2004 European Parliament election in Greece

European Parliament elections were held in Greece on 13 June 2004 to elect 24 Greek members of the European Parliament. Members were elected by party-list proportional representation with a 3% electoral threshold.

2004 European Parliament election in Greece

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24 seats in the European Parliament
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Kostas Karamanlis George Papandreou Aleka Papariga
Party NDPA PASOK KKE
Last election 36.00%, 9 seats 32.91%, 9 seats 8.67%, 3 seats
Seats won 11 8 3
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 1 Steady
Popular vote 2,633,574 2,083,327 580,396
Percentage 43.01% 34.03% 9.48%
Swing Increase7.01pp Increase1.12pp Increase0.81pp

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Nikos Konstantopoulos Georgios Karatzaferis
Party Synaspismos LAOS
Last election 5.16%, 2 seats
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Decrease 1 New
Popular vote 254,447 252,429
Percentage 4.16% 4.12%
Swing Decrease1.00pp New

Results

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The 2004 European election was the sixth election to the European Parliament. The ruling New Democracy party made strong gains, while the opposition PASOK made smaller gains, both at the expense of minor parties. The traditionalist Popular Orthodox Rally, contested in the election for the first time and elected one MEP.

 
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
New DemocracyPolitical Spring2,633,57443.0111+2
PASOK2,083,32734.038–1
Communist Party of Greece580,3969.4830
Synaspismos254,4474.161–1
Popular Orthodox Rally252,4294.121New
Women for Another Europe46,5650.760New
Democratic Regional Union44,5410.730New
Ecologist Greens40,8730.6700
Union of Centrists34,5110.5600
Greek Ecologists32,9560.5400
Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece21,2200.3500
Hellenic Front15,2430.2500
Democratic Socialist Movement13,6270.220New
Radical Left Front13,3870.2200
Anti-Capitalist Coalition11,9380.1900
Fighting Socialist Party of Greece11,5980.1900
Patriotic Alliance10,6180.170New
Rainbow6,1760.1000
Vision5,9960.100New
Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece5,0900.0800
European Confederacy3,7910.060New
Alternative Ecologists2840.0000
Christianity450.0000
Total6,122,632100.0024–1
Valid votes6,122,63297.44
Invalid/blank votes161,0052.56
Total votes6,283,637100.00
Registered voters/turnout9,938,86363.22
Source: Ministry of the Interior

References

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