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.^[1] The ruling Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) of Prime Minister Costas Simitis was narrowly re-elected, defeating the conservative New Democracy party. Simitis formed his third cabinet.

Results

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