General election in Greece 2019

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Final result (in%)

 %

40

30th

20th

10

0

39.85

31.53

8.10

5.30

3.70

3.44

2.93

5.15

ND

SYRIZA

KINAL ^c

KKE

Tbsp

MeRA25

XA

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to

 % p

 12

 10

   8th

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

  -8th

-10

-12

-14

+11.75

-3.97

+1.80

-0.30

+3.70

+3.44

-4.07

-12.35

ND

SYRIZA

KINAL ^c

KKE

Tbsp

MeRA25

XA

Otherwise.

Remarks:

^c 2015: PASOK and DIMAR electoral alliance

Distribution of seats

      

A total of 300 seats

• KKE : 15
• MeRA25 : 9
• SYRIZA : 86
• KINAL : 22
• ND : 158
• EL : 10

Ballot papers and voting booths in preparation for the election

The parliamentary elections in Greece in 2019 took place on July 7, 2019. As a result, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was replaced by Kyriakos Mitsotakis .

Electoral system

All Greek citizens who were at least 17 years old in the year of the election were eligible to vote . Formally, there was a compulsory election , compliance was not checked.

The election was held with a reinforced proportional representation system . A total of 300 MPs were elected; including 288 MPs in 56 electoral districts, which are combined into 13 larger electoral districts, and twelve MPs on a state list. In the allocation of seats, the strongest party receives an allowance of 50 seats, the remaining 250 seats are allocated proportionally. For the 56 electoral districts, the distribution of seats is first based on the Hagenbach-Bischoff procedure and the remaining seats are then allocated using the Hare-Niemeyer procedure . A 3 percent threshold clause has existed since 1993 for entry into parliament .

An electoral reform passed in 2016, after which the majority bonus of 50 seats will be abolished and all seats will be distributed proportionally, did not yet apply to this election. Changes to the electoral law only apply from the next but one election if they are not approved by two thirds of the MPs. The two-thirds majority was missed.

Starting position

In the early parliamentary elections in September 2015 , the left-wing party Synaspismos Rizospastikis Aristeras (SYRIZA) of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who ruled from January 2015 to August 2015, remained the strongest party despite slight losses. As before, Tsipras formed a government coalition with the right-wing populist Anexartiti Ellines (ANEL).

In January 2019, the ANEL left the government because Tsipras agreed to settle the dispute over the name of (Northern) Macedonia . ANEL chairman Panos Kammenos resigned as defense minister. Tsipras barely survived a subsequent vote of no confidence.

The parties To Potami and ANEL, which were far from the 3% threshold clause in the European elections in May 2019 with 1.52% and 0.8% respectively, did not stand for election.

Polls

Surveys since 2016 have shown that the ruling SYRIZA has lost a massive amount of approval. The strongest party in the polls was the conservative Nea Dimokratia . Polls predicted the entry of five parties into the Greek parliament, the entry of the right-wing EL and the liberal EK seemed uncertain.

Result

Majorities by constituency: Nea Dimokratia SYRIZA



Result of the general election in Greece 2019

Political party		be right			Seats
		number	%	+/-	number	+/-
	New Democracy (ND)	2,251,411	39.85	+11.75	158	+83
	Synaspismos Rizospastikis Aristeras (SYRIZA)	1,781,174	31.53	−3.97	86	−59
	Kinima Allagis (KINAL)	457,519	8.10	+1.80	22nd	+5
	Kommounistikó Kómma Elládas (KKE)	299,592	5.30	−0.30	15th	± 0
	Elliniki Lysi (EL)	208,805	3.70	New	10	New
	MeRA25	194.232	3.44	New	9	New
	Chrysi Avgi (XA)	165.709	2.93	−4.07	0	−18
	Plefsi Eleftherias	82,672	1.46	New	0	New
	Enosi Kendroon (EK)	70.261	1.24	−2.16	0	−9
	Dimiourgia Xana	41,646	0.74	+0.21	0	± 0
	Enieo Pallaiko Metopo (EPAM)	28,269	0.50	- 0.27	0	± 0
	ANTARSYA	23,191	0.41	-0.44	0	± 0
	Laiki Enotita (LAE)	15,930	0.28	-2.58	0	± 0
	Ellinon Synelefsis	14,173	0.25	New	0	New
	KKE (ml)	7,778	0.14	-	0	-
	ML KKE	2,791	0.05	-	0	-
	Ergatikó Epanastatikó Kómma - EEK Trotskistes	1.993	0.04	-	0	-
	Organosi Kommouniston Diethniston Ellados (OKDE)	1,675	0.03	−0.01	0	± 0
	Independent	472	0.01	-0.01	0	± 0
total		5,649,332	100.00		300
Valid votes		5,649,332	97.92
Invalid votes		77.503	1.24
Blank ballot papers		42,668	0.74
voter turnout		5,769,503	57.92	+1.35
Non-voters		4,192,215	42.08	-1.35
Registered voters		9,961,718
Source: Greek Ministry of the Interior

Web links

• FAZ.net: Commentary on the election result by Michael Martens

Commons : General Election in Greece 2019  - Pictures, Videos and Audio Files Collection

See also

• History of Greece
• Political system of Greece

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} National elections - July 2019: Nationwide. Hellenic Ministry of the Interior, accessed July 8, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Greece: After clapping in the European elections - the date for new elections is fixed Münchner Merkur May 30, 2019
3. ↑ Peter Zervakis: The political system of Greece . In: Wolfgang Ismayr (Ed.): The political systems of Western Europe . 3rd, updated and revised edition. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-322-97575-4 , p. 687-730 , here p. 706 ff , doi : 10.1007 / 978-3-322-97575-1_19 .
4. ↑ Financial Times online: Greek leader Alexis Tsipras fails to abolish 50-seat bonus rule
5. ^ Spiegel online: Greece: Defense Minister Kammenos resigns
6. ↑ zeit.de: Alexis Tsipras can continue to rule
7. ↑ in.gr: End of the Anexartiti Ellines - do not undergo elections (Greek)
8. ↑ efsyn.gr (Greek)
9. ↑ PollofPolls.eu: - Election polls - Greece - Voulí tōn Ellínōn (Greek Parliament)