1999 European Parliament election in Greece

European Parliament elections were held in Greece on 13 June 1999 to elect the 25 Greek members to the European Parliament. Members were elected by party-list proportional representation with a 3% threshold for any party.

1999 European Parliament election in Greece

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25 seats in the European Parliament
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Kostas Karamanlis Costas Simitis Aleka Papariga
Party ND PASOK KKE
Last election 32.66%, 9 seats 37.64%, 10 seats 6.29%, 2 seats
Seats won 9 9 3
Seat change Steady Decrease 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 2,314,371 2,115,844 557,365
Percentage 36.00% 32.91% 8.67%
Swing Increase3.34pp Decrease4.73pp Increase2.38pp

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Dimitris Tsovolas Nikos Konstantopoulos
Party DIKKI Synaspismos
Last election 6.25%, 2 seats
Seats won 2 2
Seat change New Steady
Popular vote 440,191 331,928
Percentage 6.85% 5.16%
Swing New Decrease1.09pp

Results

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The 1999 European election was the fifth election to the European Parliament. The opposition conservative New Democracy party made gains as did the Communist Party of Greece, while the ruling PASOK lost ground. Two parties on the left, the relatively new Democratic Social Movement and the Coalition of the Left and Progress elected two MEPs each. Political Spring, which had elected 2 MEPs in 1994, was unsuccessful in passing the 3% threshold and did not elect any members.[1]

 
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
New Democracy2,314,37136.0090
PASOK2,115,84432.919–1
Communist Party of Greece557,3658.673+1
Democratic Social Movement440,1916.852New
Synaspismos331,9285.1620
Political Spring146,5122.280–2
The Liberals103,9621.620New
Party of Greek Hunters64,1941.0000
Union of Centrists52,5120.8200
Front Line48,5320.750New
Kollatos42,4560.6600
Greek Ecologists30,6840.4800
Radical Anti-Prohibitory Movement21,2740.330New
Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece16,7820.2600
Party of Hellenism16,6080.260New
Alternative Ecologists (Chatzipanagiotou)14,3350.2200
Popular Unions of Bipartisan Social Groups14,2660.2200
Radical Left Front10,8840.170New
Fighting Socialist Party of Greece9,8400.150New
Left9,6930.150New
Socialist Worker's Party8,0500.130New
Hellenic Front7,6930.120New
Rainbow4,9510.080New
Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece4,6000.0700
Autonomous Revolutionary Political Movement4,2600.0700
Olympism4,1520.0600
Natural Law Party2,8120.040New
Christianity2,1530.030New
Human Rights1,2010.020New
Alternative Ecologists (Shizas)8320.010New
Independents25,7590.4000
Total6,428,696100.00250
Valid votes6,428,69695.77
Invalid/blank votes283,9884.23
Total votes6,712,684100.00
Registered voters/turnout9,555,32670.25
Source: Ikaria

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