2000 Greek parliamentary election

2000 Greek parliamentary election

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All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament 151 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Costas Simitis Kostas Karamanlis Party PASOK ND Last election 162 seats, 41.49% 38.12%, 108 seats Seats won 158 125 Seat change 4 17 Popular vote 3,008,081 2,934,948 Percentage 43.80% 42.73% Swing 2.31 pp 4.61 pp   Third party Fourth party   Leader Aleka Papariga Nikos Konstantopoulos Party KKE Synaspismos Last election 5.61%, 11 seats 5.12%, 10 seats Seats won 11 6 Seat change 4 Popular vote 379,280 219,988 Percentage 5.52% 3.20% Swing 0.09 pp 1.92 pp
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election Costas Simitis PASOK Prime Minister after election Costas Simitis PASOK

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 9 April 2000. ^[1] The ruling PASOK of Prime Minister Costas Simitis was narrowly re-elected, defeating the conservative New Democracy party. Simitis formed his third cabinet.

This election is a landmark, as it is the last elector where the presentation of the election booklet was necessary. Since the local elections of 2002, the Special Electoral Number has been established and the participation of the voter is done by showing any identification document (ID card, driving license, etc.). ^[2]

They were also characterized by the large electoral reversal in favour of PASOK, 44% against 43% of New Democracy, a difference of 73,133 votes. New Democracy was ahead for over three hours of the count and with the integration of Athens B in the national results, PASOK took the lead, resulting in speculation about fraud. ^[3]

Opinion polls

Polling firm/commissioner	Fieldwork date	PASOK	ND	KKE	Syn	DIKKI	POLAN	Fil	Lead
2000 parliamentary election	9 Apr 2000	43.8 158	42.7 125	5.5 11	3.2 6	2.7 0	–	–	1.1
Opinion/Mega exit poll	9 Apr 2000 (19:00)	41.5–44.0	42.5–44.5	5.5–6.0	3.0–4.0	2.0–3.0	–	–	0.8
Metron Analysis/ANT1 exit poll	9 Apr 2000 (19:00)	41.7–44.1	41.6–44.0	4.4–5.6	3.3–4.5	2.1–3.1	–	–	0.1
Kappa Research/Star exit poll	9 Apr 2000 (19:00)	42.4	43.2	5.3	3.7	2.8	–	–	0.8
Alco/Alpha exit poll	9 Apr 2000 (19:00)	41.4–42.4	42.2–43.2	5.5–6.1	3.8–4.4	2.6–3.1	–	–	0.8
Sofres/ERT exit poll	9 Apr 2000 (19:00)	43.2	42.9	5.3	3.7	2.8	–	–	0.3
Alco/Alpha	16-22 Mar 2000	41.5	41.3	6.0	4.5	4.8	–	–	0.2
Opinion/Mega	14-20 Mar 2000	40.6	40.1	5.7	4.5	4.7	–	–	0.5
Alco/Alpha	6-15 Mar 2000	40.8	40.1	5.7	4.5	5.7	–	–	0.7
MRB	7-13 Mar 2000	40.4	40.1	5.7	4.7	4.2	–	–	0.3
Kappa Research/Star	9-11 Mar 2000	42.1	41.7	5.5	4.7	4.3	–	–	0.4
Metron Analysis/ANT1	1-11 Mar 2000	41.9	40.8	4.9	4.4	4.6	–	–	1.1
Metron Analysis/ANT1	22 Feb-6 Mar 2000	41.4	40.4	5.6	4.8	5.1	–	0.5	1.0
VPRC	14 Feb-5 Mar 2000	41.3	39.0	5.7	4.9	5.0	0.7	0.3	2.3
Data Research	7 Feb-3 Mar 2000	40.6	41.8	5.7	3.5	5.6	–	–	1.2
MRB	15 Feb-1 Mar 2000	43.1	40.6	5.8	4.6	4.3	0.5	1.1	2.5
Alco/Alpha	15-25 Feb 2000	40.8	39.9	6.0	4.0	4.3	–	0.6	0.9
Opinion/Mega	8-16 Feb 2000	42.6	39.5	6.2	3.8	4.0	0.6	0.7	3.1
Alco/Alpha	25 Jan-3 Feb 2000	39.4	40.8	6.2	4.3	5.3	0.5	1.0	1.4
Kappa Research/Star	20 Jan-3 Feb 2000	41.2	40.3	5.5	4.0	3.8	1.4	0.8	0.9
Data Research	7-23 Jan 2000	38.9	40.6	6.6	4.8	7.2	0.2	0.5	1.7
VPRC	2-22 Dec 1999	38.4	40.6	6.4	4.4	5.3	0.6	0.6	2.2
MRB	24 Nov-9 Dec 1999	39.0	37.7	6.9	4.9	5.9	1.7	0.6	1.3
Metron Analysis/ANT1	2-16 Nov 1999	39.3	37.8	6.3	5.8	6.8	1.3	0.6	1.5
Alco/Alpha	29 Sep-12 Oct 1999	36.5	39.9	7.4	4.7	6.4	1.5	0.8	3.4
Opinion/Mega	16-30 Sep 1999	36.6	37.3	6.6	3.4	6.9	1.1	0.7	0.7
VPRC	17-29 Sep 1999	36.0	39.2	6.4	5.4	6.6	1.3	0.9	3.2
Metron Analysis/ANT1	14-24 Sep 1999	39.1	38.2	6.5	5.1	6.0	1.3	1.3	0.9
Metron Analysis	10-18 Jul 1999	37.3	38.2	7.3	5.4	6.1	1.2	1.2	0.9
1999 European election	13 Jun 1999	32.9	36.0	8.7	5.2	6.9	2.3	1.6	3.1
Metron Analysis	19 May-11 Jun 1999	35.1	37.2	7.6	6.4	7.2	2.4	1.6	2.1
Metron Analysis	29 May-8 Jun 1999	35.0	38.1	7.4	6.0	7.5	1.4	1.5	3.1
Metron Analysis	12-23 May 1999	36.3	38.8	6.8	6.2	5.8	2.7	1.2	2.5
Metron Analysis	22 Apr-3 May 1999	36.3	40.5	6.3	7.3	5.7	2.1	–	4.2
Metron Analysis	24 Mar-1 Apr 1999	36.9	38.8	6.8	7.4	6.2	2.5	–	1.9
Metron Analysis	25 Jan-3 Feb 1999	35.9	41.4	5.6	6.0	6.5	2.3	–	5.5
1996 parliamentary election	22 Sep 1996	41.5 162	38.1 108	5.6 11	5.1 10	4.4 9	2.9 0	–	3.4

Results

Results, showing the winning party in each municipal unit.

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	PASOK	3,008,081	43.80	158	–4
	New Democracy	2,934,948	42.73	125	+17
	Communist Party of Greece	379,280	5.52	11	0
	Synaspismos	219,988	3.20	6	–4
	Democratic Social Movement	184,648	2.69	0	–9
	Democratic Regional Union	32,149	0.47	0	New
	Union of Centrists	23,218	0.34	0	0
	Union of Ecologists	20,523	0.30	0	0
	National Coalition	14,688	0.21	0	New
	Front Line	12,192	0.18	0	New
	Radical Left Front	8,183	0.12	0	New
	Communist Party of Greece (Marxist–Leninist)	7,325	0.11	0	New
	Party of Hellenism	6,241	0.09	0	0
	Left! – M-L KKE	5,879	0.09	0	0
	Alternative Ecologists	3,291	0.05	0	0
	Liberal Party	2,123	0.03	0	New
	Fighting Socialist Party of Greece	2,044	0.03	0	0
	Self-Governed Movement of Labour Politics	1,153	0.02	0	0
	Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece	1,139	0.02	0	0
	Christianity	260	0.00	0	0
	Party of Greek Workers	153	0.00	0	0
	National Patriotic Party	23	0.00	0	New
	Olympic Party	4	0.00	0	0
	Panhellenic Democratic Party of Peace	4	0.00	0	New
	Independents	592	0.01	0	0
Total		6,868,129	100.00	300	0
Valid votes		6,868,129	97.74
Invalid/blank votes		158,501	2.26
Total votes		7,026,630	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		9,277,277	75.74
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p830 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
2. "Εκλογικό βιβλιάριο τέλος!" . Retrieved 6 July 2023.
3. "ΒΟΥΛΕΥΤΙΚΕΣ ΕΚΛΟΓΕΣ 2000 Οι σκληροί παίζουν με τη νοθεία" . Retrieved 6 July 2023.