European elections, 6 – 9 June 2024, country sheet GREECE
Official EE24 website: https://www.ypes.gr/ekloges/ekloges-gia-to-europaiko-koinoboulio
Other elections/referenda held the same day: No
Number of MEPs before/after EE24: 21/21
Current government: PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis – New Democracy (EPP), second term since June 2023
ELECTORAL RULES
- Obligatory vote: Yes, with exceptions
- Number of constituencies: 1
- Preferential vote: Yes, up to 4 candidates from a single list
- Postal vote: Yes
- Threshold to get elected: 3%
- Day of EE24: Sunday 9 June
- Opening time of polling stations: 07:00 EEST
- Closing time of polling stations: 19:00 EEST
VOTERS
- Total: 9,796,330
- Minimum age: 17 – calculated based on calendar years (i.e. anyone born before 1/1/2008)
CANDIDATES
- Lists (total): 31
- Candidates (total): 1,168
- Minimum age to stand as candidate: 25
Lead candidates per list or party (affiliation) (In bold those represented in outgoing EP)
- N/A
MEPs re-running (in bold lead candidate of list)
(in bold candidates who are running with a different party this time)
- Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Left (SYRIZA)
- Emmanouil FRAGKOS, ECR (Greek Solution)
- Alexis GEORGOULIS, NI (Green Movement)
- Manolis KEFALOGIANNIS, EPP (New Democracy)
- Petros KOKKALIS, Greens/EFA (Kosmos)
- Stelios KOULOGLOU, Left (New Left)
- Elena KOUNTOURA, Left (SYRIZA)
- Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS, EPP (New Democracy)
- Vangelis MEIMARAKIS, EPP (New Democracy)
- Lefteris NIKOLAOU-ALAVANOS, NI (Communist Party)
- Kostas PAPADAKIS, NI (Communist Party)
- Nikos PAPANDREOU, S&D (PASOK-KINAL)
- Maria SPYRAKI, EPP (New Democracy)
- Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, EPP (New Democracy)
- Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, S&D (PASOK-KINAL)
RESULTS 2019
- Νέα Δημοκρατία / New Democracy / 8 / 33,12%
- ΣΥΡΙΖΑ/SYRΙΖΑ – Συνασπισμός Ριζοσπαστικής Αριστεράς / Coalition of the Radical Left / 6 / 23,75%
- Coal. KINAL/ΚΙΝΑΛ – Coalition Κίνημα Αλλαγής / Movement for Change / 2 / 7,72%
- KKE – Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας / Communist Party of Greece / 2 / 5,35%
- Χρυσή Αυγή / Golden Dawn / 2 / 4,87%
- Ελληνική Λύση / Greek Solution / 1 / 4,18%
- ΜέΡΑ25 / DiEM25 / 0 / 2,99%
- Πλεύση Ελευθερίας / Course of Freedom / 0 / 1,61%
- Το Ποτάμι – To Potami / The River / 0 / 1,52%
- Ένωση Κεντρώων / Union of Centrists / 0 / 1,45%
- Οικολόγοι Πράσινοι / Ecologist Greens / 0 / 0,87%
- ΑΝΕΛ/ANEL – Ανεξάρτητοι Έλληνες/Independent Greeks / 0 / 0,80%
- ΑΝΤΑΡΣΥΑ/ANTARSYA – Αντικαπιταλιστική Αριστερή Συνεργασία για την Ανατροπή/Front of the Greek Anticapitalist Left / 0 / 0,64%
- ΛΑΕ/LAE – Λαϊκή Ενότητα-Μέτωπο ανατροπής / Popular Unity / 0 / 0,56%
- Άλλα κόμματα – Other parties / 0 / 10,57%
TURNOUT 2019
- 58.69%
Source – EU Parliament