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An indirect presidential election was held in Greece on 25 January 2025 for the president of the Hellenic Republic. [1] A second round was held on 31 January 2025 after no candidate won a majority in the Hellenic Parliament.
According to Article 32 of the Constitution of Greece, the president is elected for a five-year term by the Hellenic Parliament in a special session at least a month before the incumbent's term expires. The first and second rounds require a supermajority of 200 out of the 300-strong body, dropping to 180 on the third.
As of November 2019, after a constitutional amendment, Article 32, Paragraph 4 of the Greek Constitution which states about the election of the President was changed and the new reform of the paragraph is as follows: If after 3 ballots, the president is not elected, the 4th ballot's threshold will drop to 151 votes, and the 5th and last ballot would be contested between the two candidates with the most votes and decided by a relative majority. That means that the 6th ballot, in place before that, is removed. [2]
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On 4 December 2024, the New Left party proposed that the various left-wing parties rally behind the candidacy of the chairman of the Communications Privacy Authority (ADAE), Christos Rammos. [3] The Communist Party of Greece nevertheless refused to support this proposal, recalling its opposition to the existence of the presidential institution. [4] He himself refused the nomination. [5]
In accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, the outgoing President Katerina Sakellaropoulou is eligible for a second five-year term. She has nontheless been the subject of much criticism, notably both for her alleged inaction on the violations of the rule of law for which the conservative government has been criticized, [6] and her progressive stances on issues like LGBT and refugee rights, [7] by opposite sides of the political aisle. Moreover, during her five-year term, the presidential office suffered an unprecedented loss of popularity. [8] [9] [10]
On January 13, 2025, in an interview on a radio station, the chairman of the party Niki, Dimitris Natsios, announced his proposal to nominate as a candidate Konstantinos Kyriakou, a Greek minority member of Albania and a member of the party, who was imprisoned during the days of Albania's socialist regime in the 1970s. [11] [12]
On January 15, 2025, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, in a televised message, announced his intention to nominate the Speaker of the Parliament, Konstantinos Tasoulas, as a presidential candidate. [13]
On January 13, 2025, the economist, university professor and former PASOK minister, Louka Katseli, was proposed as a candidate by the president of SYRIZA-P.S., Sokratis Famellos, as "a personality who can unite Greek women and Greek men as a common candidacy of the progressive parties of our country". [14]
Zoe Konstantopoulou, president of the Course of Freedom party, proposed as a candidate, her father, Nikos Konstantopoulos, former Synaspismos and SYRIZA president from 1993 to 2004, without informing him beforehand. [15]
Against this backdrop, many within the ND party are calling for another candidate to be put forward by the Prime Minister for this presidential election, with some party deputies going so far as to call for the appointment of a political figure chosen from the right. In this case, the names of former prime ministers Kostas Karamanlis, Panagiotis Pikrammenos, and Antonis Samaras, as well as parliamentary speaker Konstantinos Tasoulas, were mentioned. [16]
The possibility of a candidacy by the Minister of Culture, Lina Mendoni, is also being put forward within the ranks of the parliamentary majority. [17]
Parliament failed to elect a president in the first round of voting held on 25 January. Konstantinos Tasoulas received 160 votes (200 needed), Louka Katseli 40, Tassos Giannitsis 34, and Kostas Kyriakou 14. Since no candidate won a majority in parliament, another round of voting was held on 31 January. [18] In the second round, the members voted in the same division as the first round, with 52 other members abstaining from the vote. A third round is scheduled for 6 February, the failure of which will trigger a final round on 11 February in which the candidate with the plurality of the vote will be declared the winner. [19]
| Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | Third round | ||||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Total minimum | 200 | 200 | 180 | |||||
| Konstantinos Tasoulas | Independent | 160 | 53.33 | 160 | 53.33 | |||
| Louka Katseli | Independent | 40 | 13.33 | 40 | 13.33 | |||
| Tassos Giannitsis | Independent | 34 | 11.33 | 34 | 11.33 | |||
| Kostas Kyriakou | Independent | 14 | 4.67 | 14 | 4.67 | |||
| Valid votes | 248 | 82.67 | 248 | 82.67 | ||||
| Abstentions | 52 | 17.33 | 52 | 17.33 | ||||
| Voters | 300 | 100 | 300 | 100 | ||||
| Absentees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 300 | 100 | 300 | 100 | ||||
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