2024 European Parliament election in Greece

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2024 European Parliament election in Greece
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9 June 2024 (2024-06-09)
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21 seats in the European Parliament
Turnout41.39%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis Stefanos Kasselakis Nikos Androulakis
Party ND Syriza PASOK–KINAL
Alliance EPP The Left S&D
Last election 33.12%, 8 seats 23.75%, 6 seats 7,72%, 2 seats
Seats won 7 4 3
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 2 Increase1
Popular vote 1,125,602 593,133 508,399
Percentage 28.31% 14.92% 12.79%
Swing Decrease 4.81% Decrease 8.83% Increase 5.07%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Kyriakos Velopoulos Dimitris Koutsoumpas Dimitris Natsios
Party EL KKE NIKI
Alliance ECR ECA–NI NI
Last election 4,18%, 1 seat 5,35%, 2 seats New
Seats won 2 2 1
Seat change Increase 1 Steady New
Popular vote 369,727 367,796 173,574
Percentage 9.30% 9.25% 4.37%
Swing Increase 5.12% Increase 3.9% New
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Leader Zoe Konstantopoulou Afroditi Latinopoulou
Party PE FL
Alliance NI Patriots
Last election 1,61%, 0 seats New
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Increase 1 New
Popular vote 135,310 120,753
Percentage 3.4% 3.04%
Swing Increase 1.81% New
Results by district

The 2024 European Parliament election in Greece was held on 9 June 2024 as part of the 2024 European Parliament election. This was the first to take place after Brexit.[1]

The governing New Democracy came first, but ceded ground in terms of both popular vote and seats secured.[2] The centre-left SYRIZA and PASOK came in second and third, respectively: SYRIZA lost two seats, while PASOK gained one.[3] Overall, those left-wing parties to earn representation won 10 seats and 40.36% of the vote; right-wing ones won 11 seats and 45.02% of the vote.

Greece will elect 21 Members of the European Parliament.[4]

The Spartans party was barred from participating in the 2024 european parliament elections an action that was endorsed by New Democracy, PASOK, New left and Syriza while it was rejected by Afroditi Latinopoulou and her Voice of Reason party.[5][6]

Parties participating

The parties and party coalitions participating in the election (in alphabetical order):

  1. Antarsya
  2. Assembly of Greeks
  3. Communist Party of Greece
  4. Conservatives
  5. Course of Freedom
  6. Democrats
  7. Diaspora Network of Greeks in Europe
  8. Greek Solution
  9. Green Movement
  10. I PARTICIPATE for National Sovereignty and for Cyprus
  11. Kosmos
  12. Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece
  13. MeRA25
  14. Movement 21
  15. National Front
  16. National Independence Movement
  17. New Democracy
  18. New Left
  19. NIKI
  20. OAKKE
  21. OKDE
  22. Party of Friendship, Equality and Peace
  23. Party of Greek Hunters - AKKEL - TOGETHER for a Free Greece
  24. Popular Orthodox Rally
  25. PASOK – Movement for Change
  26. Patriots
  27. Recreation
  28. Syriza
  29. Union of Centrists
  30. United Popular Front
  31. Voice of Reason

Slogans

Party or alliance Original slogan English translation
ND «Σταθερά πιο κοντά στην Ευρώπη» "Steadily closer to Europe"
SYRIZA «Καλύτερη ζωή τώρα» "Better life now"
PASOK-KINAL «Μπορούμε και αξίζουμε περισσότερα στην Ελλάδα και την Ευρώπη» "We can and deserve more in Greece and Europe"
KKE «Με ΚΚΕ πολύ πιο δυνατό για πανευρωπαϊκή αντεπίθεση» "With a much stronger KKE for a pan-European counter-attack"
EL «Πρώτα η Ελλάδα! Πρώτα οι Έλληνες!» "Greece first! Greeks first!"
MeRA25 «Ενόχλησέ τους!» "Bother them!"
PE «Θέλεις Ζωή και στην Ευρωβουλή;» "Do you want Life (Zoe) in the European Parliament as well?"
NA «Δώσε φωνή στο δίκιο σου» "Give voice to your right"
NIKI «Διεκδικούμε την Ελλάδα που μας αξίζει στην Ευρώπη που θέλουμε» "We claim the Greece we deserve in the Europe we want"
FL «Στις ευρωεκλογές στείλε μήνυμα» "In the European elections send a message"
DIMO «Η ώρα της κοινής λογικής» "The time of common sense"
KOS «Γιατί η ζωή μας έχει σημασία» "Because our life matters"

Controversies

At the beginning of March 2024, Greeks living abroad received a promotional email from MEP and New Democracy candidate Anna-Michelle Assimakopoulou, which triggered a wave of criticism that the law on the protection of personal data had been violated and that data on postal voters had been illegally passed on by the Ministry of the Interior.[7]

Opinion polling

Results

ND's, SYRIZA's and PASOK's results by municipality
Results, showing the winning party in each municipal unit.
  ND (916)
  PASOK (55)
  KKE (16)
  KIEF (15)
  SYRIZA (14)
  EL (5)
  MeRA25 (1)
  NA (1)
  PK (1)
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
New Democracy1,125,60228.317–1
Syriza – Progressive Alliance593,13314.924–2
PASOK – Movement for Change508,39912.793+1
Greek Solution369,7279.302+1
Communist Party of Greece367,7969.2520
Victory – Democratic Patriotic Movement173,5744.371New
Course of Freedom135,3103.401+1
Voice of Reason120,7533.041New
MeRA25101,1272.5400
New Left97,5542.450New
Democrats57,4961.450New
Patriots – Prodromos Emfietzoglou56,1001.410New
Kosmos42,7621.080New
I PARTICIPATE for National Sovereignty and Cyprus30,6000.770New
Party of Friendship, Equality and Peace28,4700.7200
Green Movement26,5550.670New
Together for a Free Greece (KEKA – AKKEL)20,8160.5200
Antarsya – Anti-Capitalist Cooperation20,6030.5200
Creation14,0240.3500
United Popular Front13,8160.3500
Movement 2112,4490.310New
Union of Centrists10,9330.2700
Conservatives10,1460.260New
Popular Orthodox Rally9,9360.2500
National Front7,5720.1900
Assembly of Greeks6,9800.1800
Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece6,8360.1700
National Independence Movement2,4650.060New
Organisation of Internationalist Communists of Greece1,9730.0500
Organization for the Reconstruction of the KKE1,6150.0400
Diaspora Network of European Greeks9630.020New
Total3,976,085100.00210
Valid votes3,976,08597.88
Invalid votes55,2931.36
Blank votes30,7140.76
Total votes4,062,092100.00
Registered voters/turnout9,814,68541.39
Source: Ministry Of The Interior

Largest and smallest percentages for each elected party

Results, showing the winning party in each precinct.
  ND (5311)
  PASOK (943)
  SYRIZA (328)
  KKE (267)
  EL (170)
  KIEF (137)
  Niki (16)
  PE (8)
  NA (7)
  FL (6)
  MeRA25 (2)
  Dimokrates (2)
  Patriotes (2)
  Kosmos (2)
  PK (2)
  KEKA–AKKEL (1)
  ANTARSYA (1)
  EK (1)
  Syntiritikoi (1)
Party Largest % Smallest %
New Democracy Laconia 35,62 Rhodope 19,61
Syriza – Proggresive Alliance Arta 22,66 Rhodope 7,14
Pasok – Movement for Change Lasithi 29,37 Piraeus A 7,86
Greek Solution Imathia 18,42 Leukada 5,09
Communist Party of Greece Samos 20,95 Rhodope 3,87
Democratic Patriotic Movement 'Niki' Pieria 10,45 Leukada 2,05
Course of Freedom Piraeus B 4,56 Rhodope 1,22
Voice of Reason Evros 6,36 Lasithi 1,59

Elected MEPs

Aftermath

References

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