Achaea (constituency)

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Achaea
Constituency
for the Hellenic Parliament
Region West Greece
Electorate278,236 (May 2012) [1]
Current constituency
Number of membersEight

Achaea is a constituency of the Hellenic Parliament. It corresponds to Achaea Prefecture and elects eight members of parliament. [2] The members of the prominent Papandreou politician family (Georgios Papandreou, Andreas Papandreou, George Papandreou) come from this constituency.

Contents

Election results

Legislative election

Achaea constituency results
Election1st party2nd party3rd party4th party5th partysource
1996 PASOK
47.44%
New Democracy
34.39%
KKE
5.49%
DIKKI
4.67%
SYN
3.85%
[3]
2000 PASOK
50.02%
New Democracy
38.28%
KKE
5.21%
DIKKI
2.81%
SYN
5.36%
[4]
2004 PASOK
47.73%
New Democracy
40.58%
KKE
5.49%
SYRIZA
2.77%
DIKKI
1.66%
[5]
2007 PASOK
45.97%
New Democracy
36.86%
KKE
7.16%
SYRIZA
4.91%
LAOS
2.47%
[6]
2009 PASOK
52.65%
New Democracy
28.99%
KKE
6.60%
SYRIZA
3.89%
LAOS
3.64%
[7]
May 2012 SYRIZA
21.81%
New Democracy
17.55%
PASOK
14.11%
ANEL
8.84%
KKE
7.91%
[8]
June 2012 SYRIZA
32.17%
New Democracy
25.66%
PASOK
13.49%
ANEL
6.73%
DEMAR
6.37%
[9]
January 2015 SYRIZA
43.06%
New Democracy
20.63%
KIDISO
5.87%
ANEL
5.85%
KKE
5.49%
[10]
September 2015 SYRIZA
41.46%
New Democracy
22.37%
PASOK
7.63%
KKE
5.82%
XA
5.55%
[11]

Members of Parliament

Current members

Members elected in 2019

Older members (January 2015 – September 2015)

Notes and references

  1. "Γραμμένοι" (electorate)
  2. "Table". ypes.gr. Archived from the original on 2 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  3. "Results 1996". Ministry of Interior. Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  4. "Results 2000". Ministry of Interior. Archived from the original on 19 January 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  5. "Results 2004". Ministry of Interior. Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  6. "Results 2007". Ministry of Interior. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  7. "Results 2009". Ministry of Interior. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  8. "Results 2012 May". Ministry of Interior. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  9. "Results 2012 June". Ministry of Interior. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  10. "Results 2015". Ministry of Interior. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  11. "Election 2015 September". Ministry of Interior. Retrieved 26 September 2015.

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