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June 2023 Greek legislative election

Snap parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 25 June 2023.[1][2][3] All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament were contested. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called for the snap vote after the May 2023 elections did not result in any party gaining a majority, although his centre-right New Democracy made unanticipated gains and increased its share of the vote. As a result, no coalition government was formed by any of the parties eligible to do so.[4][5][6]

June 2023 Greek legislative election
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All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament
151 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered9,813,595
Turnout53.74% (Decrease 7.36 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Zoran Zaev with Alexis Tsipras (cropped) (cropped).jpg
Nikos Androulakis PASOK.jpg
Leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis Alexis Tsipras Nikos Androulakis
Party New Democracy Syriza PASOK–KINAL
Last election 40.79%, 146 seats 20.07%, 71 seats 11.46%, 41 seats
Seats won 158 47 32
Seat change Increase 12 Decrease 24 Decrease 9
Popular vote 2,115,322 930,013 617,487
Percentage 40.56% 17.83% 11.84%
Swing Decrease 0.23 pp Decrease 2.24 pp Increase 0.38 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Dimitris Koutsoumpas in 2023.jpg
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Leader Dimitris Koutsoumpas Vasilis Stigkas Kyriakos Velopoulos
Party KKE Spartans EL
Last election 7.23%, 26 seats – 4.45%, 16 seats
Seats won 21 12 12
Seat change Decrease 5 New Decrease 4
Popular vote 401,224 243,922 231,491
Percentage 7.69% 4.68% 4.44%
Swing Increase 0.46 pp New Decrease 0.01 pp
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
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Leader Dimitris Natsios Zoe Konstantopoulou
Party NIKI PE
Last election 2.92%, 0 seats 2.89%, 0 seats
Seats won 10 8
Seat change Increase 10 Increase 8
Popular vote 193,124 165,523
Percentage 3.69% 3.17%
Swing Increase 0.77 pp Increase 0.28 pp
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election

Ioannis Sarmas
Independent

Prime Minister after election

Kyriakos Mitsotakis
ND

In contrast to the May elections, the June vote used a majority bonus system, making a majority government more likely.[7] On 25 May 2023, as required by Greece's constitution, President Katerina Sakellaropoulou appointed Ioannis Sarmas as caretaker prime minister until the formation of the next government following the elections.[8]

New Democracy increased their number of seats in parliament, achieving a majority, while the main opposition Syriza lost seats. Minor parties Spartans, Victory, and Course of Freedom entered parliament for the first time.[9]

Electoral system

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The ballots in a polling station in Argos
 
The polling booth in a polling station in Argos

New Democracy has been a proponent of majority bonuses since 1974. Soon after returning to power in the 2019 legislative election, they passed a new electoral law to reinstate the bonus that had been eliminated by the SYRIZA-ANEL coalition government's 2016 law (which established a purely proportional system with a 3% electoral threshold), albeit under a very different formula. The party list coming first with at least 25% of the votes would receive 20 extra seats, with one more seat for every half percentage point above 25%, to a maximum of 50 extra seats at 40% (or more) of the votes. Once this bonus has been attributed, the proper proportional distribution begins for the remaining seats, which can range from 250 if one party gathered at least 40%, to 300 if no party reached 25%.[10] This 2020 law would take effect starting from the next Greek election after the May 2023 election.

A 2019 law granted the right to vote for Greeks abroad who have lived for two years in Greece during the previous 35 years and who have submitted a tax return during the year of the election or the previous year. Voters from abroad choose the national-wide ballot of their desired party without choosing candidates, and their vote is counted equally in final results.[11] Voting is theoretically compulsory, with voter registration being automatic,[12] but the penalties and sanctions in place for those who do not vote are unenforced.[13]

Contesting parties, alliances and independents

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On 8 June 2023 the Supreme Court ruled that 26 political parties, 4 alliances and 2 independents had met the criteria to contest the election. Nineteen of these had also participated in the previous election. The names of the 32 entities are listed below in alphabetical order.[14]

  1. Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow
  2. Assembly of Greeks
  3. Athanasios Georgiou (Independent)
  4. Breath of Democracy
  5. Communist Party of Greece
  6. Communist Party of Greece (Marxist–Leninist)
  7. Course of Freedom
  8. Digital Hellenism in the Whole
  9. Ecologist Greens – Green Unity
  10. Greek Ecologists
  11. Greek Solution
  12. Green & Purple
  13. Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece
  14. European Realistic Disobedience Front 25
  15. Movement of the Poor
  16. National Front
  17. New Democracy
  18. Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece
  19. Organisation of Internationalist Communists of Greece
  20. Panathinaikos Movement
  21. Panhellenic Socialist Movement – Movement for Change
  22. Patriotic Coalition
  23. Popular European Party
  24. Republican Party of Greece – Technocratic Republican Reforming Front of Patriots
  25. Spartans
  26. Spentzas Polykarpos, Radio Operator of the Ship "Pothiti", 1978 – Bermuda Triangle – UFO – USO Extraterrestrials – Einstein – Santorinis Pavlos (Independent)
  27. Syriza – Progressive Alliance
  28. Union of Centrists
  29. Democratic Patriotic Movement – Victory
  30. Vision for the Greek Renaissance
  31. Voice of Reason
  32. Well – Movement

Slogans

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Party or alliance Original slogan English translation
ND «Σταθερά, Τολμηρά, Μπροστά» "Steady, Boldly, Forward"
SYRIZA «Δίκαιη Κοινωνία. Ευημερία για Όλους» "Just Society. Prosperity for All"
PASOK-KINAL «Απόφαση αλλαγής» "Decision for change"
KKE «100% Λαϊκή, Μαχητική Αντιπολίτευση» "100% People's, Fighting Opposition"
SP «Για την πιο ισχυρή Εθνική Αντιπολίτευση» "For the strongest National Opposition"
EL «Πρώτα η Ελλάδα, Πρώτα οι Έλληνες» "Greece First, Greeks First"
NIKI «Διεκδικούμε την Ελλάδα που μας αξίζει» "We claim the Greece we deserve"
PE «Δώσε Ζωή στην Βουλή» "Give Life (Zoe) to the Parliament"
M25 «Θέλεις αυτήν τη φωνή στη Βουλή;» "Do you want this voice on in parliament?"

Parties

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Name Leaders Ideology
New Democracy Kyriakos Mitsotakis Liberal conservatism
Syriza Alexis Tsipras Democratic socialism
PASOK – Movement for Change Nikos Androulakis Social democracy
Communist Party of Greece Dimitris Koutsoumpas Communism
Spartans Vasilis Stigkas Ultranationalism
Greek Solution Kyriakos Velopoulos National conservatism
Victory Dimitris Natsios Religious conservatism
Course of Freedom Zoe Konstantopoulou Progressivism

Opinion polls

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Main article: Opinion polling for the June 2023 Greek legislative election
 
Local regression trend line of poll results from 21 May 2023 to the present day, with each line corresponding to a political party and a 7-day average compared to the May election

Results

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New Democracy won 41% of the vote, which allowed it to gain 50 bonus seats. This led to New Democracy winning a majority of seats. Syriza won nearly 18% of the vote. The newly created Spartans party won 4.7% of the vote, which allowed it to enter Parliament.[15] Overall, eight parties crossed the 3% threshold to enter Parliament. The turnout was at 54%, which was 7 pp lower than the turnout in the May election. Reacting to his party's victory, Mitsotakis said, "The people have given us a safe majority. Major reforms will go ahead quickly." According to political analyst Nick Malkoutzis, "Mitsotakis has been rewarded by voters as the leader who has led Greece out of a severe debt crisis and three international bailouts back into a growth path. Someone who has kept, at least some, of his pledges which is more than many in Greece had previously done."[16][17]

 
Results, showing the winning party in each municipal unit:
  ND (989)
  SYRIZA (18)
  PASOK (11)
  KKE (6)
 
Results, showing the best-placed party in each municipal unit, other than New Democracy
 
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
New Democracy2,115,32240.56158+12
Syriza930,01317.8347–24
PASOK – Movement for Change617,48711.8432–9
Communist Party of Greece401,2247.6921–5
Spartans243,9224.6812New
Greek Solution231,4914.4412–4
Victory193,1243.7010+10
Course of Freedom165,5233.178+8
MeRA25130,3782.5000
Patriotic Coalition25,8580.500New
Voice of Reason22,3470.430New
Ecologist Greens – Green Unity21,1880.4100
EY Movement17,1810.330New
Antarsya15,8870.3000
Prasino+Mov15,7250.300New
Breath of Democracy14,7810.2800
Union of Centrists14,2860.2700
Movement of the Poor of Greece13,6520.2600
Communist Party of Greece (Marxist–Leninist)9,4200.1800
Assembly of Greeks6,4080.1200
Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece4,2500.0800
National Front2,9650.060New
Organisation of Internationalist Communists of Greece1,3740.0300
Organization for the Reconstruction of the KKE1,1040.0200
Vision of the Renaissance of Greece1320.000New
Panathinaikos Movement1220.0000
Digital Hellenism in the Whole230.000New
People's European Party170.000New
Republican Party of Greece – TRAMP30.000New
Greek Ecologists00.0000
Independents00.0000
Total5,215,207100.003000
Valid votes5,215,20798.89
Invalid votes32,2190.61
Blank votes26,2730.50
Total votes5,273,699100.00
Registered voters/turnout9,813,59553.74
Source: Ministry of Interior

By constituency

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Constituency ND SYRIZA PASOK KKE Spartans EL NIKI PE MERA25
% ± % ± % ± % ± % ± % ± % ± % ± % ±
Achaea 34.04   0.09 23.20   3.81 13.70   1.28 7.57   0.77 4.19 New 3.90   0.22 4.33   0.61 3.51   0.58 2.38   0.12
Aetolia-Acarnania 38.85   0.63 21.64   4.20 14.20   0.67 7.09   0.81 5.01 New 2.81   0.30 3.96   0.93 2.23   0.50 1.60   0.09
Argolis 43.28   0.25 15.25   2.50 15.01   0.58 5.26   0.14 5.39 New 3.87   0.23 3.43   0.58 2.52   0.24 2.47   0.46
Arcadia 41.51   0.78 16.86   2.28 16.28   1.56 6.50   0.06 4.47 New 3.67   0.46 2.86   0.84 2.84   0.64 1.85   0.12
Arta 37.50   0.86 28.94   2.81 10.84   0.12 7.65   0.15 3.58 New 2.62   0.21 2.36   0.45 1.79   0.29 2.10   0.32
Athens A 43.27   1.09 19.97   2.58 6.86   0.16 8.90   0.30 4.22 New 2.95   0.07 2.63   0.67 3.39   0.04 4.03   0.43
Athens B1 47.32   1.30 16.95   1.81 7.64   0.24 8.98   0.35 3.08 New 2.64   0.05 2.73   0.66 3.42   0.24 3.71   0.21
Athens B2 34.66   0.20 21.13   1.60 8.92   0.12 12.14   0.74 5.02 New 4.02   0.07 2.81   0.57 4.05   0.04 3.05   0.27
Athens B3 42.32   0.76 18.66   1.88 7.91   0.37 10.17   0.49 3.76 New 3.35   0.01 2.73   0.67 3.68   0.24 3.57   0.16
East Attica 46.66   1.15 17.62   0.00 8.00   0.15 7.19   0.33 4.88 New 4.60   0.29 3.18   0.84 3.63   0.31 2.60   0.14
West Attica 39.74   2.16 15.83   2.37 8.04   0.61 10.11   0.98 7.61 New 5.95   0.74 3.44   0.88 3.15   0.06 1.87   0.32
Boeotia 37.12   0.14 18.31   2.54 14.07   0.10 8.89   0.01 5.37 New 4.35   0.35 3.42   0.79 3.12   0.30 2.05   0.22
Cephalonia 38.15   1.48 19.69   6.39 10.44   0.70 12.36   1.41 4.90 New 2.92   0.00 1.96   0.90 3.86   0.33 1.96   0.77
Chalkidiki 39.54   0.38 13.70   1.57 14.52   0.47 4.67   0.08 5.55 New 6.30   0.49 6.56   1.17 3.13   0.19 2.16   0.55
Chania 40.52   0.63 18.44   2.20 11.21   0.29 8.42   1.23 4.64 New 3.10   0.37 2.73   0.79 3.71   0.71 3.05   0.23
Chios 46.49   0.35 10.52   1.84 19.89   0.59 6.67   0.11 3.59 New 2.97   0.04 2.48   0.76 2.40   0.16 1.80   0.43
Corfu 36.74   0.34 18.56   1.43 12.06   0.26 8.74   0.08 5.36 New 3.34   0.03 2.38   0.62 6.39   1.30 2.98   0.17
Corinthia 41.83   0.23 17.27   2.58 13.66   0.48 4.37   0.23 5.64 New 4.26   0.29 4.39   0.81 3.16   0.41 2.32   0.14
Cyclades 46.68   0.87 14.14   1.81 12.44   1.16 5.74   0.11 3.99 New 3.93   0.29 2.96   0.72 3.75   0.88 2.59   0.29
Dodecanese 46.97   2.96 13.07   1.82 14.52   1.10 4.34   0.34 5.81 New 4.46   0.16 3.03   0.81 2.95   0.15 1.56   0.27
Drama 39.39   0.02 13.27   0.62 15.25   1.68 4.07   0.14 6.01 New 6.83   0.07 6.33   1.00 2.98   0.06 2.03   0.08
Elis 37.45   0.24 20.13   3.78 19.74   0.45 5.48   0.48 4.59 New 3.77   0.41 2.20   0.68 2.88   0.76 1.27   0.11
Euboea 38.63   1.47 17.77   1.08 12.99   2.24 7.64   0.50 5.30 New 4.89   0.33 3.21   0.95 3.89   0.47 2.18   0.30
Evros 44.18   0.87 15.00   3.67 12.56   0.22 3.78   0.10 5.46 New 8.72   0.00 3.47   0.65 1.76   0.12 1.38   0.23
Evrytania 41.22   3.95 19.51   3.31 15.98   4.74 5.38   0.10 3.79 New 3.05   0.14 4.43   1.22 2.49   0.94 1.76   0.03
Florina 34.42   3.70 21.81   2.93 15.12   2.00 5.65   0.76 4.31 New 5.13   0.42 5.37   1.35 2.34   0.29 1.93   0.41
Grevena 39.81   4.50 17.98   3.87 16.47   3.50 8.12   1.24 4.19 New 3.80   0.89 3.37   0.87 2.10   0.44 1.58   0.06
Heraklion 35.16   0.31 20.52   2.41 22.98   1.17 5.50   0.38 3.77 New 2.23   0.02 2.03   0.69 2.44   0.68 2.51   0.39
Imathia 39.18   1.69 14.73   2.92 11.75   0.42 5.98   0.17 5.81 New 8.21   0.40 5.48   0.91 3.14   0.31 1.79   0.15
Ioannina 38.71   0.78 22.42   1.94 13.53   0.98 8.01   0.86 3.49 New 3.06   0.11 3.16   0.68 2.18   0.44 2.20   0.05
Karditsa 43.09   3.29 16.67   3.14 16.58   2.88 7.51   0.24 4.88 New 2.82   0.11 2.74   0.86 1.71   0.18 1.34   0.16
Kastoria 44.79   2.05 16.61   4.39 11.52   2.91 4.09   0.28 4.78 New 5.32   0.26 4.99   1.08 2.39   0.22 2.33   0.18
Kavala 42.69   0.96 14.15   2.01 12.38   1.05 5.58   0.27 5.43 New 5.40   0.03 5.53   1.16 2.86   0.28 2.08   0.35
Kilkis 39.63   0.98 12.63   1.02 14.32   3.02 6.69   0.25 5.50 New 7.13   0.20 6.98   1.73 2.57   0.11 1.61   0.21
Kozani 36.69   1.94 17.48   3.26 14.75   1.54 7.26   1.13 4.30 New 4.69   0.21 6.27   1.38 2.61   0.36 2.11   0.15
Laconia 47.83   1.95 12.80   1.02 14.77   0.44 5.06   0.11 7.48 New 3.51   0.38 2.25   0.56 2.38   0.22 1.41   0.25
Larissa 39.35   0.88 17.53   2.30 12.25   0.34 9.29   0.69 5.13 New 3.88   0.14 4.10   0.79 2.57   0.44 2.05   0.45
Lasithi 39.75   0.23 14.62   3.14 25.58   4.10 4.76   0.08 2.94 New 2.57   0.21 2.08   0.47 2.52   0.29 2.36   0.34
Lefkada 41.71   0.72 17.52   2.40 12.39   0.39 11.80   0.40 3.46 New 1.98   0.34 1.91   0.45 2.71   0.58 2.92   0.39
Lesbos 39.81   0.70 13.49   2.43 14.69   0.15 14.64   1.64 4.11 New 3.47   0.05 2.84   0.68 2.06   0.29 1.46   0.38
Magnesia 42.39   1.20 17.25   1.99 9.37   1.27 7.90   0.68 4.90 New 4.09   0.04 4.04   0.91 3.67   0.13 2.62   0.19
Messenia 43.71   0.56 17.50   3.48 11.14   0.17 7.44   0.69 5.96 New 3.81   0.17 2.59   0.58 2.57   0.48 2.28   0.17
Pella 38.41   2.64 18.40   0.62 12.49   0.58 3.75   0.02 5.13 New 7.65   0.55 7.15   1.02 2.65   0.21 1.29   0.24
Phocis 44.65   1.58 16.10   3.21 11.60   1.78 8.09   0.08 4.58 New 3.65   0.52 2.77   0.87 3.11   0.71 2.20   0.27
Phthiotis 43.30   0.75 17.57   3.30 12.68   1.31 7.24   0.42 5.21 New 3.91   0.03 3.05   0.69 2.22   0.16 1.67   0.17
Pieria 38.80   2.29 13.63   1.70 13.11   0.67 5.13   0.07 5.56 New 7.00   0.56 9.26   1.80 2.63   0.19 1.67   0.39
Piraeus A 47.27   1.28 16.58   1.61 6.70   0.77 8.02   0.58 4.57 New 3.54   0.04 3.08   0.82 3.92   0.31 2.57   0.00
Piraeus B 37.24   0.20 19.36   1.39 7.60   0.19 11.49   0.66 5.60 New 4.53   0.17 3.01   0.67 4.41   0.13 2.54   0.39
Preveza 41.58   0.61 20.95   2.49 15.01   1.12 7.92   0.53 3.78 New 2.64   0.30 1.83   0.58 1.89   0.35 1.84   0.03
Rethymno 36.67   0.43 18.71   2.32 25.71   4.24 4.08   0.36 2.99 New 2.20   0.10 2.78   0.32 2.63   0.22 1.69   0.33
Rhodope 28.89   1.83 33.60   0.42 19.00   3.63 3.16   0.39 3.13 New 4.13   0.07 2.65   0.78 1.34   0.23 1.42   0.56
Samos 36.05   0.47 14.88   2.71 9.93   1.00 17.69   1.17 3.85 New 5.18   0.97 2.17   0.73 3.35   0.84 2.44   0.00
Serres 45.64   1.34 12.88   1.90 11.45   0.53 5.02   0.24 5.17 New 7.24   0.27 4.69   0.59 2.60   0.23 1.68   0.18
Thesprotia 43.33   0.67 19.13   3.54 15.07   0.30 5.83   0.34 3.86 New 2.89   0.31 2.34   0.58 2.21   0.48 1.77   0.04
Thessaloniki A 35.28   1.13 17.52   2.18 8.14   0.20 8.17   0.73 5.03 New 7.97   0.38 5.36   0.78 4.44   0.08 3.36   0.04
Thessaloniki B 40.11   0.04 13.58   1.57 9.85   0.32 6.62   0.42 5.29 New 7.95   0.02 6.49   0.86 3.78   0.11 2.27   0.18
Trikala 41.40   3.61 17.18   2.91 14.86   2.68 8.60   1.00 3.97 New 2.94   0.29 4.44   1.09 1.85   0.40 1.64   0.20
Xanthi 30.32   5.57 28.49   1.95 18.36   0.10 3.22   0.38 4.40 New 3.98   0.04 3.16   0.37 2.19   0.54 1.62   0.30
Zakynthos 39.21   1.75 16.40   4.50 13.47   2.60 12.82   2.01 5.17 New 2.88   0.38 1.87   0.33 2.92   0.93 2.22   0.17

See also

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References

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