European Parliament election, 2009 (Greece)

Greek European Parliament election, 2009

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22 seats to 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 0 3 1 Popular vote 1,878,859 1,655,636 428,283 Percentage 36.64% 32.29% 8.35% Swing 2.61% 10.72% 1.13%   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 0 1 Popular vote 366,615 240,898 178,964 Percentage 7.14% 4.70% 3.49 Swing 3.02% 0.54% 2.88

The European Parliament election of 2009 in Greece for the election of the delegation from Greece to the European Parliament in 2009 took place on June 7, 2009. The election system used in Greece is party-list proportional representation with a 3% threshold for any party. The number of seats allocated to Greece declined 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.

On 24 May, the Greek Court of Cassation, the country's supreme court, accepted the applications of 27 of the 33 parties which applied to contest the elections.

The court banned six parties from participating:

In addition, the court ruled that the following parties could not participate as part of the Coalition of the Radical Left:

A judicial dispute ensued, when Drasi filed a petition before the Council of State to annul the ministerial decision, through which the time for political advertising spots on the radio and television would be allocated, since it disproportionately favored established parties. A preliminary ruling sent the dispute to the Council of State's plenary session, which will hear the petition for annulment on September 25, 2009.

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