2006 Greek local elections

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The 2006 Greek local elections elected representatives to Greece's 3 super-prefectures, 54 prefectures, provinces, and approximately 1,033 communities and municipalities.

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The elections took place on Sunday, 15 October 2006 from 7am to 7pm.

According to the New Code for Municipalities and Communities, a platform gains the absolute majority of the seats if it has more than 42% of the votes. If no platform achieves that, then there is a second round, one week later. The ballot in the second round includes the two platforms which garnered the most votes in the 1st week.

Traditionally, candidates at local elections do not run under the official name of the party they belong, but form electoral platforms with different names for the purpose.

Elections

Municipal mayoralties

Municipality of Athens

CandidateSupporting parties [1] Platform1st Round %Seats
Nikitas Kaklamanis New Democracy/
Popular Orthodox Rally
126,87746.0527
Kostas Skandalidis Panhellenic Socialist Movement 79,46328.8411
Alexis Tsipras Coalition of the Radical Left /
Communist Organization of Greece
28,96410.514
Spyros Halvatzis Communist Party of Greece/
Democratic Social Movement/
Communist Renewal/
Intervention of Left Citizens
24,1698.773
Dimosthenis Vergis Greek Ecologists 3,9351.430
Tasos Krommydas Ecologist Greens 3,8221.390
Dimitrios Zaphiropoulos Patriotic Alliance 3,7051.340
Aggelos Hagios Radical Left Front/
Communist Party of Greece (Marxist-Leninist)
3,1071.130
Emmanouil Kalligiannis Liberal Party 1,4580.530
No. of valid votes275,500100.0045
Invalid votes21,504 
Total297,004
(57.77%)

Municipality of Piraeus

CandidateSupporting parties [1] Platform1st Round %Seats
Panagiotis Fasoulas Panhellenic Socialist Movement 44,93645.1725
Christos Agrapidis New Democracy 32,56232.0210
Thodoris Dritsas Coalition of the Radical Left/
Ecologist Greens
6,5406.432
Elpida Pantelaki Communist Party of Greece 6,2316.132
Panagiotis Melas Popular Orthodox Rally 5,6985.601
Nikolaos Legakis3,4783.421
Antonis Tsiknas Radical Left Front/
Communist Party of Greece (Marxist-Leninist)
1,2461.230
No. of valid votes101,691100.0041
Invalid votes6.936 
Total108.627
(64.20%)

Municipality of Thessaloniki

CandidateSupporting parties [1] Platform1st Round %Seats2nd Round %Seats
Vassilios Papageorgopoulos New Democracy Thessaloniki
Renewal
68,31941.43972,69652.6216 (25)
Chrysa Arapoglou Panhellenic Socialist Movement 35,62321.60565,45547.384 (9)
Yannis Boutaris Ecologist Greens Initiative for Thessaloniki26,33415.973
Georgios Karatzaferis Popular Orthodox Rally 12,3717.502
Agapios Sahinis Communist Party of Greece 12,2497.431
Tassos Kourakis Coalition of the Radical Left 8,3495.061
Thannasis Agapitos Radical Left Front/
Communist Party of Greece (Marxist-Leninist)
1,6571.000
No. of valid votes164,902100.0021138,151100.0020 (41)
Invalid votes12,62414,213
Total177,526
(72.30%)
152,364
(62.03%)

Super-Prefectural elections

Athens-Piraeus

CandidateSupporting parties [1] Platform1st Round %Seats
Fofi Gennimata Panhellenic Socialist Movement 647,02743.3946
Argyris Dinopoulos New Democracy 504,10433.8118
George Mavrikos Communist Party of Greece/
Democratic Social Movement/
Communist Renewal/
Intervention of Left Citizens
157,63310.576
Yannis Panousis Coalition of the Left of Movements and Ecology 85,1625.712
Evangelos Papadopoulos Popular Orthodox Rally 57,2993.842
Thanasses Tsirigotis M-L KKE 19,9741.340
Kostas Spanopoulos Socialist Workers' Party 19,8571.330
No. of valid votes1,491,092100.0074
Invalid votes147,815 
Total1,638,907
(69.23%)

Drama-Kavala-Xanthi

CandidateSupporting parties [1] Platform1st Round %Seats
Constantine Tatsis New Democracy 141,14256.3145
Gülbeyaz Karahasan Panhellenic Socialist Movement 83,19533.1927
Dimitris Fotiadis Communist Party of Greece/
Democratic Social Movement/
Communist Renewal/
Intervention of Left Citizens
11,7404.683
Dimitris Kollatos Popular Orthodox Rally 8,1603.260
Dimitris Proedrou Coalition of the Left of Movements and Ecology 6,4262.560
No. of valid votes250,663100.0075
Invalid votes15,521 
Total266,184
(70.74%)

Evros-Rhodope

CandidateSupporting parties [1] Platform1st Round %Seats
Georgios Minopoulos Panhellenic Socialist Movement 90,00449.9730
Stefanos Spasis New Democracy 74,29741.2520
Georgios Botrotsos Communist Party of Greece 7,2604.030
Stavros Tsagkos Coalition of the Left of Movements and Ecology 4,4502.470
Kiriakos Kozaris Popular Orthodox Rally 4,0972.270
No. of valid votes180,108100.0050
Invalid votes10,417 
Total190,525
(67.30)%)

Prefectural elections

Athens Prefecture

CandidateSupporting parties [1] PlatformSeats
Yiannis Sgouros Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Fotini Pipili New Democracy
Spyros Likoudis Coalition of the Left of Movements and Ecology
Adonis Georgiadis Popular Orthodox Rally
Hristos Katsikas M-L KKE
Niki Argiri Socialist Workers' Party

Note: There was no separate election for the position of prefect (nomarch); the nomarchs was appointed according to the results of the election in the super-prefecture.)

Piraeus Prefecture

CandidateSupporting parties [1] PlatformSeats
Yiannis Michas Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Spiros Spyridon New Democracy
Evi Karakosta Coalition of the Left of Movements and Ecology
Panagiotis Theodorakidis Popular Orthodox Rally
Antonis Fotiadis M-L KKE
Yannis Sifakakis Socialist Workers' Party

Note: There was no separate election for the position of prefect (nomarch); the nomarchs was appointed according to the results of the election in the super-prefecture.)

Thessaloniki Prefecture

CandidateSupporting parties [1] Platform1st Round %Seats
Panagiotis Psomiadis New Democracy Power for the Prefecture269,34948.2023
Voula Patoulidou Panhellenic Socialist Movement For Thessaloniki - Voula Patoulidou /
Together for the Prefecture
171,34530.669
Yiannis Ziogas Communist Party of Greece 32,7065.852
Michalis Tremopoulos Ecologist Greens/
Socialist Workers' Party
Ecology - Solidarity25,6614.592
Stratis Plomaritis Coalition of the Left of Movements and Ecology 19,3853.471
Dimitrios Tsipidis Popular Orthodox Rally 15,0172.690
Marianna Brekasi Communist Organization of Greece Left Perfectural Movement of Thessaloniki12,8592.300
Harilaos PapageorgiouIndependent12,4812.230
No. of valid votes558,805100.0037
Invalid votes45,006 
Total603,811
(79.79%)

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 When more than one parties support the same candidate, this does not necessarily mean there is an official alliance between the supporting parties or even that candidates themselves approve of all the parties that endorse them.

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