2009 Greek legislative election

2009 Greek legislative election

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All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament
151 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered9,929,065
Turnout70.95% (Decrease3.20pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader George Papandreou Kostas Karamanlis Aleka Papariga
Party PASOK ND KKE
Last election 38.10%, 102 seats 41.87%, 152 seats 8.15%, 22 seats
Seats won 160 91 21
Seat change Increase58 Decrease61 Decrease1
Popular vote 3,012,542 2,295,719 517,249
Percentage 43.92% 33.47% 7.54%
Swing Increase5.82 pp Decrease8.40 pp Decrease0.71 pp

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Georgios Karatzaferis Alexis Tsipras
Party LAOS Syriza
Last election 3.80%, 10 seats 5.04%, 14 seats
Seats won 15 13
Seat change Increase5 Decrease1
Popular vote 386,205 315,665
Percentage 5.63% 4.60%
Swing Increase1.83 pp Decrease0.44 pp

Results by electoral district

Prime Minister before election

Kostas Karamanlis
ND

Prime Minister after election

George Papandreou
PASOK

Early parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 4 October 2009.[1] Elections were not required until September 2011, but on 2 September 2009 Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis of New Democracy announced that he would request President Karolos Papoulias dissolve Parliament and call elections.[2] Parliament was dissolved on 9 September.

The result was a victory for the opposition PASOK party led by George Papandreou, who became the new prime minister. New Democracy lost 61 of its 152 seats, with its vote share dropping by over 8 percentage points.

Voting was mandatory; however there are no sanctions or penalties for not voting.

  1. ^ "Greeks to vote on 4 October". RFI. 2009-09-03. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
  2. ^ "Greece's PM calls snap election". BBC.com. 2009-09-02. Retrieved 2009-09-05.