2017 Greek centre-left leadership election

2017 Greek centre-left leadership election
12 November and
19 November 2017		 2021 →
 
Candidate Fofi Gennimata Nikos Androulakis
Party PASOK PASOK
Popular vote 86.330 (1st round)
87.230 (2nd round) 		51.736 (1st round)
66.483 (2nd round)
Percentage 41.27% (1st round)
56.75% (2nd round) 		24.73% (1st round)
43.25% (2nd round)
 
Candidate George Kaminis Stavros Theodorakis
Party Independent To Potami
Popular vote 28.581 (1st round) 22.870 (1st round)
Percentage 13.66% (1st round) 10.93% (1st round)
Previous Movement for Change leader

Office established

 Movement for Change leader

Fofi Gennimata

A leadership election was held on 12 November and 19 November 2017 by the centre-left political parties of Greece, with the participation of Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK), Greece's main centre-left party and The River (Potami), another parliamentary party.[1] The Movement of Democratic Socialists (KIDISO) and the Union of Democratic National Reform movement (EDEM) also supported the elections. The first round of election was held on 12 November. No candidate gained 50% of the votes, so a runoff vote was held on 19 November. The elections were regulated by an election committee under the presidency of Nikos Alivizatos.[2]

More than 210,000 Greek citizens voted in the first round of elections.[3] Mass media describes the elections as important in the current political situation, and as step for the formation of a new unified party of the centre-left.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ "Κεντροαριστερά: Γεννηματά - Ανδρουλάκης το δίδυμο της κάλπης [Live]".
  2. ^ "Center-left party elections: Alivizatos calls for wide participation in Sunday's poll - newreport". 12 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Αλιβιζάτος: Ο κόσμος έδειξε ότι θέλει να υπάρχει αυτή η παράταξη".
  4. ^ "Nine candidates to vie for leadership of new party seeking to unify centre-left - The Greek Observer". 8 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Οι εκλογές στην Κεντροαριστερά καθορίζουν το πολιτικό σκηνικό".
  6. ^ "Centre-left leadership candidates step forward as unity doubts linger".