Greek legislative election, 2000

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Greek Parliamentary election, 2000
Distribution of parliament seats after the 2007 elections (Results).

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
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Legislative elections were held in the Hellenic Republic on 9 April 2000. At stake were 300 seats in the Greek parliament, the Voule.

The ruling Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) of Prime Minister Costas Simitis was narrowly re-elected, defeating the conservative New Democracy party.

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Summary of the 9 April 2000 Greek Parliament election results Votes Seats
No. +− % No. +−
Panhellenic Socialist Movement Costas Simitis 3,007,596 43.79 +2.3 158 −4
New Democracy Costas Karamanlis 2,935,196 42.74 +4.62 125 +17
Communist Party of Greece Aleka Papariga 379,454 5.52 -0.09 11 +0
Coalition of the Left and Progress Nikos Konstantopoulos 219,880 3.20 -1.92 6 -4
Democratic Social Movement Dimitris Tsovolas 184,598 2.69 -1.74 0 -8
Democratic Regional Union Mihalis Haralambidis 32,068 0.47 - 0 -
Union of Centrists Vassilis Leventis 23,228 0.34 -0.38 0 +0
Union of Ecologists Dimosthenis Vergis 20,466 0.30 0.01 0 -
National Coalition Εθνική Συμμαχία Grigoris Mihalopoulos 14,703 0.21 - 0 -
Front Line Konstantinos Plevris 12,125 0.18 - 0 -
Radical Left Front 8,132 0.12 -0.03 0 -
Communist Party of Greece (Marxist-Leninist) 7,301 0.11 - 0 -
Party of Hellenism Sotiris Sofianopoulos 6,272 0.09 -0.09 0 -
Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Greece 5,866 0.09 +0.03 0 +0
Alternative Ecologists 3,321 0.05 -0.03 0 -
Liberal Party Manolis Kalligiannis 2,091 0.03 - 0 -
Militant Socialist Party of Greece 2,026 0.03 +0 0 +0
Autonomous Movement Workers Politics Αυτόνομο Κίνημα Εργατικής Πολιτικής Antonios Halaris 1,145 0.02 +0 0 +0
Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece 1,126 0.02 +0 0 +0
Others - Independent candidates 923 0.01 0 -
Hristopistia Χριστοπιστία 305 0.00 0 -
Greek Workers' Party Κόμμα Εργαζομένων Ελλήνων, ΚΟ.Ε.ΕΛ. 169 0.00 0 -
National Patriotic Party Εθνικό Πατριωτικό Κόμμα, Ε.Π.Α.Κ. 22 0.00 0 -
Olympismos Ολυμπισμός 14 0.00 0 -
Panhellenic Democratic Party Peace ΠΑ.ΔΗ.ΚΕ. 4 0.00 0 -
No. of valid votes 6,868,011 100,00   300  
Invalid votes 158,516  
Total 7,026,527
(74.96%)
Source: Official results from Greek Interior Ministry

Greek electoral law requires that the party winning a majority of votes be awarded a majority of seats in the Vouli. This involves some distortion of the proportionality of the result. Parties must poll 3% of the national vote to gain representation.

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