2004 European Parliament election in Greece

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2004 European Parliament election in Greece
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  1999 13 June 2004 2009  

24 seats in the European Parliament
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
  Kostas Karamanlis 2009 (cropped).jpg George Papandreou (junior).jpg Aleka Papariga 2009 (cropped).jpg
Leader Kostas Karamanlis George Papandreou Aleka Papariga
Party NDPA PASOK KKE
Last election36.00%, 9 seats32.91%, 9 seats8.67%, 3 seats
Seats won1183
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg
Popular vote2,633,5742,083,327580,396
Percentage43.01%34.03%9.48%
SwingIncrease2.svg7.01ppIncrease2.svg1.12ppIncrease2.svg0.81pp

 Fourth partyFifth party
  Nikos Konstantopoulos 2013 cropped.jpg GeorgiosKaratzaferis.jpg
Leader Nikos Konstantopoulos Georgios Karatzaferis
Party Synaspismos LAOS
Last election5.16%, 2 seats
Seats won11
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1New
Popular vote254,447252,429
Percentage4.16%4.12%
SwingDecrease2.svg1.00ppNew

European Parliament elections were held in Greece on 13 June 2004 to elect 24 Greek members of the European Parliament. Members were elected by party-list proportional representation with a 3% electoral threshold.

Results

The 2004 European election was the sixth election to the European Parliament. The ruling New Democracy party made strong gains, while the opposition PASOK made smaller gains, both at the expense of minor parties. The traditionalist Popular Orthodox Rally, contested in the election for the first time and elected one MEP.

2004 Greece European Parliament election.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
New DemocracyPolitical Spring 2,633,57443.0111+2
PASOK 2,083,32734.038–1
Communist Party of Greece 580,3969.4830
Synaspismos 254,4474.161–1
Popular Orthodox Rally 252,4294.121New
Women for Another Europe 46,5650.760New
Democratic Regional Union 44,5410.730New
Ecologist Greens 40,8730.6700
Union of Centrists 34,5110.5600
Greek Ecologists 32,9560.5400
Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece 21,2200.3500
Hellenic Front 15,2430.2500
Democratic Socialist Movement13,6270.220New
Radical Left Front 13,3870.2200
Anti-Capitalist Coalition 11,9380.1900
Fighting Socialist Party of Greece 11,5980.1900
Patriotic Alliance 10,6180.170New
Rainbow 6,1760.1000
Vision5,9960.100New
Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece 5,0900.0800
European Confederacy3,7910.060New
Alternative Ecologists 2840.0000
Christianity 450.0000
Total6,122,632100.0024–1
Valid votes6,122,63297.44
Invalid/blank votes161,0052.56
Total votes6,283,637100.00
Registered voters/turnout9,938,86363.22
Source: Ministry of the Interior

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