Athens A

Athens A
Athens A
Electoral constituency; for the Hellenic Parliament
	Athens A within Attica
	Attica within Greece
Regional unit	Central Athens
Administrative region	Attica
Electorate	477.440 (January 2014)
Current Electoral constituency
Created	1958
Number of members	14 Members of Parliament
Created from	Athens

Athens A (Greek: Α΄ Αθηνών) is a parliamentary constituency^[1] in Attica represented in the Hellenic Parliament. In its present form it dates to 1958, when the Athens B constituency was split off, leaving Athens A with the Municipality of Athens. It elects fourteen Members of Parliament (MPs) by reinforced proportional representation.

Its most high-profile MP is the Prime Minister of Greece since 2015, Alexis Tsipras of Syriza.

Election results

Athens A constituency results

Election	1st party	2nd party	3rd party	4th party	5th party	source
1996	New Democracy 38.83%	PASOK 35.34%	SYN 9.13%	KKE 6.08%	DIKKI 4.44%	^[2]
2000	New Democracy 42.36%	PASOK 39.76%	KKE 6.54%	SYN 5.65%	DIKKI 2.70%	^[3]
2004	New Democracy 44.56%	PASOK 36.43%	KKE 6.86%	SYRIZA 5.74%	LAOS 2.86%	^[4]
2007	New Democracy 40.16%	PASOK 29.96%	KKE 10.52%	SYRIZA 9.27%	LAOS 5.39%	^[5]
2009	PASOK 35.52%	New Democracy 31.75%	KKE 9.55%	SYRIZA 7.98%	LAOS 7.59%	^[6]
May 2012	SYRIZA 19.12%	New Democracy 15.79%	PASOK 9.71%	ANEL 8.98%	XA 8.77%	^[7]
June 2012	New Democracy 30.92%	SYRIZA 26.96%	PASOK 8.72%	XA 7.81%	DEMAR 7.37%	^[8]
January 2015	SYRIZA 33.61%	New Democracy 30.07%	The River 7.23%	XA 7.05%	KKE 6.04%	^[9]

In 2015 Election Athens A elected 14 members of parliament.

In 2012 Election Athens A elected 17 members of parliament.

^ "MPs Per Constituency (electoral map)". Hellenic Parliament. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
^ "Results 1996". Ministry of Interior. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
^ "Results 2000". Ministry of Interior. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
^ "Results 2004". Ministry of Interior. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
^ "Results 2007". Ministry of Interior. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
^ "Results 2009". Ministry of Interior. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
^ "Results 2012 May". Ministry of Interior. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
^ "Results 2012 June". Ministry of Interior. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
^ "Results 2015". Ministry of Interior. Retrieved 26 January 2015.

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