Greece (European Parliament constituency)

Greece
European Parliament constituency
Location among the 2014 constituencies
Member state	Greece
Created	1981
MEPs	24 (1981–94) 25 (1994–04) 24 (2004–09) 22 (2009–14) 21 (2014–present)
Sources

In European elections, Greece is a constituency of the European Parliament, currently represented by twenty-one MEPs. It covers the member state of Greece.

Current MEPs

Name	National party	EP Group
Chrysogonos, KonstantinosKonstantinos Chrysogonos	Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA)	GUE/NGL
Glezos, ManolisManolis Glezos (until 7 July 2015)[1] Nikolaos Chountis (from 20 July 2015)	Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) Independent (2 September 2015)	GUE/NGL
Katrougalos, GeorgiosGeorgios Katrougalos (until 26 January 2015)[2] Stelios Kouloglou (from 27 January 2015)	Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA)	GUE/NGL
Kouneva, KonstantinaKonstantina Kouneva	Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA)	GUE/NGL
Papadimoulis, DimitriosDimitrios Papadimoulis	Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA)	GUE/NGL
Sakorafa, SofiaSofia Sakorafa	Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) Independent (28 September 2015)	GUE/NGL
Kefalogiannis, ManolisManolis Kefalogiannis	New Democracy (ND)	EPP
KyrtsosGiorgos Kyrtsos	New Democracy (ND)	EPP
Spyraki, MariaMaria Spyraki	New Democracy (ND)	EPP
Vozemberg, ElizaEliza Vozemberg	New Democracy (ND)	EPP
Zagorakis, TheodorosTheodoros Zagorakis	New Democracy (ND)	EPP
Epitidios, GeorgiosGeorgios Epitidios	Golden Dawn	non-inscrits
Foundoulis, LambrosLambros Foundoulis	Golden Dawn	non-inscrits
SynadinosEleftherios Synadinos	Golden Dawn	non-inscrits
Androulakis, NikosNikos Androulakis	Olive Tree (Elia)	S&D
Kaili, EvaEva Kaili	Olive Tree (Elia)	S&D
Grammatikakis, GiorgosGiorgos Grammatikakis	The River (Potami)	S&D
Kyrkos, MiltiadisMiltiadis Kyrkos	The River (Potami)	S&D
Papadakis, KonstantinosKonstantinos Papadakis	Communist Party of Greece (KKE)	non-inscrits
ZarianopoulosSotirios Zarianopoulos	Communist Party of Greece (KKE)	non-inscrits
Marias, NotisNotis Marias	Independent Greeks (ANEL) Independent (7 January 2015)[3]	ECR

1981

The 1981 European election was a by-election held after Greece joined the European Communities in 1981. The rest of the EC had voted in 1979.

1984

The 1984 European election was the second European election and the first time Greece voted with the rest of the Community.

 Summary of the results of Greece's 17 June 1984 election to the European Parliament

← 1981 • 1984 • 1989 →
National party		European party	Leader(s)	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)			2,476,491	41.58	1.46	10 / 24	0
	New Democracy (ND)			2,266,568	38.05	6.71	9 / 24	1
	Communist Party (ΚΚΕ)			693,304	11.64	1.20	3 / 24	0
	Communist Party – Interior (KKE–E)			203,813	3.42	1.88	1 / 24	0
	National Political Union (EPEN)			136,642	2.29	new	1 / 24	0
	Party of Democratic Socialism (KDS)			47,389	0.80	3.46	0 / 24	1
	Christian Democracy (CD)			26,735	0.45	0.70	0 / 24	0
	Liberal Party			20,908	0.35	0.69	0 / 24	0
	Revolutionary Communist Movement (EKKE)			17,789	0.30	-	0 / 24	0
	Union of the Democratic Centre (EDK)			16.848	0.28	0.84	0 / 24	0
	Fighting Socialist Party (ASKE)			10,389	0.18	new	0 / 24	0
Valid votes				5,956,060	99.07
Blank and invalid votes				55,756	0.93
Totals				6,011,816	100.00	—	24 / 24	0
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				7,790,309	77.17	4.31
Source:

1989

The 1989 European election was the third election to the European Parliament and was held on June 15 for Greece.

 Summary of the results of Greece's 1989 election to the European Parliament

← 1984 • 1989 • 1994 →
National party		European party	Leader(s)	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	New Democracy (ND)		Constantine Mitsotakis	2,647,215	40.41		10 / 24	1
	Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)		Andreas Papandreou	2,352,271	35.96		9 / 24	1
	Coalition of the Left and Progress (SYN)		Charilaos Florakis	936,175	14.31		4 / 24
	Democratic Renewal (DIANA)		Konstantinos Stephanopoulos	89,469	1.36		1 / 24
	National Political Union (EPEN)		Chrisanthos Dimitriadis	75,877	1.16		0 / 24	1
	Alternative Ecologists (OE)			72,369	1.11		0 / 24
	Democratic Ecological Movement		Dimitris Kollatos	67,998	1.04		0 / 24
	Others (parties and candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats)			303,295	4.37		0 / 24	0
Valid votes
Blank and invalid votes
Totals				'	100.00	—	24 / 24	0
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout
Source:

1994

The 1994 European election was the fourth election to the European Parliament and was held on June 12 for Greece.

 Summary of the results of Greece's 12 June 1994 election to the European Parliament

← 1989 • 1994 • 1999 →
National party		European party	Leader(s)	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)	PES	Andreas Papandreou	2,458,619	37.64	1.70	10 / 25	1
	New Democracy (ND)	EPP	Miltiadis Evert	2,133,372	32.66	7.79	9 / 25	1
	Political Spring (PA)	None	Antonis Samaras	564,778	8.65	New	2 / 25	2
	Communist Party (ΚΚΕ)	None	Aleka Papariga	410,747	6.29	*	2 / 25	*
	Coalition of the Left and Progress (SYN)	PEL	Nikos Konstantopoulos	408,072	6.25	*	2 / 25	*
	Democratic Renewal (DIANA)	None	Konstantinos Stephanopoulos	182,525	2.79	1.42	0 / 25	0
	Union of Centrists (EK)	None	Vassilis Leventis	77,951	1.19	New	0 / 25	0
	Others (parties that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats)			296,627	4.54	—	0 / 25	0
Valid votes				6,532,691
Blank and invalid votes				271,193
Totals				6,803,884	100.00	—	25 / 25	1
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				9,550,596	71.24

Source:^[4]

1999

The 1999 European election was the fifth election to the European Parliament and was held on June 13 for Greece.

Party	Leader	Votes			Seats
		No.	%	+− %	No.	+−
New Democracy	Kostas Karamanlis	2,314,371	36.00	+3.3	9	-
Panhellenic Socialist Movement	Costas Simitis	2,115,844	32.91	-4.7	9	-1
Communist Party of Greece	Aleka Papariga	557,365	8.67	+2.38	3	+1
Democratic Social Movement	Dimitris Tsovolas	440,191	6.85	-	2	-
Coalition of the Left and Progress	Nikos Konstantopoulos	331,928	5.16	-1.2	2	-
Political Spring	Antonis Samaras	146,512	2.28	-6.3	0	-2
The Liberals	Stefanos Manos	103,962	1.62	+1.6	0	-
Party of Greek Hunters	Georgios Aramatzis	64,194	1.00		0	-
Union of Centrists	Vassilis Leventis	52,512	0.82		0	-
Front Line	Konstantinos Plevris	48,532	0.75		0	-
Ecological Greek (Kollatos) Οικολογικό Ελληνικό	Dimitrios Kollatos	48,532	0.75		0	-
Greek Ecologists	Dimosthenis Vergis	30,684	0.48		0	-
Radical Anti-Prohibitory Movement Ριζοσπαστική Αντιαπαγορευτική Κίνηση	Kleanthis Grivas	21,274	0.33		0	-
Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Greece	Iosif Stavridis	16,782	0.26		0	-
Party of Hellenism	Sotirios Sofianopoulos	16,608	0.26		0	-
Alternative Ecologists (Chatzipanagiotou)	Dimitrios Chatzipanagiotou	14,335	0.22		0	-
Popular Unions of Bipartisan Social Groups (Lefko)	Konstantinos Dalios	14,266	0.22		0	-
Radical Left Front	Dimitrios Desillas	10,884	0.17		0	-
Militant Socialist Party of Greece	Nikolaos Kargopoulos	9,840	0.15		0	-
Socialist Worker's Party	Panos Garganas	8,049	0.13		0	-
Hellenic Front	Makis Voridis	7,693	0.12		0	-
Rainbow	Pavlos Boskopoulos	4,951	0.08		0	-
Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece	Ilias Zafeiropoulos	4,600	0.07		0	-
Human Rights	Christos Antonopoulos	1,201	0.02		0	-
Alternative Ecologists (Shizas)	Ioannis Shizas	832	0.01		0	-
Others		57,219	0.89		0	-
No. of valid votes		6,429,036	100,00		25	-
Invalid votes		283,648
Total		6,712,684 (70.3%)
Registered voters		9,555,326

Sources: ^[5][6]

2004

The 2004 European election was the sixth election to the European Parliament and was held on June 13 for Greece. The ruling New Democracy party made strong gains, while the opposition Panhellenic Socialist Movement made smaller gains, both at the expense of minor parties.

 Summary of the results of Greece's 13 June 2004 election to the European Parliament

← 1999 • 2004 • 2009 →
National party		European party	Leader(s)	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	New Democracy	EPP	Kostas Karamanlis	2,633,961	43.02	7.01	11 / 24	2
	Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)	PES	George Papandreou	2,083,327	34.03	1.12	8 / 24	1
	Communist Party (ΚΚΕ)	None	Aleka Papariga	580,396	9.48	0.81	3 / 24	0
	Coalition of Left Movements and Ecology (SYN)	PEL	Nikos Konstantopoulos	254,447	4.16	1.00	1 / 24	1
	Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS)	AIDE	Georgios Karatzaferis	252,429	4.12	New	1 / 24	1
	Women for Another Europe Γυναίκες για μια άλλη Ευρώπη		Nena Venetsanou	46,565	0.76	-	0 / 24	0
	Democratic Regional Union		Mihalis Haralambidis	44,541	0.73	-	0 / 24	0
	Ecologists Greens		Mihail Tremopoulos	40,873	0.67	-	0 / 24	0
	Union of Centrists		Vassilis Leventis	34,511	0.56	+0	0 / 24	0
	Greek Ecologists		Dimosthenis Vergis	32,956	0.54	-	0 / 24	0
	Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Greece		Iosif Stavridis	21,220	0.35	+0	0 / 24	0
	Hellenic Front		Makis Voridis	15,243	0.25	-	0 / 24	0
	Democratic Socialist Movement Δημοκρατικό Σοσιαλιστικό Κίνημα (ΔΗΣΟΚ)		Emmanouil Kriaras	13,627	0.22	-	0 / 24	0
	Radical Left Front		Ioannis Aggelis	13,387	0.22	+0	0 / 24	0
	Anti-Capitalist Coalition		Stella Alfieri	11,938	0.19	-	0 / 24	0
	Militant Socialist Party of Greece		Nikolaos Kargopoulos	11,598	0.19	+0	0 / 24	0
	Patriotic Alliance		Dimitrios Zaphiropoulos	10,618	0.17	+0	0 / 24	0
	Rainbow		Styliani Papadimitrou	6,176	0.10	+0	0 / 24	0
	Vision Όραμα		Dimitrios Katsimpras	5,996	0.10	-	0 / 24	0
	Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece		Ilias Zafeiropoulos	5,090	0.08	+0	0 / 24	0
	European Confederacy Ευρωπαϊκή Συμπολιτεία, Άμεση Δημοκρατία - Αδέσμευτο Κίνημα Υποστήριξης Ριζοσπαστών (AKYPA)		Giorgos Kokkas	3,791	0.06	+0	0 / 24	0
	Alternative Ecologists		Konstantinos Yfantis	284	0.00	+0	0 / 24	0
	Hristopistia		Efstathios Patsantzis	45	0.0	+0	0 / 24	0
Totals				6,283,637	100.00	—	24 / 24	1
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				9,938,863	63.22
Source:[7]

2009

 Summary of the 7 June 2009 European Parliament election results

Party		Leader(s)	Party group	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Panhellenic Socialist Movement	George Papandreou	PES	1,878,859	36.64	+2.61	8 / 22	0
	New Democracy	Kostas Karamanlis	EPP	1,655,636	32.29	-10.72	8 / 22	3
	Communist Party	Aleka Papariga	EUL–NGL	428,283	8.35	-1.13	2 / 22	1
	Popular Orthodox Rally	Georgios Karatzaferis	IND/DEM	366,615	7.14	+3.02	2 / 22	1
	Coalition of the Radical Left^[A]	Alekos Alavanos	EUL–NGL	240,898	4.70	+0.54	1 / 22	0
	Ecologist Greens	Six-member committee	Greens–EFA	178,964	3.49	+2.88	1 / 22	1
	Panhellenic Macedonian Front	Stelios Papathemelis		65,177	1.27	—	0 / 22	0
	Party of Greek Hunters	Giorgos Tsagkanelias		64,782	1.27	—	0 / 22	0
	Drassi	Stefanos Manos et al.		38,895	0.76	—	0 / 22	0
	Ecologists Greece	K. Papanikolas		33,236	0.65	—	0 / 22	0
	Greek Ecologists	Dimosthenis Vergis		31,188	0.61	+0.07	0 / 22	0
	Golden Dawn	Nikolaos Michaloliakos		23,566	0.46	—	0 / 22	0
	Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow	13-member committee		21,951	0.43	—	0 / 22	0
	Union of Centrists	Vassilis Leventis		19,660	0.38	–0.18	0 / 22	0
	Marxist–Leninist Communist Party	A. Papadopoulous et al.		13,142	0.26	–0.09	0 / 22	0
	Popular Unions of Bipartisan Social Groups	Kostas Dalios		10,572	0.21	—	0 / 22	0
	Society – Political Party of the Successors of Kapodistrias	Emmanouil Voloudakis		7,964	0.16	—	0 / 22	0
	Hellenic Direct Democracy Movement	Giorgos Kokkas		7,916	0.15	—	0 / 22	0
	Liberal Party–Libertas.eu	Manolis Kaligiannis	Libertas.eu	6,485	0.13	—	0 / 22	0
	Youth Party	Kyriakos Topsoglou		6,224	0.12	—	0 / 22	0
	Workers Revolutionary Party	Sabetai Matsas		6,048	0.12	—	0 / 22	0
	Fighting Socialist Party	Nikos Kargopoulos et al.		5,624	0.11	–0.09	0 / 22	0
	European Free Alliance–Rainbow	S. Anastasiadis	EFA	4,530	0.09	–0.01	0 / 22	0
	Liberal Alliance	Fotis Perlikos	ALDE	4,348	0.08	—	0 / 22	0
	Greek Unity	Vasileios Protopapas		3,105	0.06	—	0 / 22	0
	Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece	Ilias Zafiropoulos et al.		2,807	0.05	–0.03	0 / 22	0
	Patriotic Humanitarian Movement	Georgios Dontas		762	0.01	—	0 / 22	0
Valid votes				5,127,237	97.46
Invalid votes				72,791	1.38
Blank votes				61,008	1.16
Totals				5,261,036	100.00	—	22	—
Electorate and voter turnout				9,995,992	52.63
Source: Ministry of the Interior, Public Administration, and Decentralization, with all precincts reporting as of 05:17, 12 December 2009 (UTC).
Notes ^A The results of the Coalition of the Radical Left are compared with the 2004 results of Coalition of the Left of Movements and Ecology.

2014

 Summary of the results of Greece's 25 May 2014 election to the European Parliament

← 2009 • 2014 • 2019 →
National party		European party	Leader(s)	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA)	PEL	Alexis Tsipras	1,518,608	26.57	21.87	6 / 21	5
	New Democracy (ND)	EPP	Antonis Samaras	1,298,713	22.72	9.57	5 / 21	3
	Golden Dawn (XA)	ENF	Nikolaos Michaloliakos	536,910	9.39	8.93	3 / 21	3
	Olive Tree – Democratic Alignment (ELIA DA)	PES	Evangelos Venizelos (PASOK)	458,403	8.02	28.62	2 / 21	6
	The River (TO POTAMI)	None	Stavros Theodorakis	377,438	6.60	new	2 / 21	2
	Communist Party (KKE)	None	Dimitris Koutsoumpas	349,255	6.11	2.24	2 / 21	0
	Independent Greeks (ANEL)	None	Panos Kammenos	197,701	3.46	new	1 / 21	1
	Popular Orthodox Rally	MELD	Georgios Karatzaferis	154,027	2.69	4.45	0 / 21	2
	Greek European Citizens	None	Jorgo Chatzimarkakis	82,350	1.40	new	0 / 21	0
	Democratic Left	None	Fotis Kouvelis	68,873	1.20	new	0 / 21	0
	Union for the Fatherland and the People	None	Vyron Polydoras	59,341	1.04	new	0 / 21	0
	Party of Greek Hunters	None	Giorgos Tsagkanelias	57,014	1.00	0.27	0 / 21	0
	Others (parties or candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats)			(103,422)	9.76	—	0 / 21	1
Valid votes
Blank and invalid votes
Totals				'	100.00	—	21 / 21	1
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout					59.96
Source:

References

1. Resigned at 91 years old
2. Becomes government minister in the Tsipras Cabinet
3. "Notis Marias". europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
4. George Th. Mavrogordatos (December 1995). "Greece". European Journal of Political Research. 28 (3-4): 353–358. doi:10.1111/j.1475-6765.1995.tb00500.x.
5. Archivo Histórico Electoral statistics
6. George Th. Mavrogordatos (December 2000). "Greece". European Journal of Political Research. 38 (3-4): 397–401. doi:10.1111/j.1475-6765.2000.tb01146.x. (Only deals with the parties that took seats)
7. Greek Interior Ministry election data; EU election data.

External links

• European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)
• List of MEPs europarl.europa.eu
• Greek election results, via the Greek Ministry of Internal Affairs;