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Map of Greek electoral districts, showing the largest party by share of votes. Darker shades indicate stronger vote share. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
European Parliament elections were held in Greece on 26 May 2019 to elect the 21 Greek members of the European Parliament. The elections were held alongside the first round of the local and regional government elections, resulting in a major defeat for the governing Syriza party, and leading to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras bringing forward the scheduled parliamentary elections for 7 July 2019.
Parties and coalitions participating in the elections:
Polling firm/Commissioner | Fieldwork date | Sample size | KINAL | EL | Potami | ANEL | M25 | PE | EG | Lead | ||||||
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Pulse/Skai [1] | 18–20 Apr 2019 | 1,010 | 25.0 | 35.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 6.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | - | 10.5 |
Interview/Vergina TV [2] | 15–17 Apr 2019 | 1,005 | 22.7 | 36.4 | 7.9 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.3 | - | 13.7 |
Metron Analysis/Alpha TV [3] | 15–17 Apr 2019 | 1,200 | 25.6 | 35.0 | 8.5 | 5.9 | 7.5 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 2.1 | - | - | 1.9 | 9.4 |
Marc/Proto Thema [4] | 26 Mar–1 Apr 2019 | 1,200 | 24.8 | 39.2 | 8.9 | 7.2 | 6.3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.5 | - | 2.1 | - | - | 1.3 | 14.4 |
MRB/Star [5] | 1–3 Apr 2019 | 1,003 | 25.6 | 36.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 6.7 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | - | - | 2.3 | 10.9 |
Metron Analysis/To Vima [6] | 18–20 Mar 2019 | 1,204 | 23.9 | 36.1 | 7.7 | 7.1 | 6.4 | 1.5 | - | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 | - | 3.1 | 12.2 |
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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New Democracy | 1,873,137 | 33.12 | 8 | +3 | |
Syriza | 1,343,595 | 23.75 | 6 | 0 | |
Movement for Change | 436,726 | 7.72 | 2 | 0 | |
Communist Party of Greece | 302,603 | 5.35 | 2 | 0 | |
Golden Dawn | 275,734 | 4.87 | 2 | −1 | |
Greek Solution | 236,347 | 4.18 | 1 | New | |
MeRA25 | 169,635 | 3.00 | 0 | New | |
Course of Freedom | 90,927 | 1.61 | 0 | New | |
The River | 85,934 | 1.52 | 0 | −2 | |
Union of Centrists | 82,084 | 1.45 | 0 | 0 | |
Greece, the Other Way | 70,347 | 1.24 | 0 | New | |
Popular Orthodox Rally–Patriotic Radical Union | 69,779 | 1.23 | 0 | 0 | |
Citizens | 51,398 | 0.91 | 0 | New | |
Ecologist Greens | 49,418 | 0.87 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent Greeks | 45,148 | 0.80 | 0 | –1 | |
Free Homeland | 41,269 | 0.73 | 0 | New | |
Party of Friendship, Equality and Peace | 40,211 | 0.71 | 0 | 0 | |
Recreate Greece | 39,217 | 0.69 | 0 | 0 | |
New Right | 37,540 | 0.66 | 0 | New | |
Antarsya | 36,361 | 0.64 | 0 | 0 | |
Agricultural Livestock Party of Greece | 32,014 | 0.57 | 0 | New | |
Popular Unity–Pirate Party of Greece | 31,648 | 0.56 | 0 | 0 | |
Assembly of Greeks | 29,509 | 0.52 | 0 | New | |
Greens – Solidarity | 25,245 | 0.45 | 0 | 0 | |
Enypekk–Strong Greece | 22,341 | 0.39 | 0 | New | |
Youth Party | 18,458 | 0.33 | 0 | New | |
Democratic Responsibility | 18,207 | 0.32 | 0 | New | |
New Greek Momentum | 12,278 | 0.22 | 0 | New | |
Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece | 12,231 | 0.22 | 0 | 0 | |
Greek Ecologists | 11,511 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 | |
National Front–Patriotic League–Lions' Movement | 10,742 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 | |
People's European Social Groups | 10,264 | 0.18 | 0 | 0 | |
Panhellenic Citizen Chariot | 9,893 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | |
Greek Radicals | 9,242 | 0.16 | 0 | New | |
Rainbow | 6,364 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | |
Liberal Alliance | 6,032 | 0.11 | 0 | New | |
Organisation of Internationalist Communists of Greece | 4,803 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | |
Kollatos | 3,065 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | |
LEFKO–AKE–EPKA | 2,886 | 0.05 | 0 | New | |
Greek Vision | 1,976 | 0.03 | 0 | New | |
Total | 5,656,119 | 100.00 | 21 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 5,656,119 | 95.54 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 264,236 | 4.46 | |||
Total votes | 5,920,355 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 10,088,325 | 58.69 | |||
Source: Ministry of the Interior |
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