2023 Thessaloniki municipal election
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| Registered | 241,527 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 40.95% (First Round) 32.57% (Second Round) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2023 Thessaloniki Municipal election was held on 8 October 2023 to elect the mayor of Thessaloniki as a part of the 2023 Greek Local elections. It moved to a second round run-off that took place a week later, on 15 October, between incumbent Kostantinos Zervas backed by ND and Independent PASOK candidate Stelios Aggeloudis. In the second round, Stelios Aggeloudis won with almost 67% of the vote, defeating the incumbent Kostantinos Zervas, with almost 30 points ahead, electing 6+20 councilors.[1][2]
Background
[edit]The New Democracy government changed the law on local elections, enacting "Law 4804/2021". As per this law, "The distribution of municipal or regional council seats between the successful and runner-up list is done by a system of Reinforced proportionality, so that the successful combination holds at least 3/5 of the council seats.". Also stating that when it comes to the percentage needed for a list to enter the council and the percentage needed or the elections to lack a second round that "[...] in order for a list to be entitled to at least one seat on the municipal or district council, it must receive at least 3% of the valid ballots in the first round of elections. The combination that received at least 43% of the valid ballots plus one vote in the first round is declared successful and its head is elected mayor or regional governor."[3]
Results
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| Candidate | List | Party Support | %
First Round |
Votes 1st Round | %
Second Round |
Votes 2nd Round | Seats | |||
| Kostantinos Zervas | Yes to Thessaloniki | New Democracy | 27,34 | 26.100 | 32,67 | 24.413 | 7 | |||
| Stelios Aggeloudis | Team for Thessaloniki | - | 25,74 | 24.572 | 67,33 | 50.305 | 26 | |||
| Spyros Pegkas | Thessaloniki for All | Independents + Syriza | 20,74 | 19.798 | 5 | |||||
| Vassilis Tompoulidis | Popular Coalition Of Thessaloniki | KKE | 6,82 | 6.514 | 2 | |||||
| Drosos Tsavlis | All of Us Drosos Tsavlis | - | 5,69 | 5.428 | 1 | |||||
| Maria Keki | The City Upside down and Collaborating Movements | - | 5,53 | 5.276 | 1 | |||||
| Stergios Kalogiros | Thessaloniki Macedonia Stergios Kalogiros | - | 4,61 | 4.400 | 1 | |||||
| Giannis Kouriannidis | Thessaloniki a Greek City | Niki | 1,95 | 1.863 | 0 | |||||
| Dimitris Ziampazis | United Macedonians for Thessaloniki municipality | - | 1,59 | 1.516 | 0 | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Αγγελούδης για το αν είναι ΠΑΣΟΚ: Το σχήμα μας δεν θέλει να "χρεωθεί" πουθενά". ProtoThema (in Greek). 2023-10-17. Retrieved 2025-02-09.
- ^ toManifesto.gr (2023-12-12). "Θεσμικός ο Αγγελούδης: η λεπτή κόκκινη γραμμή με το ΠΑΣΟΚ". toManifesto.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2025-02-09.
- ^ "Νόμος 4804/2021 (Κωδικοποιημένος) - ΦΕΚ Α 90/05.06.2021". www.kodiko.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2025-01-27.