2000 Greek legislative election

2000 Greek legislative election

9 April 2000
All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament 151 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Costas Simitis Kostas Karamanlis Party PASOK ND Last election 162 seats, 41.49% 38.12%, 108 seats Seats won 158 125 Seat change 4 17 Popular vote 3,008,081 2,934,948 Percentage 43.80% 42.73% Swing 2.31pp 4.61pp   Third party Fourth party   Leader Aleka Papariga Nikos Konstantopoulos Party KKE Synaspismos Last election 5.61%, 11 seats 5.12%, 10 seats Seats won 11 6 Seat change 4 Popular vote 379,280 219,988 Percentage 5.52% 3.20% Swing 0.09pp 1.92pp
Prime Minister before election Costas Simitis PASOK Prime Minister after election Costas Simitis PASOK

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 9 April 2000. 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.).

They were also characterized by the large electoral reversal in favour of PASOK, 44% against 43% of New Democracy, a difference of 73,133 votes. New Democracy was ahead for over three hours of the count and with the integration of Athens B in the narional results, PASOK took the lead, resulting in speculation about fraud.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	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
Invalid/blank votes		158,501	2.26
Total votes		7,026,630	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		9,277,277	75.74
Source: Nohlen & Stöver