2004 Greek parliamentary election

2004 Greek parliamentary election

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All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament
151 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Kostas Karamanlis George Papandreou
Party ND PASOK
Last election 42.73%, 125 seats 43.80%, 158 seats
Seats won 165 117
Seat change Increase 40 Decrease 41
Popular vote 3,359,682 3,003,275
Percentage 45.36% 40.55%
Swing Increase 2.63pp Decrease 3.25pp

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Aleka Papariga Nikos Konstantopoulos
Party KKE Syriza
Last election 5.52%, 11 seats 3.20%, 6 seats
Seats won 12 6
Seat change Increase 1 Steady
Popular vote 436,573 241,539
Percentage 5.90% 3.26%
Swing Increase 0.38pp Increase 0.06pp

Results by constituency

Prime Minister before election

Costas Simitis
PASOK

Prime Minister after election

Kostas Karamanlis
ND

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 7 March 2004.[1] The New Democracy Party of Kostas Karamanlis won the elections, ending eleven years of rule by PASOK. PASOK was led into the elections by George Papandreou, who succeeded retiring Prime Minister Costas Simitis as party leader in February.

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

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