1999 European Parliament election in Greece

Greek European Parliament election, 1999

13 June 1999
25 seats to the European Parliament
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Kostas Karamanlis Costas Simitis Aleka Papariga Party ND PASOK KKE Last election 32.70% 37.60% 6.29% Seats won 9 9 3 Seat change 0 -1 +1 Percentage 36.00% 32.90% 8.67% Swing +3.3% -4.7% +2.38   Fourth party Fifth party     Leader Dimitris Tsovolas Nikos Konstantopoulos Party DIKKI Coalition of the Left (SYN) Last election Did not contest 6.25% Seats won 2 2 Seat change +2 0 Percentage 6.85% 5.16% Swing +6.85% -1.2%

The European Parliament election of 1999 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 25.

Results

The 1999 European election was the fifth election to the European Parliament. The opposition conservative New Democracy party made gains as did the Communist Party of Greece, while the ruling Panhellenic Socialist Movement lost ground. Two parties on the left, the relatively new Democratic Social Movement and the Coalition of the Left and Progress elected two MEPs each. Political Spring, which had elected 2 MEPs in 1994, was unsuccessful in passing the 3% threshold and did not elect any members.

Popular vote ND   36.00% PASOK   32.91% KKE   8.67% DIKKI   6.85% SYN   5.16% POLAN   2.28% OIFIL   1.62% KEK   1.00% EK   0.82% Others   4.70%