Greek legislative election, 2000

Greece

Politics and government of Greece

Legislative elections were held in the Greek Republic on April 10, 2000. At stake were 300 seats in the Greek parliament, the Voule.

The ruling Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) of Prime Minister Costas Simitis was narrowly re-elected, defeating the conservative New Democracy party.

















Party Leader Votes Seats
Total +− % Total +−
Panhellenic Socialist Movement Costas Simitis 3,007,947 43.79 +2.3 157 -4
New Democracy Costas Caramanlis 2,935,242 42.73 +4.61 126 +23
Communist Party of Greece Aleka Papariga 379,517 5.53 -0.08 11 +0
Coalition of the Left Nikos Konstantopoulos 219,918 3.20 -1.92 6 -4
Democratic Social Movement Dimitris Tsovolas 184,586 2.69 -1.74 0 -8
  Democratic Regional Union Mihalis Haralambidis 32,068 0.47 - 0 -
  Union of Centrists Vassilis Leventis 23,228 0.34 -0.38 0 +0
  Greek Ecologists Dimosthenis Vergis 20,466 0.30 - 0 -
  National Coalition Grigoris Mihalopoulos 14,703 0.21 - 0 -
  First Line Costantine Plevris 12,125 0.18 - 0 -
Radical Left Front 8,132 0.12 - 0 -
Communist Party of Greece (Marxist-Leninist) 7,301 0.11 - 0 -
Hellenism Party Sotiris Sofianopoulos 6,272 0.09 - 0 -
M-L KKE - Left! 5,866 0.09 +0.03 0 +0
Alternative Ecologists 3,321 0.05 - 0 -
Liberals Stefanos Manos 2,091 0.03 - 0 -
Militant Socialist Party of Greece 2,026 0.03 +0 0 +0
Autonomous Movement Workers Politics Antonios Halaris 1,145 0.02 +0 0 +0
Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece 1,126 0.02 +0 0 +0
Others 1,437 0.02 +0 0 -7
No. of valid votes 6,868,011 100,00   300  
Invalid votes 158,516  
Total 7,026,527
(75.0%)
Source: Greek Interior Ministry website http://www.ypes.gr/ekloges/content/gr/ethnik_fr.htm



Greek electoral law requires that the party winning a plurity of votes be awarded a majority of seats in the Voule. This involves some distortion of the proportionality of the result. Parties must poll 3% of the national vote to gain representation.


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