2019 Greek local elections

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2019 Greek local elections
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Local elections were held in Greece on 26 May 2019 (first round) and 2 June 2019 (second round). Voters elected representatives to the country's local authorities, comprising 13 regions and 325 municipalities. New Democracy dominated the elections, winning 12 out of 13 Regions and 2 out of 3 biggest municipalities per population in the country. [1] SYRIZA lost all the Regions that it had won in 2014. [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Regions

Nationwide

Party1st Round2nd RoundTotal seatsTotal Regions
Votes %Votes %
New Democracy 2,527,84246.681,521,52266.3633912
KINAL 1,017,12818.78129,4676.561351
SYRIZA 515,8459.53411,83017.96500
KKE 371,5766.8600.00480
Golden Dawn 197,5673.6500.00220
ANTARSYA 87,6761.6200.00130
LAE 85,2121.5700.00110
Ecologists Greens 44,0780.8100.0040
DIXAN 42,5790.7900.0030
Green Movement (PRAKI)36,0300.6700.0030
ANEL 24,1490.4500.0030
Independent 465,9938.60229,98010.03730

Attica

CandidateParty1st Round2nd RoundTotal seats
Votes %Votes %
Giorgios Patoulis New Democracy 600,04137.63728,11865.7938
Rena Dourou SYRIZA 314,32019.71378,57134.2120
Giannis Sgouros  [ el ] KINAL 277,47017.4017
Giannis Protoulis  [ el ] KKE 132,0038.288
Ilias Panagiotaros Golden Dawn 89,1475.596
Giorgos Dimitriou Independent 44,6892.803
Thanos Tzimeros  [ el ] DIXAN 42,5792.673
Nikos PapadakisGreen Movement (PRAKI)28,5921.792
Kostas Toulgaridis ANTARSYA 28,2151.772
Mariana Tsixli LAE 21,8351.371
Andreas Kourtis Independent 15,5430.971

Central Greece

CandidateParty1st Round2nd RoundTotal seats
Votes %Votes %
Fanis Spanos New Democracy 126,76539.72122,12852.4220
Apostolos Gletsos  [ el ] Independent 76,08623.84110,84747.5812
Dimitris Anagnostakis Independent 45,14514.157
Katerina Batzeli KINAL 36,20511.346
Kostas Basdekis KKE 17,8515.593
Haralambos Giotis Golden Dawn 8,0302.521
Antonis Voulgaris LAE 4,6261.451
Niki Polizoi ANTARSYA 4,4401.391

Central Macedonia

CandidatePartyVotes %Seats
Apostolos Tzitzikostas New Democracy 571,89362.0344
Christos Giannoulis  [ el ] SYRIZA 105,71011.478
Christos Papastergiou KINAL 66,5877.225
Sotiris Avramopoulos KKE 52,3215.684
Nikolaos Xrisomallis Golden Dawn 35,3073.833
Filippos Ganoulis Ecologists Greens 29,2353.172
Gavriil Avramidis  [ el ] ANEL 19,6642.132
Despina Haralambidou  [ el ] LAE 18,2471.981
Thanasis Agapitos ANTARSYA 17,0311.851
Dimitris Vanis Independent 5,9610.651

Crete

See: Local Elections in Crete 2019

CandidatePartyVotes %Seats
Stavros Arnaoutakis KINAL 202,85960.7831
Alexandros Markogiannakis New Democracy 88,50926.5214
Manolis Sintichakis  [ el ] KKE 21,2006.353
Michail Kritsotakis  [ el ] LAE 7,4212.221
Giorgos Spyropoulos Golden Dawn 6,9122.071
Giorgos Piagkalakis ANTARSYA 6,8652.061

Eastern Macedonia and Thrace

CandidateParty1st Round2nd RoundTotal seats
Votes %Votes %
Christos Metios  [ el ] New Democracy 109,27534.36122,15450.8217
Christopoulos Topsidis New Democracy 97,34730.61118,20049.1616
Kostas Katsimigas SYRIZA 40,49012.736
Kostas Simitzis KINAL 33,80410.625
Dimitris Papatolidis KKE 16,4255.163
Eleftherios Nikolaidis Golden Dawn 11,5293.622
Thodoris Perentidis ANTARSYA 4,7041.481
Andreas Karagiorgis ANEL 4,4851.411

Epirus

CandidatePartyVotes %Seats
Alexandros Kachrimanis  [ el ] New Democracy 119,03357.1029
Giorgos Zapsas SYRIZA 30,93714.847
Spyros Rizopoulos New Democracy 20,3379.765
Dimitris Dimitriou KINAL 16,5007.924
Giorgos Prentzas KKE 12,5706.033
Nikos Zikos ANTARSYA 3,7621.801
Kostas Noutsopoulos LAE 2,7971.341
Konstantinos Anagnostou Golden Dawn 2,5121.211

Ionian Islands

CandidateParty1st Round2nd RoundTotal seats
Votes %Votes %
Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou New Democracy 32,47429.4950,14260.1212
Theodoros Galiatsatos  [ el ] SYRIZA 24,38822.1533,25939.889
Spyros Spyrou  [ el ] New Democracy 20,28518.427
Alexandra Mpalou KKE 13,12811.925
Alexandros Alexakis KINAL 9,6758.794
Yannis Aivatidis  [ el ] Golden Dawn 4,5034.092
Stefanos Samoilis  [ fr ] LAE 3,5283.201
Vera Koronaki ANTARSYA 2,1211.931

North Aegean

CandidateParty1st Round2nd RoundTotal seats
Votes %Votes %
Kostas Moutzouris  [ el ] New Democracy 24,50324.3641,42655.4010
Christiana Kalogirou New Democracy 30,77330.6033,34744.6013
Panagiotis Christofas  [ el ] KINAL 19,74519.638
Stavros Tassos  [ el ] KKE 10,59610.544
Giannis Spilanis Independent 10,43010.374
Stratos Georgoulas Independent 2,9022.891
Nikos Manavis ANTARSYA 1,6281.621

Peloponnese

CandidateParty1st Round2nd RoundTotal seats
Votes %Votes %
Panagiotis Nikas  [ el ] New Democracy 118,08033.60137.57653.5917
Petros Tatoulis Independent 119,83334.09119.13346.4117
Giorgos Dedes Independent 51,43614.638
Giannis Mpountroukas KINAL 16,3034.642
Nikos Gontikas KKE 16,2984.442
Thanasis Petrakos  [ fr ] LAE 9,8742.812
Dimitris Tzempetzis Golden Dawn 9,5482.721
Dimitra Lymperopoulou Ecologist Greens 5,2381.491
Panagiotis Katsaris ANTARSYA 4,8641.381

South Aegean

CandidatePartyVotes %Seats
Giorgos Hatzimarkos New Democracy 90,89653.6127
Manolis Glynos KINAL 57,14833.7017
Giannis Ntouniadakis KKE 9,8505.813
Charalampos Kokkinos New Democracy 6,3453.742
Nikolaos Attitis Golden Dawn 5,3263.142

Thessaly

CandidatePartyVotes %Seats
Konstantinos Agorastos New Democracy 233,45455.7528
Nikos Tsilimigas KINAL 105,32025.1513
Tasos Tsiaples KKE 29,3357.014
Dimitris Kouretas Independent 22,6815.423
Maria Mpilli-Tsitse Golden Dawn 10,5482.521
Thanasis AkrivosGreen Movement (PRAKI)7,4381.781
Stathis Ntouros ANTARSYA 5,9481.421
Kostas Delimitros LAE 4,0480.971

Western Greece

CandidateParty1st Round2nd RoundTotal seats
Votes %Votes %
Nektarios Farmakis  [ el ] New Democracy 143,72136.96168,43156.3319
Apostolos Katsifaras KINAL 128,03232.93129,46743.6717
Kostas Spiliopoulos KINAL 47,48012.216
Nikos Karathanasopoulos KKE 31,3148.054
Vassilis Hatzilambrou  [ el ] LAE 12,8363,302
Andreas Nikolakopoulos Golden Dawn 10,4422.691
Kostas Papakonstantinou Ecologist Greens 9,6052.471
Christos Kosinas ANTARSYA 5,3991.391

Western Macedonia

CandidatePartyVotes %Seats
Giorgos Kassapidis  [ el ] New Democracy 94,11152.1321
Theodoros Karypidis  [ el ] Independent 43,75024.2410
Georgia Zembiliadou Independent 27,53715.256
Thanasis Chastas KKE 8,6854.812
Christos Savvoulidis Golden Dawn 3,7632.081
Stefanos Prasos ANTARSYA 2,6991.491

Major Municipalities

Athens

CandidateParty1st Round2nd RoundTotal seats
Votes %Votes %
Kostas Bakoyannis New Democracy 88,91642.6596.66065.2521
Nasos Iliopoulos SYRIZA 35,39216.9851.48734.758
Pavlos Geroulanos KINAL 27,49113.196
Ilias Kasidiaris Golden Dawn 21,95910.535
Nikos Sofianos KKE 15,5757.474
Giorgos Karambelias  [ el ] Ardin Movement  [ el ]4,6062.211
Giorgos Voulgarakis  [ el ] New Momentum  [ el ] (NEO)4,2522.041
Vassilis Kapernaros  [ el ] Radical National Alert  [ el ] (RIZES)3,2791.571
Petros Konstantinou ANTARSYA 3,2101.541
Ntina Reppa ANTARSYA 2,0710.991
Aygi Theodosi LAE 1,7150.82

Thessaloniki

CandidateParty1st Round2nd RoundTotal seats
Votes %Votes %
Konstantinos Zervas New Democracy 18,41914.9359.57866.797
Nikos Tachiaos New Democracy 27,62922.4029.62933.2111
Giorgos Orfanos New Momentum  [ el ] (NEO)17,90614.527
Katerina Notopoulou  [ el ] SYRIZA 16,66613.517
Spyros Vougias  [ el ] KINAL 8,6917.053
Panagiotis Psomiadis  [ el ] Independent 6,7795.503
Sotiris Zarianopoulos KKE 5,5054.462
Petros Lekakis KINAL 3,1922.591
Efraim (Makis) Kyrizidis New Democracy 3,1882.581
Xaris Aidonopoulos New Democracy 3,0222.451
Michalis Tremopoulos Ecologists Greens 2,1661.761
Antonis Gazakis ANTARSYA 2,1481.741
Giorgos Rakkas Ardin Movement  [ el ]1,5371.251
Giannis KouriannidisPatriotic Radical Union (PATRIE)1,3271.081
Ioannis Nasioulas Independent 1,2701.031
Vasilis Moysidis New Democracy 1,2401.011
Grigoris Zarotiadis KINAL 1,1880.96
Giannis Koutras ANTARSYA 1,1800.96
Konstantinos Anagnostaras Independent 2940.24

Patras

CandidateParty1st Round2nd RoundTotal seats
Votes %Votes %
Kostas Peletidis KKE 40,48940.6054.67270.9120
Grigoris Alexopoulos  [ el ] KINAL 15,97016.0122.43129.098
Nikos Papadimatos  [ el ] New Democracy 13,93613.977
Nikos Nikolopoulos Christiandemocratic Party of Greece (XRIKE)7,4987.524
Giorgos Roros SYRIZA 6,6626.683
Petros Psomas Independent 6,3716.393
Nikos Tzanakos KINAL 2,6322.641
Theodoros Drinias Ardin Movement  [ el ]2,0232.031
Alekos Chrysanthakopoulos Independent 1,8401.841
Christos Patouxas LAE 1,4291.43
Dimitris Belias ANTARSYA 4640.47
Theodoros Belezonis ANTARSYA 4160.42

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