2019 European Parliament election in Greece

2019 election of members of the European parliament for Greece
2019 European Parliament election in Greece

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All 21 Greek seats in the European Parliament
Turnout58.69%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis Alexis Tsipras Fofi Gennimata
Party ND Syriza KINAL
Alliance EPP Left PES
Last election 22.72%, 5 seats 26.56%, 6 seats 8.02%, 2 seats
Seats won 8 6 2
Seat change Increase 3 Steady Steady
Popular vote 1,873,137 1,343,595 436,726
Percentage 33.12% 23.75% 7.72%
Swing Increase 10.40 Decrease 2.81 Decrease 0.30

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Dimitris Koutsoumpas Nikolaos Michaloliakos Kyriakos Velopoulos
Party KKE ΧΑ EL
Alliance INITIATIVE
Last election 6.11%, 2 seats 9.39%, 3 seats
Seats won 2 2 1
Seat change Steady Decrease 1 New
Popular vote 302,603 275,734 236,347
Percentage 5.35% 4.87% 4.18%
Swing Decrease 0.76 Decrease 4.52 New

Map of Greek electoral districts, showing the largest party by share of votes. Darker shades indicate stronger vote share.

Ballots for European elections in Greece 2019

European Parliament elections were held in Greece on 26 May 2019 to elect the 21 Greek members of the European Parliament. The elections were held alongside the first round of the local and regional government elections, resulting in a major defeat for the governing Syriza party, and leading to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras bringing forward the scheduled parliamentary elections for 7 July 2019.

Participating parties

Parties and coalitions participating in the elections:

Opinion polls

Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size ND KINAL XA KKE EL Potami ANEL M25 LAE PE EG Lead
Pulse/Skai[1] 18–20 Apr 2019 1,010 25.0 35.5 8.5 8.5 6.5 2.5 2.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.0 - 10.5
Interview/Vergina TV[2] 15–17 Apr 2019 1,005 22.7 36.4 7.9 7.2 7.0 2.0 2.3 1.4 1.3 0.6 1.3 1.3 - 13.7
Metron Analysis/Alpha TV[3] 15–17 Apr 2019 1,200 25.6 35.0 8.5 5.9 7.5 2.6 2.4 2.1 1.2 2.1 - - 1.9 9.4
Marc/Proto Thema[4] 26 Mar–1 Apr 2019 1,200 24.8 39.2 8.9 7.2 6.3 2.0 2.0 1.5 - 2.1 - - 1.3 14.4
MRB/Star[5] 1–3 Apr 2019 1,003 25.6 36.5 7.5 7.5 6.7 2.4 1.9 2.1 1.2 1.2 - - 2.3 10.9
Metron Analysis/To Vima[6] 18–20 Mar 2019 1,204 23.9 36.1 7.7 7.1 6.4 1.5 - 2.0 1.5 1.5 1.6 - 3.1 12.2

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
New Democracy1,873,13733.128+3
Syriza1,343,59523.7560
Movement for Change436,7267.7220
Communist Party of Greece302,6035.3520
Golden Dawn275,7344.872−1
Greek Solution236,3474.181New
MeRA25169,6353.000New
Course of Freedom90,9271.610New
The River85,9341.520−2
Union of Centrists82,0841.4500
Greece, the Other Way70,3471.240New
Popular Orthodox Rally–Patriotic Radical Union69,7791.2300
Citizens51,3980.910New
Ecologist Greens49,4180.8700
Independent Greeks45,1480.800–1
Free Homeland41,2690.730New
Party of Friendship, Equality and Peace40,2110.7100
Recreate Greece39,2170.6900
New Right37,5400.660New
Antarsya36,3610.6400
Agricultural Animal Party Greece32,0140.570New
Popular Unity–Pirate Party of Greece31,6480.5600
Assembly of Greeks29,5090.520New
Greens – Solidarity25,2450.4500
Enypekk–Strong Greece22,3410.390New
Youth Party18,4580.330New
Democratic Responsibility18,2070.320New
New Greek Momentum12,2780.220New
Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece12,2310.2200
Greek Ecologists11,5110.2000
National Front–Patriotic League–Lions' Movement10,7420.1900
People's European Social Groups10,2640.1800
Panhellenic Citizen Chariot9,8930.1700
Greek Radicals9,2420.160New
Rainbow6,3640.1100
Liberal Alliance6,0320.110New
Organisation of Internationalist Communists of Greece4,8030.0800
Kollatos3,0650.0500
LEFKOAKEEPKA2,8860.050New
Greek Vision1,9760.030New
Total5,656,119100.00210
Valid votes5,656,11995.54
Invalid/blank votes264,2364.46
Total votes5,920,355100.00
Registered voters/turnout10,088,32558.69
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Elected MEPs

New Democracy

Coalition of the Radical Left

Movement for Change

Communist Party of Greece

  • Kostas Papadakis (55,956 votes)
  • Eleftherios Nikolaou-Alavanos (34,457 votes)

Golden Dawn

Greek Solution

  • Emmanouil Frangos (27,665 votes)

References

  1. ^ "Νέο γκάλοπ: Δημοσκόπηση ΣΚΑΪ: Διπλό προβάδισμα ΝΔ. Επηρεάζουν σκανδαλολογία, παροχές;". skai.gr (in Greek). 22 April 2019. Archived from the original on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Νέο γκάλοπ: Στο 13,7% η διαφορά ΝΔ – ΣΥΡΙΖΑ στις ευρωεκλογές – Στο 10,5% στις εθνικές". skai.gr (in Greek). 18 Apr 2019. Archived from the original on 18 April 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Νέο γκάλοπ: Μπροστά με 7,3 μονάδες η ΝΔ στις ευρωεκλογές και 7,8 στις εθνικές". patrisnews.com (in Greek). 18 Apr 2019.
  4. ^ "Δημοσκόπηση για το "Πρώτο Θέμα": 10,8 μονάδες μπροστά η ΝΔ στις ευρωεκλογές". star.gr (in Greek). 6 Apr 2019.
  5. ^ "Μεγάλη δημοσκόπηση του Star: Με 9% προηγείται η ΝΔ στις ευρωεκλογές". star.gr (in Greek). 4 Apr 2019.
  6. ^ "Δημοσκόπηση Metron Analysis: Γκάλοπ Metron Analysis: Χάνει με διαφορά ο Τσίπρας και το στοίχημα των ευρωεκλογών". tovima.gr (in Greek). 23 March 2019.
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