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2009 European Parliament election in Greece

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2009 European Parliament election in Greece

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22 seats in the European Parliament
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader George Papandreou Kostas Karamanlis Aleka Papariga
Party PASOK ND KKE
Alliance S&D EPP GUE/NGL
Last election 34.03%, 8 seats 43.01%, 11 seats 9.48%, 3 seats
Seats won 8 8 2
Seat change Steady Decrease 3 Decrease 1
Popular vote 1,879,229 1,656,085 428,151
Percentage 36.65% 32.30% 8.35%
Swing Increase2.62pp Decrease10.71pp Decrease1.13pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Georgios Karatzaferis Alexis Tsipras 6-member committee
Party LAOS Syriza OP
Alliance EFD GUE/NGL Greens/EFA
Last election 4.12%, 1 seat 4.16%, 1 seat 0.67%, 0 seats
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change Increase 1 Steady Increase1
Popular vote 366,616 240,971 178,960
Percentage 7.15% 4.70% 3.49
Swing Increase3.03pp Increase0.54pp Increase2.82pp

European Parliament elections were held in Greece on 7 June 2009 to elect the 22 Greek members of the European Parliament. Members were elected by party-list proportional representation with a 3% electoral threshold. The number of seats allocated to Greece was reduced from 24 to 22, as a result of new member states joining the European Union (EU). Consistent with EU-wide rules, Greek citizens resident in another of the 26-member states were permitted to vote in the place where they currently reside.

Participating parties

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On 24 May, the Greek Court of Cassation, the country's supreme court, accepted the applications of 27 of the 33 parties which applied to contest the elections. It banned six parties from participating:

  • Alternative Ecologists
  • Party of Responsible Citizenship
  • Dimokratiki
  • Party of Uprising Pensioners of Greece
  • Panagriarian Workers Movement
  • Political Greek-European Animal-Loving Movement
  • Animal-Loving Ecologists of Greece

In addition, the court ruled that the following parties could not participate as part of the Coalition of the Radical Left:

A judicial dispute ensued, when Drassi filed a petition before the Council of State to annul the ministerial decision, through which the time for political advertising spots on the radio and television would be allocated, since it disproportionately favoured established parties. A preliminary ruling sent the dispute to the Council of State's plenary session, which will hear the petition for annulment on 25 September 2009.

Opinion polls

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Source Date PASOK ND Syriza KKE LAOS EcoGreens Undecided and others
RASS 09-03-09 32.1 29.6 7.9 7.1 5.1 3.2
VPRC 09-04-00 37 34 8.5 8 4.5 5 3
MATN 09-05-04 36.4 33.6 7.9 9.1 5.4 6.3 1.3
Focus 09-05-10 31.7 29.6 6.4 7.5 4.7 4.2 3.3
PulseRC 09-05-10 31 28 5.6 6.6 4.4 4.8 2
Marc 09-05-10 31.8 28.6 6.2 8.1 4.3 4.8 2
ALCO 09-05-10 30.2 26.5 5.3 7.8 4 3.5 2.9
Barometer 09-05-10 28 23.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 4 1
Public Issue 09-05-18 34 28 6 5.5 5 7
Alco 09-05-18 30.2 26.1 4.2 6.4 3.6 5.7
VPRC 09-05-20 37.5 32 6.5 8 5 7.5
MRB/Eleftheros Typos 09-05-24 29.2 26.4 6.6 6.2 4.6 6.2 5.1
Kappa/Aggelioforos 09-05-24 31.5 28.4 7.3 5.3 4.4 8.1 5.1
GPO 09-05-26 30 26.3 7 6 6 8.5
Metron 09-05-26 27.3 23.5 7.2 4.9 4.5 7.9
Public Issue/Kathimerini 09-05-27 33 28.5 5 5.5 4.5 8.5 15

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
PASOK1,879,22936.6580
New Democracy1,656,08532.308–3
Communist Party of Greece428,1518.352–1
Popular Orthodox Rally366,6167.152+1
Syriza240,9714.7010
Ecologist Greens178,9603.491+1
Panhellenic Macedonian Front65,1411.270New
Party of Greek Hunters64,8241.260New
Drassi38,9080.760New
Ecologists of Greece33,2920.650New
Greek Ecologists31,1650.6100
Golden Dawn23,6090.460New
Antarsya21,9880.4300
Union of Centrists19,6860.3800
Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece13,1380.2600
Popular Unions of Bipartisan Social Groups10,4880.200New
Society – Political Party of the Successors of Kapodistrias7,9340.150New
Hellenic Direct Democracy Movement7,9280.150New
Liberal PartyLibertas.eu6,4890.130New
Youth Party6,2050.120New
Workers Revolutionary Party6,0420.120New
Fighting Socialist Party of Greece5,6180.1100
European Free Alliance–Rainbow4,5120.0900
Liberal Alliance4,3190.080New
Greek Unity3,0010.060New
Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece2,7970.0500
Patriotic Humanitarian Movement8000.020New
Total5,127,896100.0022–2
Valid votes5,127,89697.46
Invalid/blank votes133,8532.54
Total votes5,261,749100.00
Registered voters/turnout10,014,79552.54
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Further reading

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  • Gemenis, Kostas (2013). Election Report—Winning Votes and Weathering Storms: The 2009 European and Parliamentary Elections in Greece. Routledge. pp. 99–108. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

References

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