2006 Greek local elections

none The 2006 Greek local elections elected representatives to Greece's 3 super-prefectures, 54 prefectures, provinces, and approximately 1,033 communities and municipalities. The elections took place on Sunday, 15 October 2006 from 7a.m. to 7p.m. According to the New Code for Municipalities and Communities, a platform gains the absolute majority of the seats if it has more than 42% of the votes. If no platform achieves that, then there is a second round, one week later. The ballot in the second round includes the two platforms which garnered the most votes in the 1st week. Traditionally, candidates at local elections do not run under the official name of the party they belong, but form electoral platforms with different names for the purpose. Elections Municipal mayoralties Municipality of Athens Candidate Supporting partiesWhen more than one parties support the same candidate, this does not necessarily mean there is an official alliance between the supporting parties or even that candidates themselves approve of all the parties that endorse them. Platform 1st Round % Seats Nikitas Kaklamanis New Democracy/Popular Orthodox Rally 126,87746.0527 Kostas Skandalidis Panhellenic Socialist Movement79,463 28.8411 Alexis Tsipras Coalition of the Radical Left / Communist Organization of Greece28,964 10.514 Spyros Halvatzis Communist Party of Greece/Democratic Social Movement/Communist Renewal/Intervention of Left Citizens24,169 8.773 Dimosthenis Vergis Greek Ecologists3,9351.430 Tasos Krommydas Ecologist Greens3,822 1.390 Dimitrios Zaphiropoulos Patriotic Alliance3,705 1.340 Aggelos Hagios Radical Left Front/Communist Party of Greece (Marxist-Leninist)3,1071.130 Emmanouil Kalligiannis Liberal Party1,4580.530No. of valid votes275,500100.0045Invalid votes21,504 Total 297,004(57.77%) Municipality of Piraeus Candidate Supporting parties Platform 1st Round % Seats Panagiotis Fasoulas Panhellenic Socialist Movement44,93645.1725 Christos Agrapidis New Democracy 32,56232.0210 Thodoris Dritsas Coalition of the Radical Left/Ecologist Greens6,5406.432 Elpida Pantelaki Communist Party of Greece 6,2316.132Panagiotis Melas Popular Orthodox Rally 5,6985.601 Nikolaos Legakis3,4783.421 Antonis Tsiknas Radical Left Front/Communist Party of Greece (Marxist-Leninist)1,2461.230No. of valid votes101,691100.0041Invalid votes6.936 Total 108.627(64.20%) Municipality of Thessaloniki Candidate Supporting parties Platform 1st Round % Seats 2nd Round % Seats Vassilios Papageorgopoulos New Democracy ThessalonikiRenewal 68,319 41.43972,696 52.6216 (25) Chrysa Arapoglou Panhellenic Socialist Movement 35,62321.60565,45547.384 (9) Yannis Boutaris Ecologist Greens Initiative for Thessaloniki26,33415.973 Georgios Karatzaferis Popular Orthodox Rally12,3717.502 Agapios Sahinis Communist Party of Greece12,2497.431 Tassos Kourakis Coalition of the Radical Left8,3495.061 Thannasis Agapitos Radical Left Front/Communist Party of Greece (Marxist-Leninist)1,6571.000No. of valid votes164,902100.0021138,151100.0020 (41)Invalid votes12,62414,213Total 177,526(72.30%)152,364 (62.03%) Super-Prefectural elections Athens-Piraeus Candidate Supporting parties Platform 1st Round % Seats Fofi Gennimata Panhellenic Socialist Movement647,02743.3946 Argyris Dinopoulos New Democracy504,10433.8118 George Mavrikos Communist Party of Greece/Democratic Social Movement/Communist Renewal/Intervention of Left Citizens157,63310.576 Yannis Panousis Coalition of the Left of Movements and Ecology85,1625.712 Evangelos Papadopoulos Popular Orthodox Rally57,2993.842 Thanasses Tsirigotis M-L KKE19,9741.340 Kostas Spanopoulos Socialist Workers' Party19,8571.330No. of valid votes1,491,092100.0074Invalid votes147,815 Total 1,638,907(69.23%) Drama-Kavala-Xanthi Candidate Supporting parties Platform 1st Round % Seats Constantine Tatsis New Democracy 141,14256.3145 Gülbeyaz Karahasan Panhellenic Socialist Movement83,19533.1927 Dimitris Fotiadis Communist Party of Greece/Democratic Social Movement/Communist Renewal/Intervention of Left Citizens 11,7404.683 Dimitris Kollatos Popular Orthodox Rally8,1603.260 Dimitris Proedrou Coalition of the Left of Movements and Ecology6,4262.560No. of valid votes250,663100.0075Invalid votes15,521 Total 266,184(70.74%) Evros-Rhodope Candidate Supporting parties Platform 1st Round % Seats Georgios Minopoulos Panhellenic Socialist Movement 90,00449.9730 Stefanos Spasis New Democracy 74,29741.2520 Georgios Botrotsos Communist Party of Greece 7,2604.030 Stavros Tsagkos Coalition of the Left of Movements and Ecology4,4502.470 Kiriakos Kozaris Popular Orthodox Rally4,0972.270No. of valid votes180,108100.0050Invalid votes10,417 Total 190,525(67.30)%) Prefectural elections Athens Prefecture Candidate Supporting parties Platform Seats Yiannis Sgouros Panhellenic Socialist Movement Fotini Pipili New Democracy Spyros Likoudis Coalition of the Left of Movements and Ecology Adonis Georgiadis Popular Orthodox Rally Hristos Katsikas M-L KKE Niki Argiri Socialist Workers' Party Note: There was no separate election for the position of prefect (nomarch); the nomarchs was appointed according to the results of the election in the super-prefecture.) Piraeus Prefecture Candidate Supporting parties Platform Seats Yiannis Michas Panhellenic Socialist Movement Spiros Spyridon New Democracy Evi Karakosta Coalition of the Left of Movements and Ecology Panagiotis Theodorakidis Popular Orthodox Rally Antonis Fotiadis M-L KKE Yannis Sifakakis Socialist Workers' Party Note: There was no separate election for the position of prefect (nomarch); the nomarchs was appointed according to the results of the election in the super-prefecture.) Thessaloniki Prefecture Candidate Supporting parties Platform 1st Round % Seats Panagiotis Psomiadis New Democracy Power for the Prefecture269,34948.2023 Voula Patoulidou Panhellenic Socialist Movement For Thessaloniki - Voula Patoulidou / Together for the Prefecture171,34530.669 Yiannis Ziogas Communist Party of Greece32,7065.852 Michalis Tremopoulos Ecologist Greens/Socialist Workers' Party Ecology - Solidarity25,6614.592 Stratis Plomaritis Coalition of the Left of Movements and Ecology19,3853.471 Dimitrios Tsipidis Popular Orthodox Rally15,0172.690 Marianna Brekasi Communist Organization of Greece Left Perfectural Movement of Thessaloniki12,8592.300 Harilaos Papageorgiou Independent12,4812.230No. of valid votes558,805100.0037Invalid votes45,006 Total 603,811(79.79%) Notes 2006 Local elections Category:2006 elections in Greece Category:October 2006 in Europe