Greek legislative election, 2000

Greek legislative election, 2000

9 April 2000

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 9 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 (PASOK)	3,007,596	43.79	158	–4
New Democracy (ND)	2,935,196	42.74	125	+17
Communist Party of Greece (KKE)	379,454	5.52	11	0
Coalition of the Left and Progress (SYN)	219,880	3.20	6	–4
Democratic Social Movement (DIKKI)	184,598	2.69	0	–8
Democratic Regional Union (DPE)	32,068	0.47	0	New
Union of Centrists	23,228	0.34	0	0
Union of Ecologists	20,446	0.30	0	0
National Coalition	14,703	0.21	0	New
Front Line	12,125	0.18	0	New
Radical Left Front (MERA)	8,132	0.12	0	New
Communist Party of Greece (Marxist-Leninist) (KKE (M-L))	7,301	0.11	0	New
Party of Hellenism	6,272	0.09	0	0
Left! (M-L KKE and A/synechia)	5,866	0.09	0	0
Alternative Ecologists	3,321	0.05	0	0
Liberal Party	2,091	0.03	0	New
Fighting Socialist Party of Greece (ASKE)	2,026	0.03	0	0
Self-Governed Movement of Labour Politics	1,145	0.02	0	0
Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece (OAKKE)	1,126	0.02	0	0
Christian Faith	305	0.00	0	0
Party of Greek Workers	169	0.00	0	0
National Patriotic Party	22	0.00	0	New
Olympic Party	14	0.00	0	0
Panhellenic Democratic Party of Peace	4	0.00	0	New
Independents	592	0.0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	158,516	–	–	–
Total	7,026,527	100	300	0
Registered voters/turnout	9,372,541	74.97	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Popular vote
PASOK			43.79%
ND			42.74%
KKE			5.52%
SYN			3.20%
DIKKI			2.69%
Others			2.06%

Parliament seats
PASOK			52.67%
ND			41.67%
KKE			3.67%
SYN			2.00%