decrease 16.81 21.48 Increase 6.08 4.68 Increase 1.75 2.36 Decrease 0.28 1.61 New 2.23 Increase 0.91 2.70 Decrease 0.38
Lefkada 42.43 Decrease 1.94 19.92 Decrease 8.27 12.00 Increase 2.40 11.40 Increase 3.24 1.64 Increase 0.34 1.46 New 2.13 Increase 1.09 2.53 Decrease 0.28
Lesbos 40.51 Increase 1.52 15.92 Decrease 13.09 14.54 Increase 5.97 13.00 Increase 2.96 3.42 Increase 0.80 2.16 New 1.77 Increase 0.73 1.84 Decrease 0.41
Magnesia 43.59 Increase 4.83 19.24 Decrease 12.92 8.10 Increase 1.52 7.22 Increase 1.89 4.13 Decrease 0.21 3.13 New 3.54 Increase 2.05 2.81 Decrease 0.97
Messenia 44.27 Decrease 0.10 20.98 Decrease 9.68 10.97 Increase 4.12 6.75 Increase 2.06 3.98 Increase 0.63 2.01 New 2.09 Increase 1.09 2.45 Decrease 0.57
Pella 41.05 Decrease 1.24 19.02 Decrease 9.50 13.07 Increase 3.76 3.77 Increase 1.18 7.10 Increase 1.50 6.13 New 2.44 Increase 0.84 1.53 Decrease 0.97
Phocis 46.23 Increase 1.48 19.31 Decrease 9.85 9.82 Increase 2.47 8.01 Increase 1.97 3.13 Increase 0.12 1.90 New 2.40 Increase 1.17 1.93 Decrease 1.07
Phthiotis 44.05 Increase 0.26 20.87 Decrease 10.77 11.37 Increase 3.78 6.82 Increase 2.44 3.88 Increase 0.69 2.36 New 2.06 Increase 0.68 1.84 Decrease 0.74
Pieria 41.09 Decrease 6.36 15.33 Decrease 8.00 12.44 Increase 3.92 5.20 Increase 1.22 7.56 Increase 1.83 7.46 New 2.44 Increase 0.94 2.06 Decrease 0.72
Piraeus A 48.55 Increase 4.82 18.19 Decrease 11.53 5.93 Increase 0.99 7.44 Increase 1.93 3.50 Increase 0.11 2.26 New 3.61 Increase 1.91 2.57 Decrease 1.31
Piraeus B 37.44 Increase 7.25 20.75 Decrease 17.47 7.41 Increase 2.32 10.83 Increase 2.81 4.70 Increase 0.50 2.34 New 4.28 Increase 2.22 2.93 Decrease 1.47
Preveza 42.19 Decrease 1.28 23.44 Decrease 10.94 13.89 Increase 5.64 7.39 Increase 1.90 2.34 Increase 0.95 1.25 New 1.54 Increase 0.76 1.81 Decrease 0.26
Rethymno 37.10 Increase 0.55 21.03 Decrease 15.96 21.47 Increase 11.65 4.44 Increase 1.11 2.10 Decrease 0.20 2.46 New 2.41 Increase 0.16 2.02 Decrease 1.43
Rhodope 27.06 Decrease 10.78 33.18 Increase 6.01 22.63 Increase 0.69 3.55 Decrease 0.70 4.20 Increase 1.63 1.87 New 1.11 Increase 0.57 1.98 Increase 0.60
Samos 36.52 Increase 2.39 17.59 Decrease 11.49 8.93 Increase 2.08 16.52 Increase 2.05 6.15 Increase 2.85 1.44 New 2.51 Increase 0.58 2.44 Decrease 0.37
Serres 46.98 Decrease 1.06 14.78 Decrease 8.47 10.92 Increase 2.24 4.78 Increase 1.37 6.97 Increase 0.86 4.10 New 2.37 Increase 1.28 1.86 Decrease 1.27
Thesprotia 42.66 Increase 1.52 22.67 Decrease 8.87 14.77 Increase 1.49 5.49 Increase 1.76 2.58 Increase 0.77 1.76 New 1.73 Increase 0.94 1.81 Decrease 0.69
Thessaloniki A 34.15 Decrease 1.37 19.70 Decrease 11.61 7.94 Increase 1.89 7.44 Increase 2.14 8.35 Increase 2.96 4.58 New 4.52 Increase 2.33 3.32 Decrease 1.44
Thessaloniki B 40.07 Decrease 2.95 15.15 Decrease 9.99 10.17 Increase 3.52 6.20 Increase 1.59 7.93 Increase 2.28 5.63 New 3.67 Increase 1.95 2.45 Decrease 1.61
Trikala 45.01 Increase 0.61 20.09 Decrease 9.45 12.18 Increase 2.47 7.60 Increase 1.47 2.65 Decrease 0.20 3.35 New 1.45 Increase 0.61 1.84 Decrease 0.21
Xanthi 35.89 Decrease 0.89 26.54 Decrease 13.06 18.26 Increase 9.48 2.84 Increase 0.65 4.02 Increase 0.58 2.79 New 1.65 Increase 0.57 1.92 Decrease 0.43
Zakynthos 40.96 Decrease 0.95 20.90 Decrease 10.54 10.87 Increase 5.50 10.81 Increase 1.77 2.50 Increase 0.29 1.54 New 1.99 Increase 0.77 2.39 Decrease 0.93

Analysis

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Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of centre-right party New Democracy routed his main rivals in the parliamentary election, unexpectedly increasing his party's share of the vote but falling just short of an outright majority. With half of votes counted, ruling New Democracy secured more than 40 per cent, building a lead of around 20 points over its nearest rival, Alexis Tsipras's Syriza party.[46]

Aftermath

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Mitsotakis declared victory, adding he would call a snap election. He said: "Greece needs a government that believes in reforms, and this cannot happen with a fragile government, New Democracy has the approval of the citizens to govern independently and strongly."[46]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Compared to KINAL

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