List of parliamentary constituencies of Greece

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Parliamentary constituencies as of the 2018 reform.
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Parliamentary constituencies as of 2018 by number of seats.
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The Greece constituency for elections to the European Parliament.

This is a list of electoral constituencies returning Members of Parliament to the Parliament of Greece. The list reflects the changes which were made to Athens B and Attica in December 2018. [1] Electoral constituencies account for 285 of the 300 parliamentary seats, [2] while the other 15 are elected on a national level through party-list proportional representation. Each constituency, with the exception of those in Attica and Thessaloniki, corresponds to a single prefecture of Greece, even though these were abolished in 2010.

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The number of seats in each constituency is calculated by first finding the national quota. This is done by dividing the total number of legal residents in the country, as counted at the latest census, by 285 the number of seats in the Parliament elected in constituencies; [3] using the 2021 census, the current quota is 34,089 residents per seat. The actual number of seats per constituency is then calculated in two steps. First by dividing the legal resident population of each constituency with the national quota and rounding down, [3] so that Athens A for example gets 13 seats with a sum of 13.59 while Evrytania gets 0 with a sum of 0.90. Because the sums are rounded down, there are always leftover seats which are then allocated in the second step, by awarding one additional seat to each constituency, in descending order of leftover sums, until all 285 constituency seats have been allocated. [3] In the 2022 apportionment of seats, 256 seats were allocated in the first step and 29 in the second. [4]

In addition, Greece is a single 21-seat constituency of the European Parliament.

Constituencies of Greece [2] [1]
ConstituencyLegal residents
(2021 census)
SeatsMaximum number of
votes per ballot
Legal residents
per seat
Achaea 296,5749332,953
Aetolia-Acarnania 235,3717233,624
Arcadia 96,0923132,031
Argolis 93,9343131,311
Arta 79,7762139,888
Athens A 430,36213433,105
Athens B1 – North Athens 557,40716434,838
Athens B2 – West Athens 405,62312433,802
Athens B3 – South Athens 636,47419433,499
Boeotia 109,2933136,431
Cephalonia 41,0691141,069
Chalkidiki 104,7023134,901
Chania 144,2594236,064
Chios 52,0962126,048
Corfu 97,0373132,346
Corinthia 136,4014234,100
Cyclades 122,7384230,685
Dodecanese 180,5915236,118
Drama 95,7013131,900
East Attica 403,71412333,643
Elis 168,3585233,672
Euboea 213,1796235,530
Evros 134,7764233,694
Evrytania 24,5451124,545
Florina 50,9212125,460
Grevena 34,5381134,538
Heraklion 285,5288335,691
Imathia 136,6024234,150
Ioannina 163,0445232,609
Karditsa 129,1714232,293
Kastoria 48,4641148,464
Kavala 129,8724232,468
Kilkis 85,8853128,628
Kozani 149,7334237,433
Laconia 87,1043129,035
Larissa 268,4518333,556
Lasithi 73,2582136,629
Lefkada 25,3651125,365
Lesbos 97,8243132,608
Magnesia 181,8795236,376
Messenia 161,9535232,391
Pella 138,5684234,642
Phocis 39,8001139,800
Phthiotis 151,0364237,759
Pieria 123,2454230,811
Piraeus A 182,6675236,533
Piraeus B 274,7308334,342
Preveza 62,7692131,385
Rethymno 79,8012139,901
Rhodope 101,7673133,922
Samos 42,2021142,202
Serres 182,2265236,445
Thesprotia 47,9471147,947
Thessaloniki A 568,57617433,446
Thessaloniki B 316,3699335,152
Trikala 139,5624234,891
West Attica 148,5484237,137
Xanthi 107,5483135,849
Zakynthos 38,3401138,340
Average164,6675234,493
Greece total9,715,375285 a 34,385

See also

Notes

  1. ^a A further 15 seats are elected at a national level through party-list proportional representation, bringing the total number of seats to 300.

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