2004 European Parliament election in Greece

European Parliament election in Greece, 2004

13 June 2004
24 seats to the European Parliament
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Kostas Karamanlis George Papandreou Aleka Papariga Party ND PASOK KKE Leader since 21 March 1997 8 February 2004 1991 Last election 36.00% 32.91% 8.67% Seats won 11 8 3 Seat change +2 -1 0 Percentage 43.02% 34.03% 9.48% Swing +7% +1.1% +.8   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Nikos Konstantopoulos Georgios Karatzaferis Party Coalition of the Left (SYN) LAOS Leader since 14 September 2000 Last election 5.16% did not contest Seats won 1 1 Seat change -1 +1 Percentage 4.19% 4.12% Swing -1% +4.12%

The European Parliament election of 2004 in Greece for the election of the delegation from Greece to the European Parliament took place on June 13. The election system used in Greece was a party-list proportional representation with a 3% threshold for any party. The number of seats allocated to Greece was 24.

Results

The 2004 European election was the sixth election to the European Parliament. The ruling New Democracy party made strong gains, while the opposition Panhellenic Socialist Movement made smaller gains, both at the expense of minor parties. The traditional party, Popular Orthodox Rally contested the election for the first time and elected a Euro Member of Parliament.

Popular vote ND   43.02% PASOK   34.03% KKE   9.48% SYN   4.16% LAOS   4.12% Others   5.20%