Greek legislative election, 2000

Greek legislative election, 2000

1996 ← members 9 April 2000 → 2004 members

All 300 seats to the Hellenic Parliament 151 seats needed for a majority   First party Second party   Leader Costas Simitis Kostas Karamanlis Party PASOK ND Leader since 30 June 1996 21 March 1997 Last election 162 seats, 41.49% 108 seats, 38.12% Seats won 158 125 Seat change -4 +17 Popular vote 3,007,596 2,935,196 Percentage 43.79% 42.74% Swing +2.3% +4.62%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Aleka Papariga Nikos Konstantopoulos Party KKE Synaspismos Leader since 1991 1993 Last election 11 seats, 5.61% 10 seats, 5.12% Seats won 11 6 Seat change 0 -4 Popular vote 379,454 219,880 Percentage 5.52% 3.20% Swing -0.09% -1.92%

PM before election Costas Simitis PASOK Subsequent PM Costas Simitis PASOK

Greek Parliamentary election, 2000

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Distribution of parliament seats after the 2000 elections (Results).
Panhellenic Socialist Movement: 158 seats   New Democracy: 125 seats   Communist Party of Greece: 11 seats   Coalition of the Left and Progress: 6 seats
Date	9 April 2000
Previous prime minister	Kostas Simitis
Next prime minister	Kostas Simitis holding position

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 8 April 2000. The ruling Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) of Prime Minister Costas Simitis was narrowly re-elected, defeating the conservative New Democracy party.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Panhellenic Socialist Movement	3,008,081	43.8	158	–4
New Democracy	2,934,948	42.7	125	+17
Communist Party of Greece	379,280	5.5	11	0
Coalition of the Left and Progress	219,988	3.2	6	–4
Democratic Social Movement	184,648	2.7	0	–8
Democratic Regional Union	32,149	0.5	0	New
Union of Centrists	23,218	0.3	0	0
Ecologists Greece	20,523	0.3	0	0
National Coalition	14,688	0.2	0	New
Front Line	12,192	0.2	0	New
Radical Left Front	8,183	0.1	0	New
Communist Party of Greece (Marxist-Leninist)	7,325	0.1	0	New
Party of Hellenism	6,241	0.1	0	0
Revolutionary Communist Party of Greece	5,879	0.1	0	0
Alternative Ecologists	3,291	0.0	0	0
Liberal Party	2,123	0.0	0	New
Fighting Socialist Party of Greece	2,044	0.0	0	0
Self-Governed Movement of Labour Politics	1,153	0.0	0	0
Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece	1,139	0.0	0	0
Christian Faith	260	0.0	0	0
Party of Greek Workers	153	0.0	0	0
National Patriotic Party	23	0.0	0	New
Olympic Party	4	0.0	0	0
Panhellenic Democratic Party of Peace	4	0.0	0	New
Independents	592	0.0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	158,501	–	–	–
Total	7,026,634	100	300	0
Registered voters/turnout	9,277,277	75.0	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver