2009 Greek parliamentary election

none Greece parliamentary 2007 Greek parliamentary election 2007 May 2012 Greek parliamentary election May 2012 All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament 151 Opinion polling for the 2009 Greek parliamentary election 9,929,065 70.95% ( 3.20pp) 4 October 2009 130x130px George Papandreou 2011-09-30.jpg 100 97 130 0 0 center George Papandreou PASOK 38.10%, 102 seats 160 58 3,012,542 43.92% 5.82pp Kostas Karamanlis 2009 (cropped).jpg 97 97 130 0 0 center Kostas Karamanlis New Democracy (Greece) 41.87%, 152 seats 91 61 2,295,719 33.47% 8.40pp Aleka Papariga 2009 (cropped).jpg 97 97 130 0 0 center Aleka Papariga Communist Party of Greece 8.15%, 22 seats 21 1 517,249 7.54% 0.71pp Georgios Karatzaferis 2011 (cropped).jpg 97 97 130 0 0 center Georgios Karatzaferis Popular Orthodox Rally 3.80%, 10 seats 15 5 386,205 5.63% 1.83pp Alexis Tsipras die 16 Ianuarii 2012.jpg 97 97 130 0 0 center Alexis Tsipras Syriza 5.04%, 14 seats 13 1 315,665 4.60% 0.44pp 2009 Greek Legislative Election Map.svg Results by constituency 350px Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Kostas Karamanlis New Democracy (Greece) George Papandreou PASOK Early parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 4 October 2009.http://www.rfi.fr/actuen/articles/117/article_5008.asp Greeks to vote on 4 October RFI 2009-09-03 2009-09-05 Elections were not required until September 2011, but on 2 September 2009 Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis of New Democracy announced that he would request President Karolos Papoulias dissolve Parliament and call elections.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8234843.stm Greece's PM calls snap election BBC.com 2009-09-02 2009-09-05 Parliament was dissolved on 9 September. The result was a victory for the opposition PASOK party led by George Papandreou, who became the new prime minister. New Democracy lost 61 of its 152 seats, with its vote share dropping by over 8 percentage points. Voting was mandatory; however there are no sanctions or penalties for not voting. Participating parties A total of 23 parties participated in the elections. Six of them participated in only one or two parliamentary constituencies. New Democracy PASOK Communist Party of Greece Popular Orthodox Rally Coalition of the Radical Left Ecologists Greens Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Greece Communist Party of Greece (Marxist-Leninist) Workers Revolutionary Party Democratic Revival (Stelios Papathemelis) Union of Centrists (Vassilis Leventis) Popular Union – Chrysi Avyi Dimosthenis Vergis – Greek Ecologists Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece Koinonia (Emmanouil Voloudakis) Democrats (Δημοκρατικοί) (M. Meletopoulos) Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow (ANTARSYA) Light – Truth – Justice (Φως – Αλήθεια – Δικαιοσύνη) (Konstantinos Melissourgos)2 Friends of Man (Φίλοι του Ανθρώπου) (K. Stamoulis)1 Regional Urban Development (Περιφερειακή Αστική Ανάπτυξη) (South Kolitsi)1 Old Republic (Παλαιά Δημοκρατία) (A. Daskalopoulos)1 Smoking Groups for Art and Artistic Creation (Καπνιστικές Ομάδες για την Τέχνη και την Εικαστική Συγκρότηση, ΚΟΤΕΣ), (Nikos Louvros)1 I Give Away Land, I Give Away Debts - Panagrarian Labour Movement of Greece (Χαρίζω Οικόπεδα, Χαρίζω Χρέη' - Παναγροτικό Εργατικό Κίνημα Ελλάδος), (M. Tzalazidis)2 1 The party ran in one parliamentary constituency. 2 The party ran in two parliamentary constituencies. Opinion polls Opinion polling for the 2009 Greek parliamentary election thumb|center|800px|Local regression trend line of poll results from 16 September 2007 to 4 October 2009, with each line corresponding to a political party. Events before the election thumb|250px|Leaders of the (L to R) Ecologist Greens, Popular Orthodox Rally, Coalition of the Radical Left, Communist Party, PASOK, and New Democracy parties before a televised debate September 11, 2009: "Ecologists Greece" announced their electoral alliance with the Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS)http://news.ert.gr/el/26644-systrateysi-oikologon-prasinon-laos.htm el:Συστράτευση Οικολόγων Ελλάδος- ΛΑΟΣ ert.gr 2009-09-11 2009-09-17 el dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090914142008/http://news.ert.gr/el/26644-systrateysi-oikologon-prasinon-laos.htm September 14, 2009 September 16, 2009: A total of 28 parties submitted candidate lists to the Areios Pagos. The court will vet the candidacies' legal standing and officially declare lawful candidates within about a week. In past elections, some candidacies were rejected because the candidates had held certain public offices which they had not resigned in a timely fashion. September 21, 2009: NET state television, in simulcast with major commercial TV stations, broadcast the debate among the leaders of ND, PASOK, KKE, SYRIZA, LAOS, and the Ecologist Greens. The party leaders questioned by a team of journalists from the TV stations participating in the simulcast. Questions and responses were rotated and timed. Each party leader was allowed to place one question to one other party leader of their choice directly. September 21, 2009: The Areios Pagos announced the parties participating in the elections. 5 of the 28 applications were rejected; namely: "Ecologists Greece – Konstantinos Papanikolas – Political Catharsis", "Hellenic Direct Democracy Movement" (Ελληνικό Κίνημα Άμεσης Δημοκρατίας - Giorgos Kokkas), "New Greek Republic" (Νέα Ελληνική Δημοκρατία - N. Laskos), "Where are you, Papadopoulos? – Party of Greek Aliens – Terrorise the Terrorists" (Πού είσαι Παπαδόπουλε – Κόμμα Ελλήνων Αλλοδαπών – Τρομοκρατήστε τους Τρομοκράτες), "Future of the Greeks - Servants of the Greek People" (Μέλλον των Ελλήνων – Υπηρέτες του Ελληνικού Λαού - N. Skopelitis). September 22, 2009: The two likely prime ministers, Kostas Karamanlis and George Papandreou, debated for 75 minutes. The debate was divided in 5 sections (the economy, education, administration, the environment, and foreign policy). Both leaders had 2 sessions of 3 minutes and 1 session of 1 minute. The moderator had 1 minute to introduce the subject. The debate was moderated by journalist Maria Houkli, and was simulcast as per the multi-party debate above. October 3, 2009: It was announced that seven pollsters pooled their resources to conduct a joint exit poll, which was broadcast by all TV and news stations at 7 PM, the time when voting officially ended. The pollsters procured approximately 14,000 randomised responses and were aiming for a ±1.5% margin of error in their earliest predictions. Singular Logic, the IT contractor for the Ministry of Interior, implemented a secure system to obtain initial tallies from approximately 4,000 voting stations by SMS. They were thus able to project final results within ±0.2% by 9 PM and within ±0.1% by midnight. October 3, 2009: Publicised odds by international bookmakers were roughly in agreement with the latest predictions as outlined in the tables above. Sports betting is the only form of betting allowed in Greece. October 4, 2009: Voting commenced at 7 AM and was completed at 7 PM, in 20,937 stations throughout the country. Turnout was estimated at slightly more than 7 million. Exit polls and projections The initial results of the exit poll conducted jointly by pollsters Alco, GPO, MARC, Metron Analysis, MRB, Opinion, and RASS were made public at 7 PM Eastern European DST: Joint exit poll October 4, 2009 ND PASOK KKE Syriza LAOS EcoGreens Others Vote percentage 7 PM 34.3-37.3 41.0-44.0 7.3-8.3 3.9-4.9 5.0-6.0 2.0-3.0 - Seats in Parliament 7 PM 94-100 151-159 20-22 11-13 14-16 0 - The revised results of the exit poll conducted jointly by pollsters Alco, GPO, MARC, Metron Analysis, MRB, Opinion, and RASS were made public at 8:50 PM Eastern European DST. The margin of error claimed is less than 0.5%: Joint exit poll October 4, 2009 ND PASOK KKE Syriza LAOS EcoGreens Others Vote percentage 8:50 PM 33.9 43.8 7.6 4.5 5.6 2.5 - Seats in Parliament 8:50 PM 92 160 21 12 15 0 - The statistical projections by Singular Logic and the Ministry of Interior, based on actual returns, were made public at 9 PM Eastern European DST. The margin of error claimed is 0.3%: Statistical projection October 4, 2009 ND PASOK KKE Syriza LAOS EcoGreens Others Vote percentage 9 PM 33.8 43.8 7.6 4.5 5.6 2.5 2.2 Seats in Parliament 9 PM 92 160 21 12 15 0 - Results thumb|Results, showing the winning party in each municipal unit. File:Greek legislative election 2009.svg PASOK 3012542 +5.82 160 +58 New Democracy 2295719 –8.37 91 –61 Communist Party of Greece 517249 –0.61 21 –1 Popular Orthodox Rally 386205 +1.83 15 +5 Syriza 315665 –0.44 13 –1 Ecologist Greens 173589 +1.48 0 0 Democratic Revival 30784 –0.35 0 0 Antarsya 24687 New 0 New Greek Ecologists 19993 +0.27 0 0 Golden Dawn 19624 New 0 New Union of Centrists 18296 –0.02 0 0 Society 10690 New 0 New Communist Party of Greece (Marxist–Leninist) 10480 –0.10 0 0 Democrats 7600 New 0 New Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece 5219 –0.03 0 0 Workers' Revolutionary Party 4537 +0.03 0 0 Organization for the Reconstruction of the KKE 1665 –0.01 0 0 Pan-Agrarian Labour Movement of Greece 1375 New 0 New Smoking Groups for Art and Visual Composition el Καπνιστικές Ομάδες για την Τέχνη και την Εικαστική Συγκρότηση 1355 New 0 New Light – Truth – Justice 871 ±0.00 0 0 Friends of Man 4 New 0 New Regional Urban Development 4 ±0.00 0 0 Old Republic 3 New 0 New Independents 265 ±0.00 0 0 0 142916 43269 9929065 Ministry of Interior By region RegionPASOKNDKKELAOSSYRIZAOP%S%S%S%S%S%SAttica40.273927.972210.22107.5376.8273.99–Central Greece46.271034.8156.1515.4313.47–1.94–Central Macedonia39.832537.60157.1136.7733.9622.19–Crete58.781026.1854.60–2.63–3.9112.50–Eastern Macedonia and Thrace47.561236.3853.87–5.34–3.55–1.53–Epirus44.73737.3546.85–3.15–4.46–1.56–Ionian Islands43.61432.84111.6813.63–4.28–2.03–North Aegean43.40331.54212.6213.89–4.29–2.20–Peloponnese42.261040.9184.89–5.00–3.49–1.75–South Aegean50.87632.8824.42–4.15–3.49–2.35–Thessaly42.101137.0478.6625.0023.6311.85–Western Greece52.031232.2575.9123.2913.2011.74–Western Macedonia42.88641.3545.47–3.76–3.21–1.47–Greece43.92533.4747.5415.6314.6012.53– By constituency Constituency PASOK(%) ND(%)KKE(%)LAOS(%)SYRIZA(%)Achaea52.6528.996.603.643.89 Aetolia-Akarnania49.4535.736.233.032.82 Argolida42.2742.554.484.163.15 Arkadia46.4636.545.134.793.76 Arta45.1438.996.042.584.67 Athens A35.5231.759.557.597.98 Athens B40.2326.6210.847.287.40Attica43.1229.468.238.234.94 Boeotia47.3531.087.306.173.90Cephalonia41.8333.0412.254.673.73 Chalkidiki41.0240.475.005.474.05 Chania51.1129.735.983.644.37Chios49.8133.945.383.553.37Corfu43.3632.8311.963.544.29Corinthia46.8036.034.005.283.77Dodecanese54.9330.743.964.122.71Drama41.6341.263.826.333.26Elis54.6432.754.323.082.57 Euboea48.1931.086.726.013.90Evros44.7440.333.765.922.09 Evrytania51.2037.563.242.972.27Florina44.0241.634.623.542.95Grevena46.9136.647.313.562.60Imathia43.3137.016.916.163.16 Ioannina43.9436.127.513.504.90Heraklion62.7423.704.442.103.71Karditsa43.3139.837.504.022.88Kastoria34.6050.034.004.463.76Kavala42.4137.386.006.014.06Kilkis40.8539.937.266.392.49Kozani44.0839.715.763.663.29Laconia36.4747.264.805.592.84Larissa40.8136.189.465.693.98Lasithi59.3727.513.472.193.84Lefkada41.6637.0110.422.375.16Lesvos42.1931.0614.104.034.43Magnesia40.3935.558.795.824.66Messenia39.0643.265.745.073.62Kyklades44.8936.035.104.194.64Pella43.0441.484.365.512.52Phocis40.2239.736.925.243.58Phthiotis43.8540.354.924.662.82Pieria41.3742.275.295.342.81Piraeus A38.8832.978.117.565.83 Piraeus B44.3423.0612.887.585.69 Preveza42.9838.898.043.093.88Rethymno57.9127.413.753.103.90Rhodope53.0834.522.483.614.27Samos38.3429.7218.053.975.13Serres37.1046.775.025.362.52Thesprotia48.7536.614.603.063.47Thessaloniki A39.1130.309.538.265.77Thessaloniki B38.2337.627.577.484.08Trikala45.1437.638.223.802.54 Xanthi58.7926.212.754.414.56Zakynthos47.5529.7311.183.644.23 Post-election events thumb|right|Former Prime Minister, Kostas Karamanlis and George Papandreou in the ceremony for the official handover at the Maximos Mansion. October 4, 2009: Incumbent Prime Minister and New Democracy party leader Kostas Karamanlis conceded defeat and stated that he is resigning his offices, and will not stand as candidate at the party convention summoned to elect his successor next month.Paul Anast telegraph.co.uk paragraph 2 Greece's opposition Socialists resoundingly win snap election https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/greece/6260195/Greeces-opposition-Socialists-resoundingly-win-snap-election.html 5 October 2009 "I am beginning the procedures for an extraordinary congress to elect a new leader..." London 2009-10-05ELENA BECATOROS Yahoo! News paragraph 2 Socialists trounce conservatives in Greek election https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091004/ap_on_re_eu/eu_greece_election 5 October 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20091006025155/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091004/ap_on_re_eu/eu_greece_election October 6, 2009 The 33.5% tally marks a historic low for the party since its founding in 1974.ELENA BECATOROS Yahoo! News paragraph 2 Socialists trounce conservatives in Greek election https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091004/ap_on_re_eu/eu_greece_election 5 October 2009 Humbled by his New Democracy party's worst electoral performance ever dead https://web.archive.org/web/20091006025155/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091004/ap_on_re_eu/eu_greece_election October 6, 2009 Paul Anast telegraph.co.uk paragraph 4 Greece's opposition Socialists resoundingly win snap election https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/greece/6260195/Greeces-opposition-Socialists-resoundingly-win-snap-election.html 5 October 2009 The results were the worst for the governing conservative New Democracy party in 30 years. London 2009-10-05 October 5, 2009: The Speaker of the outgoing Parliament notified the President of the Republic about the election returns. Immediately afterwards incumbent Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis tended his resignation to the President.http://www.rfi.fr/actuen/articles/118/article_5359.asp RFI - Socialists hail perfect storm of support, as Papandreou takes over Rfi.fr 2012-05-13 PASOK leader George Papandreou was then summoned by the President and given a mandate to form a Cabinet as the Prime Minister-designate.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8289674.stm Greece's Socialists win snap poll 2009-10-05 BBC News 2009-10-06 PASOK Member of the European Parliament Stavros Lambrinidis said the result was "remarkable". October 6, 2009: George Papandreou was sworn in as prime minister at 11 am, and moved into the Máximos Mansion, the Prime Ministerial office. The names of the new ministers were announced at 7 pm.in.gr Στον Πρόεδρο για την εντολή σχηματισμού κυβέρνησης ο Γ.Παπανδρέου - George Papandreou visits the President to receive a mandate to form a Cabinet http://www.in.gr/news/article.asp?lngEntityID=1060445 5 October 2009 elhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/oct/06/george-papandreou-sworn-greek-pm Papandreou looks to Greek diaspora as he forms new cabinet 2009-10-06 Guardian 2009-10-06 London Helena Smith It became known that George Papandreou had offered the EcoGreens one of the two positions of Undersecretary for the Environment, but the offer was turned down. October 7, 2009: The new Cabinet was sworn in at 11 AM. The New Democracy party congress is to convene and elect its new leader at November 7, 2009. See also List of members of the Hellenic Parliament, 2009–2012 References Further reading Dinas Elias The Greek general election of 2009: PASOK–the third generation West European Politics 33 2 389–398 10.1080/01402380903539037 March 2010 153451489 Gemenis Kostas Winning votes and weathering storms: the 2009 European and parliamentary elections in Greece Representation 46 3 353–362 10.1080/00344893.2010.499704 September 2010 155002060 https://ris.utwente.nl/ws/files/6899278/Gemenis10election.pdf Kovras Iosif The parliamentary election in Greece, October 2009 Electoral Studies 29 2 293–296 10.1016/j.electstud.2010.01.001 June 2010 Pappas Takis S. Winning by default: the Greek election of 2009 South European Society and Politics 15 2 273–287 10.1080/13608746.2010.491964 June 2010 154590120 External links Greece Votes Socialist by Maria Margaronis, The Nation, October 5, 2009 NSD: European Election Database - Greece https://web.archive.org/web/20120516150351/http://www.nsd.uib.no/european_election_database/country/greece 2012-05-16 publishes regional level election data; allows for comparisons of election results, 1990–2009 Greece Parliamentary Category:2009 in Greek politics Category:Parliamentary elections in Greece Greece