Greek legislative election, June 2012

Greek legislative election, June 2012

May 2012 ← 17 June 2012 → January 2015

outgoing members ← → Members elected

All 300 seats of the Hellenic Parliament 151 seats needed for a majority Opinion polls Registered 9,947,876 0.0% Turnout 6,216,798 (62.5%) 2.6 pp   First party Second party Third party   Leader Antonis Samaras Alexis Tsipras Evangelos Venizelos Party ND SYRIZA PASOK Leader since 30 November 2009 9 February 2008 18 March 2012 Leader's seat Messenia Athens A Thessaloniki A Last election 108 seats, 18.9% 52 seats, 16.8% 41 seats, 13.2% Seats won 129 71 33 Seat change 21 19 8 Popular vote 1,825,497 1,655,022 756,024 Percentage 29.7% 26.9% 12.3% Swing 10.8 pp 10.1 pp 0.9 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Panos Kammenos Nikolaos Michaloliakos Fotis Kouvelis Party ANEL ΧΑ DIMAR Leader since 24 February 2012 1 November 1993 27 June 2010 Leader's seat Athens B Athens A Athens B Last election 33 seats, 10.6% 21 seats, 7.0% 19 seats, 6.1% Seats won 20 18 17 Seat change 13 3 2 Popular vote 462,406 426,025 384,986 Percentage 7.5% 6.9% 6.2% Swing 3.1 pp 0.1 pp 0.1 pp   Seventh party   Leader Aleka Papariga Party KKE Leader since 27 February 1991 Leader's seat Athens B Last election 26 seats, 8.5% Seats won 12 Seat change 14 Popular vote 277,227 Percentage 4.5% Swing 4.0 pp

Electoral districts won by ■ – New Democracy ■ – Coalition of the Radical Left

Prime Minister before election Panagiotis Pikrammenos (interim) Independent Elected Prime Minister Antonis Samaras ND

■ – New Democracy ■ – Coalition of the Radical Left

Panagiotis Pikrammenos (interim)
Independent

Antonis Samaras
ND

The June 2012 Greek legislative election was held in Greece on Sunday, 17 June, to elect all 300 members to the Hellenic Parliament in accordance with the constitution, after all attempts to form a new government failed following the May election. If all attempts to form a new government fails, the constitution directs the president to dissolve a newly elected parliament, and then to call for new parliamentary elections within 30 days of the dissolution. The president announced at 16 May the date for the new election, and signed the formal decrete to dissolve the parliament and call for the election at 19 May.

The election result featured New Democracy as the largest party, with 30% of the votes and 129 seats (including the 50 extra seats for coming first). The second party was the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) with 27% of the votes and 71 seats. The third party was the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) with 12% of the votes and 33 seats. The other parties that won seats were: Independent Greeks (ANEL) with 20 seats, Golden Dawn (XA) with 18 seats, Democratic Left (DIMAR) with 17 seats, and Communist Party of Greece (KKE) with 12 seats.

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