2009 European Parliament election in Greece

2009 European Parliament election in Greece
7 June 2009
22 seats in the European Parliament
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader George Papandreou Kostas Karamanlis Aleka Papariga
Party PASOK ND KKE
Alliance S&D EPP GUE/NGL
Last election 34.03%, 8 seats 43.01%, 11 seats 9.48%, 3 seats
Seats won 8 8 2
Seat change 3 1
Popular vote 1,879,229 1,656,085 428,151
Percentage 36.65% 32.30% 8.35%
Swing 2.62pp 10.71pp 1.13pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Georgios Karatzaferis Alexis Tsipras 6-member committee
Party LAOS Syriza OP
Alliance EFD GUE/NGL Greens/EFA
Last election 4.12%, 1 seat 4.16%, 1 seat 0.67%, 0 seats
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 366,616 240,971 178,960
Percentage 7.15% 4.70% 3.49
Swing 3.03pp 0.54pp 2.82pp

European Parliament elections were held in Greece on 7 June 2009 to elect the 22 Greek members of the European Parliament. Members were elected by party-list proportional representation with a 3% electoral threshold. The number of seats allocated to Greece was reduced from 24 to 22, as a result of new member states joining the European Union (EU). Consistent with EU-wide rules, Greek citizens resident in another of the 26-member states were permitted to vote in the place where they currently reside.

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