2009 European Parliament election in Greece

2009 European Parliament election in Greece

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22 seats in the European Parliament
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader George Papandreou Kostas Karamanlis Aleka Papariga Party PASOK ND KKE Alliance S&D EPP GUE/NGL Last election 34.03%, 8 seats 43.01%, 11 seats 9.48%, 3 seats Seats won 8 8 2 Seat change 3 1 Popular vote 1,879,229 1,656,085 428,151 Percentage 36.65% 32.30% 8.35% Swing 2.62pp 10.71pp 1.13pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Georgios Karatzaferis Alexis Tsipras 6-member committee Party LAOS Syriza OP Alliance EFD GUE/NGL Greens/EFA Last election 4.12%, 1 seat 4.16%, 1 seat 0.67%, 0 seats Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 366,616 240,971 178,960 Percentage 7.15% 4.70% 3.49 Swing 3.03pp 0.54pp 2.82pp

European Parliament elections were held in Greece on 7 June 2009 to elect the 22 Greek members of the European Parliament. Members were elected by party-list proportional representation with a 3% electoral threshold. The number of seats allocated to Greece was reduced from 24 to 22, as a result of new member states joining the European Union (EU). Consistent with EU-wide rules, Greek citizens resident in another of the 26-member states were permitted to vote in the place where they currently reside.