Greek presidential election, 2014–15

Greek presidential election, 2014–15

← 2010 17, 23, 29 December 2014 and 18 February 2015 2020 →
300 members of the Hellenic Parliament 200 (1st & 2nd rounds) or 180 (3rd & 4th) electoral votes needed to win
Nominee Stavros Dimas (1st–3rd rounds) Prokopis Pavlopoulos (4th round) Nikos Alivizatos (4th round) Party ND ND Independent Alliance ND & PASOK SYRIZA, ND & ANEL The River & PASOK Electoral vote 160, 168, 168 233 30
President before election Karolos Papoulias PASOK President-designate Prokopis Pavlopoulos ND

Karolos Papoulias
PASOK

Prokopis Pavlopoulos
ND

Indirect presidential elections were held in Greece in December 2014 and February 2015 for the succession to Karolos Papoulias as the President of Greece. The candidate of the ND–PASOK government, Stavros Dimas, failed to secure the required majority of MPs of the Hellenic Parliament in the first three rounds of voting in December. According to the provisions of the Greek Constitution, snap elections were held on 25 January 2015, which were won by the far-left SYRIZA party. Following the convening of the new parliament, the presidential election resumed, and on 18 February 2015, veteran ND politician Prokopis Pavlopoulos, backed by the SYRIZA-ANEL coalition government, was elected with 233 votes.

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and Deputy Prime Minister Evangelos Venizelos asked (9 December) the Speaker of the Parliament for the procedure of presidential elections to move as quickly as possible.

The presidential election was brought forward by a few months, and the first round was held on 17 December, the second on 23 December and the third on 29 December. On 9 December 2014, Samaras announced the candidacy of New Democracy politician Stavros Dimas, jointly supported by the ruling New Democracy–PASOK coalition, for the presidency.

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