2019 Greek legislative election

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All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament
151 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered 9,962,261
Turnout 57.78% (Increase1.62pp)
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis Alexis Tsipras Fofi Gennimata
Party ND Syriza Movement for Change (Greece)
Last election 28.09%, 75 seats 35.46%, 145 seats 6.28%, 17 seats
Seats won 158 86 22
Seat change Increase83 Decrease59 Increase5
Popular vote 2,251,618 1,781,057 457,623
Percentage 39.85% 31.53% 8.10%
Swing Increase11.76pp Decrease3.93pp Increase1.72pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Leader Dimitris Koutsoumpas Kyriakos Velopoulos Yanis Varoufakis
Party KKE EL MeRA25
Last election 5.55%, 15 seats – –
Seats won 15 10 9
Seat change Steady New New
Popular vote 299,621 209,290 194,576
Percentage 5.30% 3.70% 3.44%
Swing Decrease0.25pp New New
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Prime Minister before election

Alexis Tsipras
SYRIZA

 Prime Minister after election

Kyriakos Mitsotakis
ND

Legislative elections were held in Greece on 7 July 2019.[1][2] The elections were called by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on 26 May 2019 after the ruling Syriza party lost the European and local elections.[3] They were the first national elections since the voting age was lowered to 17, and the number of parliamentary constituencies was increased from 56 to 59. Athens B, the largest constituency before the 2018 reforms, with 44 seats, was broken up into smaller constituencies, the largest of which had 18 seats.

The result was a victory for the centre-right liberal conservative New Democracy party led by Kyriakos Mitsotakis, which received nearly 40% of the vote and won 158 seats, an outright majority.

Electoral system

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A visual representation of the seat allocation system used in Greece

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See also: Elections in Greece, List of parliamentary constituencies of Greece, and Apportionment in the Hellenic Parliament

Compulsory voting was in force for the elections, with voter registration being automatic.[4] However, none of the legally existing penalties or sanctions have ever been enforced.[5]

A number of changes to the electoral system were introduced following the September 2015 elections. The voting age was reduced from 18 to 17 in July 2016,[6] with the same law also abolishing the majority bonus system, which gave a 50-seat bonus to the largest party. Instead, all 300 seats would be awarded proportionally.[6] However, this law did not come into effect for the 2019 elections, as it was not approved with the required supermajority despite the Syriza-led government expressing support for its introduction for the 2019 elections.[7] As a result, the previous system remained in force, with 250 seats elected in multi-member constituencies using a 3% electoral threshold, plus 50 bonus seats for the largest party.

The number of parliamentary constituencies was also modified in December 2018, with Athens B split into Athens B1 (North), Athens B2 (West), and Athens B3 (South), while Attica was split into East Attica and West Attica.[8]

Opinion polls

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Main article: Opinion polling for the 2019 Greek legislative election
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Local regression trend line of poll results from 20 September 2015 to 7 July 2019, with each line corresponding to a political party.

Conduct

A few minutes before the polls closed, a group of young protesters stormed the 33rd polling station in the distinct of Exarcheia, Athens, and stole the ballot box. A previously-unknown anarchist group, Ballot-seeking Arsonists, later claimed responsibility. It claimed to have burned the stolen ballot box. As a result, a repeat election at the same polling station was held a week later, on 14 July.[9][10] The results did not change the final allocation of seats because of the small volume of votes.

Results

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Results, showing the winning party in each municipal unit.
  ND (820)
  SYRIZA (197)
  PASOK (5)
  KKE (2)

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Results by region

Region ND
(%)		 SYRIZA (%) KINAL (%) KKE
(%)		 EL (%) MERA25 (%)
Achaea 32.43 40.27 8.91 5.45 3.24 3.14
Aetolia-Akarnania 40.95 33.89 10.24 4.93 1.69 2.13
Argolis 43.43 24.99 14.84 3.56 3.25 3.12
Arkadia 42.56 30.14 10.81 4.54 2.75 2.67
Arta 38.99 39.94 8.44 4.83 1.43 1.98
Athens A 42.32 31.29 5.16 6.37 2.58 3.84
Athens B1 45.81 28.22 5.59 6.19 2.54 4.15
Athens B2 29.69 38.60 6.00 8.65 3.51 4.28
Athens B3 39.49 32.03 5.72 7.13 2.99 4.44
East Attica 43.13 29.60 5.03 4.96 4.85 3.87
West Attica 34.28 36.24 5.24 5.93 5.24 3.20
Boeotia 36.25 32.27 5.82 9.52 2.49 3.45
Cephalonia 37.94 32.45 5.82 9.52 2.49 3.45
Chalkidiki 42.59 24.32 10.37 3.14 4.33 3.81
Chania 34.05 37.35 6.54 5.02 3.13 4.85
Chios 45.65 22.14 14.94 4.78 2.43 2.89
Corfu 35.14 34.41 7.50 6.99 2.40 4.84
Corinthia 41.80 30.73 8.47 2.80 4.11 3.68
Cyclades 43.55 28.32 8.52 4.20 2.88 4.10
Dodecanese 41.28 29.73 10.37 3.20 3.87 3.01
Drama 43.90 22.72 12.31 2.78 6.70 3.10
Elis 36.03 34.82 14.79 3.62 2.88 2.21
Euboea 36.61 34.91 8.53 4.98 4.16 3.14
Evros 44.99 27.55 8.17 2.95 5.86 2.39
Evrytania 48.87 29.54 9.94 2.79 2.14 1.84
Florina 39.02 35.51 6.24 3.07 7.27 2.78
Grevena 43.16 29.49 9.89 5.82 2.74 2.32
Imathia 41.92 26.98 8.24 4.68 5.63 3.06
Ioannina 37.42 36.30 9.53 4.99 2.34 2.79
Heraklion 30.15 43.22 11.38 3.57 2.18 4.03
Karditsa 44.91 30.45 9.42 5.60 2.49 1.87
Kastoria 50.23 27.10 7.00 2.53 2.73 2.98
Kavala 42.55 26.20 8.48 4.18 5.86 3.13
Kilkis 42.35 23.22 11.21 5.05 5.16 2.70
Kozani 39.39 31.39 10.30 4.64 4.01 2.96
Laconia 49.91 19.63 14.39 3.57 3.19 2.01
Larissa 39.30 31.25 8.79 6.25 4.34 2.81
Lasithi 34.32 34.57 15.40 2.93 2.64 3.08
Lefkada 44.37 28.19 9.60 8.16 1.30 2.81
Lesbos 38.99 29.01 8.57 10.04 2.62 2.25
Magnesia 38.76 32.16 6.58 5.33 4.34 3.78
Messenia 44.37 30.66 6.85 4.69 3.35 3.02
Pella 42.29 28.52 9.31 2.59 5.60 2.50
Phocis 44.75 29.16 7.35 6.04 3.01 3.00
Phthiotis 43.79 31.64 7.59 4.38 3.19 2.58
Pieria 47.45 23.33 8.52 3.98 5.73 2.78
Piraeus A 43.73 29.72 4.94 5.51 3.39 3.88
Piraeus B 30.19 38.22 5.09 8.02 4.20 4.40
Preveza 43.47 34.38 8.25 5.49 1.39 2.07
Rethymno 36.55 36.99 9.82 3.33 2.30 3.45
Rhodope 37.84 27.17 21.94 4.25 2.57 1.38
Samos 34.13 29.08 6.85 14.47 3.30 2.81
Serres 48.04 23.25 8.68 3.41 6.11 3.13
Thesprotia 41.14 31.54 13.28 3.73 1.81 2.50
Thessaloniki A 35.52 31.31 6.05 5.30 5.39 4.76
Thessaloniki B 43.02 25.14 6.65 4.61 5.65 4.06
Trikala 44.40 29.54 9.71 6.07 2.85 2.05
Xanthi 36.78 39.60 8.78 2.19 3.44 2.35
Zakynthos 41.91 31.44 5.37 9.04 2.21 3.32

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