2000 Greek legislative election
2000 Greek legislative election|
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First party
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Second party
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Leader
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Costas Simitis
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Kostas Karamanlis
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Party
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PASOK
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ND
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Last election
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162 seats, 41.49%
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38.12%, 108 seats
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Seats won
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158
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125
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Seat change
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4
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17
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Popular vote
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3,008,081
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2,934,948
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Percentage
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43.80%
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42.73%
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Swing
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2.31pp
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4.61pp
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Third party
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Fourth party
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Leader
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Aleka Papariga
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Nikos Konstantopoulos
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Party
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KKE
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Synaspismos
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Last election
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5.61%, 11 seats
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5.12%, 10 seats
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Seats won
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11
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6
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Seat change
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4
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Popular vote
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379,280
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219,988
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Percentage
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5.52%
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3.20%
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Swing
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0.09pp
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1.92pp
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Most voted-for party by electoral district
Most voted-for party by municipality |
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Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 9 April 2000.[1] The ruling PASOK of Prime Minister Costas Simitis was narrowly re-elected, defeating the conservative New Democracy party. Simitis formed his third cabinet.
This election is a landmark, as it is the last elector where the presentation of the election booklet was necessary. Since the local elections of 2002, the Special Electoral Number has been established and the participation of the voter is done by showing any identification document (ID card, driving license, etc.).[2]
They were also characterized by the large electoral reversal in favour of PASOK, 43.8% against 42.7% of New Democracy, a difference of 73,133 votes. Specifically, New Democracy was ahead for over three hours and with the integration of Athens B in the narional results, PASOK went ahead of ND. There were not a few voices talking about fraud.[3]
Results
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| PASOK | 3,008,081 | 43.80 | 158 | –4 | | New Democracy | 2,934,948 | 42.73 | 125 | +17 | | Communist Party of Greece | 379,280 | 5.52 | 11 | 0 | | Synaspismos | 219,988 | 3.20 | 6 | –4 | | Democratic Social Movement | 184,648 | 2.69 | 0 | –9 | | Democratic Regional Union | 32,149 | 0.47 | 0 | New | | Union of Centrists | 23,218 | 0.34 | 0 | 0 | | Union of Ecologists | 20,523 | 0.30 | 0 | 0 | | National Coalition | 14,688 | 0.21 | 0 | New | | Front Line | 12,192 | 0.18 | 0 | New | | Radical Left Front | 8,183 | 0.12 | 0 | New | | Communist Party of Greece (Marxist–Leninist) | 7,325 | 0.11 | 0 | New | | Party of Hellenism | 6,241 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | | Left! (M-L KKE–A) | 5,879 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | | Alternative Ecologists | 3,291 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | | Liberal Party | 2,123 | 0.03 | 0 | New | | Fighting Socialist Party of Greece | 2,044 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | | Self-Governed Movement of Labour Politics | 1,153 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | | Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece | 1,139 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | | Christianity | 260 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | | Party of Greek Workers | 153 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | | National Patriotic Party | 23 | 0.00 | 0 | New | | Olympic Party | 4 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | | Panhellenic Democratic Party of Peace | 4 | 0.00 | 0 | New | | Independents | 592 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | Total | 6,868,129 | 100.00 | 300 | 0 | | Valid votes | 6,868,129 | 97.74 | |
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Invalid/blank votes | 158,501 | 2.26 | |
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Total votes | 7,026,630 | 100.00 | |
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Registered voters/turnout | 9,277,277 | 75.74 | |
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Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
References
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