General election in Greece 2004

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Result (in%)
 %
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
45.36
40.55
5.90
3.26
2.19
1.79
0.95
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 2000
 % p
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
+2.62
-3.24
+0.38
+0.06
+2.19
-0.90
-1.11
Otherwise.
Template: election chart / maintenance / notes
Remarks:
d Alliance of several left parties, 2000 SYN
Distribution of seats
    
A total of 300 seats

The 2004 general election in Greece took place on March 7, 2004. In the election, the 300 members of the Greek Parliament were redefined.

The elections were won by Konstantinos Karamanlis and his party, the liberal-conservative New Democracy (ND). The competing PASOK with its top candidate Georgios Papandreou received 3.24 percentage points less than in the April 2000 election .

Right to vote and compulsory voting

A three percent clause applies in the Greek electoral law . According to Greek electoral law, the votes of small parties that cannot exceed this hurdle are automatically assigned to the strongest party in the distribution of seats in order to facilitate the formation of a government. In addition, a simple majority of the votes is sufficient for the strongest party to gain a majority of the 300 seats in parliament; So it doesn't necessarily have to be a coalition to get an absolute majority.

In Greece, the publication of polling election forecasts is banned for 2 weeks before the election date. Post-election polls (published immediately after polling stations are closed) are the first indicator of the possible outcome of the election.

In Greece voting is compulsory for all Greek citizens over 18 years of age; failure will not be pursued. The turnout in the 2004 parliamentary elections was around 79 percent. The combination of compulsory voting and the Greek right to register causes an increased volume of travel with each election, as the “home town” has to be chosen, which often does not match the place of residence. Employees can get up to three days off, ferry tickets are financed in large quantities by the major parties.

Parties

17 different parties ran for election.

The parties represented in Parliament so far:

Parliamentary parties
logo Surname Alignment Top candidate
Logo of the ND Nea Dimokratia (ND)
Νέα Δημοκρατία (ΝΔ)
New Democracy 		conservative Kostas Karamanlis Kostas Karamanlis
PASOK logo Panellinio Sosialistiko Kinima (PASOK)
Πανελλήνιο Σοσιαλιστικό Κίνημα (ΠΑΣΟΚ)
Panhellenic Socialist Movement 		social democratic Giorgos Papandreou Giorgos Papandreou
Logo of the KKE Kommounistiko Komma Elladas (KKE)
Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας (KKE)
Communist Party of Greece 		Communist Aleka Papariga Aleka Papariga
SYRIZA logo Synaspismos tis Rizospastikis Aristeras (SYRIZA)
Συνασπισμός της Ριζοσπαστικής Αριστεράς (ΣΥΡΙΖΑ)
Coalition of the Radical Left 		left socialist Nikos Konstantopoulos

The election campaign

In January, Nea Dimokratia was 7% ahead of PASOK in the polls. After Papandreou was elected party chairman, PASOK caught up in the polls. At the end of February the Nea Dimokratia lead had fallen to 3%. The choice became a neck-and-neck race.

The high point of the election campaign was the traditional election rally in Athens . On the evening of March 4th, Karamanlis was cheered by an estimated 200,000 followers. The final rally of PASOK claimed to have mobilized twice as many supporters at its final rally on March 6th . None of the numbers have been independently confirmed.

Election result

Constituency results:
  • Nea Dimokratia
  • Panellinio Sosialistiko Kinima

    • The Nea Dimokratia (ND) party was the clear winner of the election and won the absolute majority of seats in parliament with 45.36%. With that she could rule alone.

    Result of the general election in Greece in 2004
    Political party be right Seats
    number % +/- number +/-
    New Democracy (ND) 3,359,682 45.36 +2.62 165 +40
    Panellinio Sosialistiko Kinima (PASOK) 3,003,275 40.55 −3.24 117 −41
    Kommounistiko Komma Elladas (KKE) 436.706 5.90 +0.38 12 +1
    Synaspismos tis Rizospastikis Aristeras (SYRIZA) 241,637 3.26 +0.06 6th ± 0
    Laikos Orthodoxos Synagermos (LAOS) 162.151 2.19 New 0 New
    Dimokratiko Kinoniko Kinima (DIKKI) 132,782 1.79 −0.90 0 ± 0
    Enosi Kentroon (EK) 19,531 0.26 −0.08 0 ± 0
    Metopo Rizospastikis Aristeras (MERA) 11,264 0.15 +0.03 0 ± 0
    Kommunistiko Komma Elladas (marxistiko-leninistiko) (KKE (ml)) 10,753 0.15 +0.04 0 ± 0
    Anikapitalistiki Symmachia 8,315 0.11 - 0 -
    Elliniko Metopo 6,751 0.09 New 0 New
    Marxistiko-Leninistiko Kommounistiko Komma Elladas (ML KKE) 4,848 0.07 −0.02 0 ± 0
    Agonistikó Sosialistikó Kómma Elládas (ASKE) 3,180 0.04 +0.01 0 ± 0
    Comma Fileleytheron 2,658 0.04 +0.01 0 ± 0
    Organosi gia tin Anasygkrotisi tou KKE (OAKKE) 2,099 0.03 +0.01 0 ± 0
    Independent candidates 892 0.01 - 0 -
    Christopistia 95 0.00 ± 0.00 0 ± 0
    total 7,406,619 100.00 300
    Valid votes 7,406,619 97.80 +0.06
    Invalid / Empty Voices 166,749 2.20 −0.06
    voter turnout 7,573,368 76.50 +1.53
    Non-voters 2,326,124 23.50 −1.53
    Registered voters 9,899,472
    Source: Greek Ministry of the Interior

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    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ Official result of the 2004 parliamentary elections, Greek Ministry of the Interior (Greek, English)