2019 Greek legislative election

2019 Greek legislative election

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All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament
151 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered9,962,261
Turnout57.78% (Increase1.62pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis Alexis Tsipras Fofi Gennimata
Party ND Syriza KINAL
Last election 28.09%, 75 seats 35.46%, 145 seats 6.28%, 17 seats
Seats won 158 86 22
Seat change Increase 83 Decrease 59 Increase 5
Popular vote 2,251,618 1,781,057 457,623
Percentage 39.85% 31.53% 8.10%
Swing Increase 11.76pp Decrease 3.93pp Increase 1.72pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
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Leader Dimitris Koutsoumpas Kyriakos Velopoulos Yanis Varoufakis
Party KKE EL MeRA25
Last election 5.55%, 15 seats
Seats won 15 10 9
Seat change Steady New New
Popular vote 299,621 209,290 194,576
Percentage 5.30% 3.70% 3.44%
Swing Decrease 0.25pp New New


Prime Minister before election

Alexis Tsipras
Syriza

Prime Minister after election

Kyriakos Mitsotakis
ND

Legislative elections were held in Greece on 7 July 2019.[1][2] The elections were called by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on 26 May 2019 after the ruling Syriza party lost the European and local elections.[3] They were the first national elections since the voting age was lowered to 17, and the number of parliamentary constituencies was increased from 56 to 59. Athens B, the largest constituency before the 2018 reforms, with 44 seats, was broken up into smaller constituencies, the largest of which had 18 seats.

The result was a landslide victory for the centre-right liberal conservative New Democracy party led by Kyriakos Mitsotakis, which received nearly 40% of the vote and won 158 seats, an outright majority.

  1. ^ "Greek elections: New Democracy on course for majority". BBC News. 7 July 2019. Archived from the original on 11 July 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  2. ^ Mylonas, Harris (2020). "Greece: Political Developments and Data in 2019". European Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook. 59: 161–174. doi:10.1111/2047-8852.12299. ISSN 2047-8852.
  3. ^ "After defeat, Greek PM calls for snap elections". Kathimerini. Retrieved 27 May 2019.

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