2015–16 New Democracy leadership election

New Democracy leadership election, 2015–16 Greece presidential no 2009 New Democracy leadership election 2009 20 December 2015–10 January 2016 200x200px Kyriakos Mitsotakis New Democracy (Greece) 115,162 (1st round)173,297 (2nd round) 28.5% (1st round)52.4% (2nd round) 200x200px Vangelis Meimarakis New Democracy (Greece) 160,823 (1st round)157,224 (2nd round) 39.8% (1st round)47.6% (2nd round) 200x200px Apostolos Tzitzikostas New Democracy (Greece) 82,028 (1st round) 20,3% (1st round) 200x200px Adonis Georgiadis New Democracy (Greece) 46,065 (1st round) 11.4% (1st round) President of ND Ioannis Plakiotakis (acting) Kyriakos Mitsotakis The 2015–16 New Democracy leadership election refers to the two-round election to determine the next president of New Democracy, after the resignation of Antonis Samaras on 5 July 2015. The first round was held on 20 December 2015 and the second round was held on 10 January 2016. Kyriakos Mitsotakis was elected as the new president.10 January 2015 the Guardian and Reuters in Athens Kyriakos Mitsotakis elected as leader of Greek centre-right party 11 January 2015 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/10/kyriakos-mitsotakis-elected-as-leader-of-greek-centre-right-party Procedure Whilst the election had originally been expected to be held on 30 August 2015,Meimarakis set to propose election of new ND chief http://www.ekathimerini.com/199816/article/ekathimerini/news/meimarakis-set-to-propose-election-of-new-nd-chief 27 October 2015 Kathimerini 22 July 2015 57 MPs called for interim leader Vangelis Meimarakis to stay on until spring 2016, postponing the leadership election.Παραμένει έως την άνοιξη ο κ. Μεϊμαράκης http://www.kathimerini.gr/824793/article/epikairothta/politikh/paramenei-ews-thn-anoi3h-o-k-meimarakhs 27 October 2015 Kathimerini 24 July 2015 elPapathanasiou Katerina Meimarakis Remains New Democracy Leader http://greece.greekreporter.com/2015/07/23/meimarakis-remains-new-democracy-leader/ 27 October 2015 Greek Reporter 23 July 2015 However, following ND's election loss in the early September 2015 elections, leadership elections were planned to be held before year's end.New Democracy set for leadership contest soon http://www.ekathimerini.com/201777/article/ekathimerini/news/new-democracy-set-for-leadership-contest-soon 27 October 2015 Kathimerini 22 September 2015 The central electoral committee of the party met on 24 September at the request of interim leader Vangelis Meimarakis, to begin the electoral process. They set out a timetable as follows:New Democracy leadership contest begins http://country.eiu.com/article.aspx?articleid=1103544694 The Economist Intelligence Unit 3 December 2015 1 October - end of candidate registration period 4 October - end of objection period 5 October - final approved list of candidates Technical issues On 21 November, when testing the electronic voting system, the Central Electoral Committee found a number of issues, which meant that the election could not start at the scheduled time of 07:00 on 22 November. Furthermore, another issue arose on the evening of the 22 that caused the Central Electoral Committee to replace 50 electoral delegates. They then took a unanimous decision to postpone the election.Stamouli Nektaria Greek Opposition Party Cancels Leadership Election at Last Minute https://www.wsj.com/articles/greek-opposition-party-cancels-leadership-election-at-last-minute-1448209047 3 December 2015 Wall Street Journal 22 November 2015 Mitsotakis issued a statement saying: "We owe a big apology to all the New Democracy supporters, and also to all Greek citizens. Unfortunately the election process can no longer take place today. This is no time to be seeking who is responsible. The time for that will come later." Meimarakis threatened to withdraw his candidacy if the election was not postponed, and Georgiadis called the failure a "fiasco" and asked for the resignation of all the members of the Central Electoral Committee.'Technical hitch' postpones New Democracy leadership election http://apokoronasnews.gr/technical-hitch-postpones-new-democracy-leadership-election/ 3 December 2015 Apokoronas News 23 November 2015 Both Mitsotakis and Tzitzikostas called for Meimarakis to step down as interim leader and appoint a new interim leader. On 24 November, Meimarakis appointed Ioannis Plakiotakis, the secretary of the parliamentary group, as a Vice President of New Democracy.Meimarakis appoints Plakiotakis New Democracy vice-president http://www.gazzetta.gr/plus/article/836770/meimarakis-appoints-plakiotakis-new-democracy-vice-president 3 December 2015 Gazzetta 24 November 2015 Later that day, Meimarakis resigned as the interim President, appointing Plakiotakis as the new interim President.Petrou Zacharias V. Meimarakis resigns as interim New Democracy leader http://www.balkaneu.com/v-meimarakis-resigns-interim-democracy-leader/ 3 December 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency 25 November 2015 Candidates Candidate Image Constituency Office Source Adonis Georgiadis 120x120px Athens B Minister of Health(2013–2014)New Democracy presidential candidates clash over party election date http://www.tovima.gr/en/article/?aid=743600 27 October 2015 To Vima 6 October 2015 Vangelis Meimarakis 150x150px Athens B Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament(2012–2015) Kyriakos Mitsotakis 160x160px Athens B Minister of Administrative Reform and e-Governance(2013–2015) Apostolos Tzitzikostas 160x160px None Regional Governor of Central Macedonia(2013–2024) Declined Dimitris Avramopoulos, Vice President of New Democracy, European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, former Minister for National Defence, former Minister for Foreign Affairs, former Minister of Health and Social Security, former Minister of Tourism, former Mayor of Athens Dora Bakoyannis, former Minister for Foreign Affairs, former Mayor of Athens, former Minister of CultureAdamopoulos Anastassios Who Will Be New Democracy's Next Leader? http://greece.greekreporter.com/2015/07/06/who-will-be-new-democracys-next-leader/ 27 October 2015 Greek Reporter 6 July 2015 Nikos Dendias, former Minister for National Defence, former Minister of Development and Competitiveness, former Minister of Public Order and Citizen Protection, former Minister of Justice Kostas Karamanlis, former Prime Minister of Greece, former President of New Democracy, former Minister of Culture, former Leader of the Opposition Olga Kefalogianni, former Minister of Tourism Vassilis Kikilias, former Minister of Public Order and Citizen Protection Makis Voridis, former Minister of Health, former Minister of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks Results The results of the election.http://nd.gr/deltia-tipou/dilosi-toy-proedreyontos-tis-kefe-tis-nd-k-ioanni-tragaki-gia-ta-telika-apotelesmata Δήλωση του Προεδρεύοντος της ΚΕΦΕ της ΝΔ κ. Ιωάννη Τραγάκη για τα τελικά αποτελέσματα των εκλογών για την ανάδειξη του Προέδρου του Κόμματος New Democracy Greek 23 December 2015 23 December 2015http://nd.gr/deltia-tipou/dilosi-toy-proedreyontos-tis-kefe-tis-neas-dimokratias-k-ioanni-tragaki-4 Δήλωση του Προεδρεύοντος της ΚΕΦΕ της Νέας Δημοκρατίας κ. Ιωάννη Τραγάκη New Democracy Greek 11 January 2016 11 January 2016 In the first round only the valid votes were announced. CandidateFirst election20 December 2015Second election10 January 2016Votes%Votes% Kyriakos Mitsotakis 115,162 28.50 173,297 52.43 Vangelis Meimarakis 160,823 39.80 157,224 47.57 Apostolos Tzitzikostas 82,028 20.30 Adonis Georgiadis 46,065 11.40 Total 404,078 100.00 330,521 100.00 Valid votes 404,078 — 330,521 98.74 Invalid ballots — — 3,077 0.92 Blank ballots — — 1,154 0.34 Votes cast / turnout — — 334,752 100.00 References 2 Category:2015 in Greek politics Category:Political party leadership elections in Greece Category:New Democracy (Greece) Category:2016 in Greek politics -16 New Democracy leadership election Category:Kyriakos Mitsotakis