2000 Greek legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 9 April 2000.[1] The ruling Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) of Prime Minister Costas Simitis was narrowly re-elected, defeating the conservative New Democracy party. Simitis formed his third cabinet.

2000 Greek legislative election

9 April 2000
All 300 seats to the Hellenic Parliament 151 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Costas Simitis Kostas Karamanlis Party PASOK ND Leader since 30 June 1996 21 March 1997 Last election 162 seats, 41.49% 108 seats, 38.12% Seats won 158 125 Seat change 4 17 Popular vote 3,007,596 2,935,196 Percentage 43.79% 42.74% Swing 2.3% 4.62%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Aleka Papariga Nikos Konstantopoulos Party KKE Synaspismos Leader since 1991 1993 Last election 11 seats, 5.61% 10 seats, 5.12% Seats won 11 6 Seat change 4 Popular vote 379,454 219,880 Percentage 5.52% 3.20% Swing 0.09% 1.92%
Map of electoral districts, showing the largest party by share of votes. Darker shades indicate stronger vote share.
PM before election Costas Simitis PASOK Subsequent PM Costas Simitis PASOK

Greek Parliamentary election, 2000

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Distribution of parliament seats after the 2007 elections (Results). Distribution of parliament seats after the 2000 elections (Results).
Panhellenic Socialist Movement: 158 seats   New Democracy: 125 seats   Communist Party of Greece: 11 seats   Coalition of the Left and Progress: 6 seats
Date	9 April 2000
Previous prime minister	Kostas Simitis
Next prime minister	Kostas Simitis holding position

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)	3,007,596	43.79	158	–4
New Democracy (ND)	2,935,196	42.74	125	+17
Communist Party of Greece (KKE)	379,454	5.52	11	0
Coalition of the Left and Progress (SYN)	219,880	3.20	6	–4
Democratic Social Movement (DIKKI)	184,598	2.69	0	–9
Democratic Regional Union (DPE)	32,068	0.47	0	New
Union of Centrists	23,228	0.34	0	0
Union of Ecologists	20,446	0.30	0	0
National Coalition	14,703	0.21	0	New
Front Line	12,125	0.18	0	New
Radical Left Front (MERA)	8,132	0.12	0	New
Communist Party of Greece (Marxist-Leninist) (KKE (M-L))	7,301	0.11	0	New
Party of Hellenism	6,272	0.09	0	0
Left! (M-L KKE and A/synechia)	5,866	0.09	0	0
Alternative Ecologists	3,321	0.05	0	0
Liberal Party	2,091	0.03	0	New
Fighting Socialist Party of Greece (ASKE)	2,026	0.03	0	0
Self-Governed Movement of Labour Politics	1,145	0.02	0	0
Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece (OAKKE)	1,126	0.02	0	0
Christian Faith	305	0.00	0	0
Party of Greek Workers	169	0.00	0	0
National Patriotic Party	22	0.00	0	New
Olympic Party	14	0.00	0	0
Panhellenic Democratic Party of Peace	4	0.00	0	New
Independents	592	0.0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	158,516	–	–	–
Total	7,026,527	100	300	0
Registered voters/turnout	9,372,541	74.97	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Popular vote PASOK   43.79% ND   42.74% KKE   5.52% SYN   3.20% DIKKI   2.69% Others   2.06%

Parliament seats PASOK   52.67% ND   41.67% KKE   3.67% SYN   2.00%

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p830 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7