Greek legislative election, January 2015

Greek legislative election, January 2015

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All 300 seats of the Hellenic Parliament 151 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	9,949,684 0.0%
Turnout	6,330,356 (63.6%) 1.1 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Alexis Tsipras Antonis Samaras Nikolaos Michaloliakos Party SYRIZA ND ΧΑ Leader since 9 February 2008 30 November 2009 1 November 1993 Leader's seat Athens A Messenia Athens A Last election 71 seats, 27.8% 129 seats, 29.7% 18 seats, 6.9% Seats won 149 76 17 Seat change 78 53 1 Popular vote 2,245,978 1,718,694 388,387 Percentage 36.3% 27.8% 6.3% Swing 8.5 pp 1.9 pp 0.6 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Stavros Theodorakis Dimitris Koutsoumpas Panos Kammenos Party Potami KKE ANEL Leader since 26 February 2014 14 April 2013 24 February 2012 Leader's seat Chania Athens B Athens B Last election Did not stand 12 seats, 4.5% 20 seats, 7.5% Seats won 17 15 13 Seat change 17 3 7 Popular vote 373,924 338,188 293,683 Percentage 6.1% 5.5% 4.8% Swing New party 1.0 pp 2.7 pp   Seventh party   Leader Evangelos Venizelos Party PASOK Leader since 18 March 2012 Leader's seat Thessaloniki A Last election 33 seats, 12.3% Seats won 13 Seat change 20 Popular vote 289,469 Percentage 4.7% Swing 7.6 pp
Electoral districts won by ■ – Coalition of the Radical Left ■ – New Democracy
Prime Minister before election Antonis Samaras ND Elected Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras SYRIZA

■ – Coalition of the Radical Left

Antonis Samaras
ND

Alexis Tsipras
SYRIZA

The January 2015 Greek legislative election was held in Greece on Sunday, 25 January, to elect all 300 members to the Hellenic Parliament in accordance with the constitution. The election was held earlier than scheduled due to the failure of the Greek parliament to elect a new president on 29 December 2014.

21 parties, 4 party coalitions and 1 independent candidate applied for participation in the elections. The supreme court decided that 18 parties, 4 party coalitions could participate.

Left-wing party SYRIZA won a legislative election for the first time ever, securing 149 out of the 300 seats, 2 seats short of an absolute majority. On the other hand, conservative and then-ruling New Democracy lost 53 seats and obtained its worst result ever in terms of seats won. Social-democratic PASOK, ND's coalition partner, was reduced to just 13 seats (from 33 in 2012), falling to 7th place and becoming the last party to surpass the 3% threshold. Golden Dawn lost some support and was reduced by one seat to 17, yet became the 3rd political force in Greece thanks to the loss of support of both PASOK and ANEL, and newly created Stavros Theodorakis' To Potami party entered parliament with 17 seats and 6.1%. The Communist Party of Greece won 15 seats, 3 more than it had won in June 2012. DIMAR, a former coalition partner until June 2013, failed to enter parliament after winning a mere 0.5% of the vote, insufficient to be eligible for seats.