Greece (European Parliament constituency)
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| Greece European Parliament constituency |
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| Created | 1981 |
| MEP(s) | 24 (2004) |
| Source(s) | [1][2] |
In European elections, Greece is a constituency of the European Parliament, currently represented by twenty-four MEPs. It covers the member state of Greece.
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[edit] Current MEPs
- Further information: MEPs for Greece 2004-2009
As of October 2007
| Name | National Party | EP group |
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| Stavros Arnaoutakis | PASOK | PES |
| Katerina Batzeli | PASOK | PES |
| Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos | ND | EPP–ED |
| Georgios Georgiou | LAOS | IND/DEM |
| Ioannis Gklavakis | ND | EPP–ED |
| Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou | ND | EPP–ED |
| Stavros Lambrinidis | PASOK | PES |
| Diamanto Manolakou | CPG | GUE–NGL |
| Maria Matsouka | PASOK | PES |
| Manolis Mavrommatis | ND | EPP–ED |
| Athanasios Pafilis | KKE | GUE–NGL |
| Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou | ND | EPP–ED |
| Dimitrios Papadimoulis | Synaspismós | GUE–NGL |
| Georgios Papastamkos | ND | EPP–ED |
| Georgios Toussas | CPG | GUE–NGL |
| Antonios Trakatellis | ND | EPP–ED |
| Evangelia Tzampazi | PASOK | PES |
| Nikolaos Vakalis | ND | EPP–ED |
| Ioannis Varvitsiotis | ND | EPP–ED |
[edit] 1981
- Further information: European Parliament election, 1981 (Greece)
The 1981 European election was a by-election held after Greece joined the European Communities in 1981. The rest of the EC had voted in 1979.
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[edit] 1984
- Further information: European Parliament election, 1984 (Greece)
The 1984 European election was the second European election and the first time Greece voted with the rest of the Community.
| Party | Votes | Seats | |||
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| No. | % | +− % | No. | +− | |
| Panhellenic Socialist Movement | 2,476,491 | 41.58 | +1,46 | 10 | - |
| New Democracy | 2,266,568 | 38.05 | +6,71 | 9 | +1 |
| Communist Party of Greece | 693,304 | 11.64 | -1,20 | 3 | - |
| Communist Party of Greece (Interior) | 203,813 | 3.42 | -1,88 | 1 | - |
| National Political Union | 136,642 | 2.29 | - | 1 | - |
| Party of Democratic Socialism | 47,389 | 0.80 | -3,46 | - | -1 |
| Christian Democracy Χριστιανική Δημοκρατία | 26,735 | 0.45 | -0.70 | - | - |
| Liberal Party | 20,908 | 0.35 | -0,69 | - | |
| Revolutionary communist movement of Greece | 17,789 | 0.30 | - | - | - |
| Union of the Democratic Centre | 16.848 | 0.28 | -0,84 | - | - |
| Fighting Socialist Party of Greece | 10,389 | 0.18 | - | - | - |
| No. of valid votes | 100.00 | - | |||
| Invalid votes | |||||
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[edit] 1989
- Further information: European Parliament election, 1989 (Greece)
The 1989 European election was the third election to the European Parliament and was held on June 15 for Greece.
| Party | Leader | Votes | Seats | |||
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| No. | % | +− % | No. | +− | ||
| New Democracy | Constantine Mitsotakis | 2,647,215 | 40.45 | 10 | ||
| Panhellenic Socialist Movement | Andreas Papandreou | 2,352,271 | 35.94 | 9 | ||
| Coalition of the Left and Progress | Charilaos Florakis | 936,175 | 14.30 | 4 | ||
| Democratic Renewal | Konstantinos Stephanopoulos | 89,469 | 1.37 | 1 | ||
| National Political Union | Chrisanthos Dimitriadis (Χρύσανθος Δημητριάδης) | 75,877 | 1.16 | - | ||
| Alternative Ecologists | 72,369 | 1.11 | - | |||
| Greek Democratic Ecological Movement Ελληνικό Δημοκρατικό Οικολογικό Κίνημα, ΕΔΟΚ | Dimitris Kollatos | 67,998 | 1.04 | - | ||
| Greek Socialist Party Ελληνικό Σοσιαλιστικό Κόμμα, Ε.Σ.Κ. | Gerasimos Arsenis | 42,981 | 0.66 | - | ||
| Communist Party of Greece (Interior)-Renewing Left | Giannis Banias Γιάννης Μπανιάς | 40,888 | 0.62 | - | ||
| Greek Radical Movement Ελληνικό Ριζοσπαστικό Κίνημα, Ε.Ρ.Κ. | Antonis Tritsis | 40,806 | 0.62 | - | ||
| Ecological Movement-Political Rebirth Οικολογικό Κίνημα - Πολιτική Αναγέννηση, ΟΙ.ΚΙ.Π.ΑΝ. | Konstantinos Papanikolas | 27,540 | 0.42 | - | ||
| Christian Democracy Χριστιανική Δημοκρατία | Nikos Psaroudakis Νίκος Ψαρουδάκης | 26,970 | 0.41 | - | ||
| Liberal Party | Nikitas Venizelos Νικήτας Βενιζέλος | 26,040 | 0.40 | - | ||
| Direct Democracy Άμεση Δημοκρατία | Manolis Glezos | 25,150 | 0.38 | - | ||
| Union of the Democratic Centre | Ioannis Zidgis Ιωάννης Ζίγδης | 18,313 | 0.28 | - | ||
| United Nationalist Movement Ενιαίο Εθνικιστικό Κίνημα, ΕΝΕΚ | Andreas Dendrinos | 15,183 | 0.23 | - | ||
| New Politicians Νέοι Πολιτικοί | Dimosthenis Sofianos | 12,376 | 0.19 | - | ||
| European Economic Movement Ευρωπαϊκή Οικονομική Κίνηση, Ε.Ο.Κ. | 8,237 | 0.13 | - | |||
| Autonomous Movement Workers Politics Αυτοδύναμη Κίνηση Εργατικής Πολιτικής, ΑΚΕΠ | 7,527 | 0.12 | - | |||
| Union of Producers, Tradesmen and Consumers of Greece Ένωση Παραγωγών Εμπόρων Καταναλωτών Ελλάδας, ΕΠΕΚΕ | Kostas Thanos Κώστας Θάνος | 7,021 | 0.11 | - | ||
| Party of National Fighters Κόμμα Εθνικών Αγωνιστών | 4,263 | 0.07 | - | |||
| Others | - | - | - | |||
| No. of valid votes | 100.00 | - | ||||
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[edit] 1994
- Further information: European Parliament election, 1994 (Greece)
The 1994 European election was the fourth election to the European Parliament and was held on June 12 for Greece.
| Party | Leader | Votes | Seats | |||
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| No. | % | +− % | No. | +− | ||
| Panhellenic Socialist Movement | Andreas Papandreou | 2,458,619 | 37.6 | - | 10 | - |
| New Democracy | Miltiadis Evert | 2,133,372 | 32.7 | - | 9 | - |
| Political Spring | Antonis Samaras | 564,778 | 8.6 | - | 2 | +2 |
| Communist Party of Greece | Aleka Papariga | 410,741 | 6.29 | - | 2 | - |
| Coalition of the Left and Progress | Nikos Konstantopoulos | 408,066 | 6.25 | - | 2 | - |
| Democratic Renewal | Konstantinos Stephanopoulos | 182,522 | 2.8 | - | - | - |
| Union of Centrists | Vassilis Leventis | 77,951 | 1.19 | - | - | - |
| Popular Unions of Bipartisan Social Groups | Konstantinos Dalios | 18,648 | 0.29 | - | - | - |
| Political Ecology (Πολιτική Οικολογία) | Dimitrios Chatzipanagiotou et al. | 17,017 | 0.26 | - | - | - |
| Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Greece | 9,639 | 0.15 | - | - | - | |
| Chrysi Avyi | Nikolaos Michaloliakos | 7,242 | 0.11 | - | - | - |
| Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece | Ilias Zafeiropoulos | 5,956 | 0.09 | - | - | - |
| Others | 248,040 | 3.5 | - | - | - | |
| No. of valid votes | 6,532,591 | 100,00 | 25 | - | ||
| Invalid votes | 271,293 | |||||
| Total | 6,803,884 (71,2%) |
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| Registered voters | 9,550,596 | |||||
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[edit] 1999
- Further information: European Parliament election, 1999 (Greece)
The 1999 European election was the fifth election to the European Parliament and was held on June 13 for Greece.
| Party | Leader | Votes | Seats | |||
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| No. | % | +− % | No. | +− | ||
| New Democracy | Kostas Karamanlis | 2,314,371 | 36.00 | +3.3 | 9 | - |
| Panhellenic Socialist Movement | Costas Simitis | 2,115,844 | 32.91 | -4.7 | 9 | -1 |
| Communist Party of Greece | Aleka Papariga | 557,365 | 8.67 | +2.38 | 3 | +1 |
| Democratic Social Movement | Dimitris Tsovolas | 440,191 | 6.85 | - | 2 | - |
| Coalition of the Left and Progress | Nikos Konstantopoulos | 331,928 | 5.16 | -1.2 | 2 | - |
| Political Spring | Antonis Samaras | 146,512 | 2.28 | -6.3 | 0 | -2 |
| The Liberals | Stefanos Manos | 103,962 | 1.62 | +1.6 | 0 | - |
| Party of Greek Hunters | Georgios Aramatzis | 64,194 | 1.00 | 0 | - | |
| Union of Centrists | Vassilis Leventis | 52,512 | 0.82 | 0 | - | |
| Front Line | Konstantinos Plevris | 48,532 | 0.75 | 0 | - | |
| Ecological Greek (Kollatos) Οικολογικό Ελληνικό | Dimitrios Kollatos | 48,532 | 0.75 | 0 | - | |
| Greek Ecologists | Dimosthenis Vergis | 30,684 | 0.48 | 0 | - | |
| Radical Anti-Prohibitory Movement Ριζοσπαστική Αντιαπαγορευτική Κίνηση | Kleanthis Grivas | 21,274 | 0.33 | 0 | - | |
| Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Greece | Iosif Stavridis | 16,782 | 0.26 | 0 | - | |
| Party of Hellenism | Sotirios Sofianopoulos | 16,608 | 0.26 | 0 | - | |
| Alternative Ecologists (Chatzipanagiotou) | Dimitrios Chatzipanagiotou | 14,335 | 0.22 | 0 | - | |
| Popular Unions of Bipartisan Social Groups (Lefko) | Konstantinos Dalios | 14,266 | 0.22 | 0 | - | |
| Radical Left Front | Dimitrios Desillas | 10,884 | 0.17 | 0 | - | |
| Militant Socialist Party of Greece | Nikolaos Kargopoulos | 9,840 | 0.15 | 0 | - | |
| Socialist Worker's Party | Panos Garganas | 8,049 | 0.13 | 0 | - | |
| Hellenic Front | Makis Voridis | 7,693 | 0.12 | 0 | - | |
| Rainbow | Pavlos Boskopoulos | 4,951 | 0.08 | 0 | - | |
| Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece | Ilias Zafeiropoulos | 4,600 | 0.07 | 0 | - | |
| Human Rights | Christos Antonopoulos | 1,201 | 0.02 | 0 | - | |
| Alternative Ecologists (Shizas) | Ioannis Shizas | 832 | 0.01 | 0 | - | |
| Others | 57,219 | 0.89 | 0 | - | ||
| No. of valid votes | 6,429,036 | 100,00 | 25 | - | ||
| Invalid votes | 283,648 | |||||
| Total | 6,712,684 (70.3%) |
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| Registered voters | 9,555,326 | |||||
[edit] 2004
- Further information: European Parliament election, 2004 (Greece)
The 2004 European election was the sixth election to the European Parliament and was held on June 13 for Greece. The ruling New Democracy party made strong gains, while the opposition Panhellenic Socialist Movement made smaller gains, both at the expense of minor parties.
| Party | Leader/Main candidate | Votes | Seats | |||
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| No. | % | +− % | No. | +− | ||
| New Democracy | Kostas Karamanlis | 2,633,961 | 43.02 | +7.0 | 11 | +2 |
| Panhellenic Socialist Movement | George Andreas Papandreou | 2,083,327 | 34.03 | +1.1 | 8 | −1 |
| Communist Party of Greece | Aleka Papariga | 580,396 | 9.48 | +0.8 | 3 | |
| Coalition of the Left of Movements and Ecology | Nikos Konstantopoulos | 254,447 | 4.16 | -1.0 | 1 | -1 |
| Popular Orthodox Rally | Georgios Karatzaferis | 252,429 | 4.12 | - | 1 | - |
| Women for Another Europe Gynaikes gia mia alli Evropi | Nena Venetsanou | 46,565 | 0.76 | - | 0 | - |
| Democratic Regional Union | Mihalis Haralambidis | 44,541 | 0.73 | - | 0 | - |
| Ecologists Greens | Mihail Tremopoulos | 40,873 | 0.67 | - | 0 | - |
| Union of Centrists | Vassilis Leventis | 34,511 | 0.56 | +0 | - | - |
| Greek Ecologists | Dimosthenis Vergis | 32,956 | 0.54 | - | - | - |
| Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Greece | Iosif Stavridis | 21,220 | 0.35 | +0 | - | - |
| Hellenic Front | Makis Voridis | 15,243 | 0.25 | - | - | - |
| Democratic Socialist Movement Dimokratiko Socialistiko Kinima | Emmanouil Kriaras | 13,627 | 0.22 | - | - | - |
| Radical Left Front | Ioannis Aggelis | 13,387 | 0.22 | +0 | - | - |
| Anti-Capitalist Coalition | Stella Alfieri | 11,938 | 0.19 | - | - | - |
| Militant Socialist Party of Greece | Nikolaos Kargopoulos | 11,598 | 0.19 | +0 | - | - |
| Patriotic Alliance | Dimitrios Zaphiropoulos | 10,618 | 0.17 | +0 | - | _ |
| Rainbow | Styliani Papadimitrou | 6,176 | 0.10 | +0 | - | - |
| Vision Orama | Dimitrios Katsimpras | 5,996 | 0.10 | - | - | - |
| Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece | Ilias Zafeiropoulos | 5,090 | 0.08 | +0 | - | - |
| European Confederacy Evropaiki Sympoliteia | Giorgos Kokkas | 3,791 | 0.06 | +0 | - | - |
| Alternative Ecologists Oikologoi Enallaktikoi | Konstantinos Yfantis | 284 | 0.00 | +0 | - | - |
| Hristopistia | Efstathios Patsantzis | 45 | 0.0 | +0 | - | - |
| No. of valid votes | 6,122,632 | 100,00 | 24 | -1 | ||
| Invalid votes | 161,005 | |||||
| Total | 6,283,637 (97,4%) |
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| Registered voters | 9,938,863 | |||||
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[edit] 2009
- Further information: European Parliament election, 2009 (Greece)
The next election will be in 2009 and the number of seats will be reduced to 22.
[edit] References
- ^ Full election results
- ^ Election results (in Greek)
- ^ (George Th. Mavrogordatos (December 1995). "Greece". European Journal of Political Research 28 (3-4): 353-358. doi:.)
- ^ Archivo Histórico Electoral statistics
- ^ (George Th. Mavrogordatos (December 2000). "Greece". European Journal of Political Research 38 (3-4): 397-401. doi:.) (Only deals with the parties that took seats)
- ^ Greek Interior Ministry election data; EU election data.
[edit] External links
- European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)
- List of MEPs europarl.europa.eu
- Greek election results, via the Greek Ministry of Internal Affairs;
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