2009 European Parliament election in Greece

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2009 European Parliament election in Greece
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  2004 7 June 2009 2014  

22 seats in the European Parliament
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
  George Papandreou (junior).jpg Kostas Karamanlis 2009 (cropped).jpg Aleka Papariga 2009 (cropped).jpg
Leader George Papandreou Kostas Karamanlis Aleka Papariga
Party PASOK ND KKE
Alliance S&D EPP GUE/NGL
Last election34.03%, 8 seats43.01%, 11 seats9.48%, 3 seats
Seats won882
Seat changeSteady2.svgDecrease2.svg 3Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote1,879,2291,656,085428,151
Percentage36.65%32.30%8.35%
SwingIncrease2.svg2.62ppDecrease2.svg10.71ppDecrease2.svg1.13pp

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  GeorgiosKaratzaferis.jpg Alexis Tsipras die 16 Ianuarii 2012.jpg
Leader Georgios Karatzaferis Alexis Tsipras 6-member committee
Party LAOS Syriza OP
Alliance EFD GUE/NGL Greens/EFA
Last election4.12%, 1 seat4.16%, 1 seat0.67%, 0 seats
Seats won211
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Steady2.svgIncrease2.svg1
Popular vote366,616240,971178,960
Percentage7.15%4.70%3.49
SwingIncrease2.svg3.03ppIncrease2.svg0.54ppIncrease2.svg2.82pp

European Parliament elections were held in Greece on 7 June 2009 to elect the 22 Greek members of the European Parliament. Members were elected by party-list proportional representation with a 3% electoral threshold. The number of seats allocated to Greece was reduced from 24 to 22, as a result of new member states joining the European Union (EU). Consistent with EU-wide rules, Greek citizens resident in another of the 26-member states were permitted to vote in the place where they currently reside.

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Participating parties

On 24 May, the Greek Court of Cassation, the country's supreme court, accepted the applications of 27 of the 33 parties which applied to contest the elections. It banned six parties from participating:

In addition, the court ruled that the following parties could not participate as part of the Coalition of the Radical Left:

A judicial dispute ensued, when Drassi filed a petition before the Council of State to annul the ministerial decision, through which the time for political advertising spots on the radio and television would be allocated, since it disproportionately favoured established parties. A preliminary ruling sent the dispute to the Council of State's plenary session, which will hear the petition for annulment on 25 September 2009.

Opinion polls

SourceDate PASOK ND Syriza KKE LAOS EcoGreens Undecided and others
RASS 09-03-0932.129.67.97.15.13.2
VPRC 09-04-0037348.584.553
MATN 09-05-0436.433.67.99.15.46.31.3
Focus 09-05-1031.729.66.47.54.74.23.3
PulseRC 09-05-1031285.66.64.44.82
Marc 09-05-1031.828.66.28.14.34.82
ALCO 09-05-1030.226.55.37.843.52.9
Barometer 09-05-102823.55.55.55.541
Public Issue 09-05-18342865.557
Alco 09-05-1830.226.14.26.43.65.7
VPRC 09-05-2037.5326.5857.5
MRB/Eleftheros Typos 09-05-2429.226.46.66.24.66.25.1
Kappa/Aggelioforos 09-05-2431.528.47.35.34.48.15.1
GPO09-05-263026.37668.5
Metron09-05-2627.323.57.24.94.57.9
Public Issue/Kathimerini09-05-273328.555.54.58.515

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
PASOK 1,879,22936.6580
New Democracy 1,656,08532.308–3
Communist Party of Greece 428,1518.352–1
Popular Orthodox Rally 366,6167.152+1
Syriza 240,9714.7010
Ecologist Greens 178,9603.491+1
Panhellenic Macedonian Front 65,1411.270New
Party of Greek Hunters 64,8241.260New
Drassi 38,9080.760New
Ecologists of Greece 33,2920.650New
Greek Ecologists 31,1650.6100
Golden Dawn 23,6090.460New
Antarsya 21,9880.4300
Union of Centrists 19,6860.3800
Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece 13,1380.2600
Popular Unions of Bipartisan Social Groups 10,4880.200New
Society – Political Party of the Successors of Kapodistrias 7,9340.150New
Hellenic Direct Democracy Movement7,9280.150New
Liberal PartyLibertas.eu 6,4890.130New
Youth Party6,2050.120New
Workers Revolutionary Party 6,0420.120New
Fighting Socialist Party of Greece 5,6180.1100
European Free Alliance–Rainbow 4,5120.0900
Liberal Alliance 4,3190.080New
Greek Unity 3,0010.060New
Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece 2,7970.0500
Patriotic Humanitarian Movement 8000.020New
Total5,127,896100.0022–2
Valid votes5,127,89697.46
Invalid/blank votes133,8532.54
Total votes5,261,749100.00
Registered voters/turnout10,014,79552.54
Source: Ministry of the Interior

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