Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 9 April 2000.[1] The ruling PASOK of Prime Minister Costas Simitis was narrowly re-elected, defeating the conservative New Democracy party. Simitis formed his third cabinet.
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This election is a landmark, as it is the last elector where the presentation of the election booklet was necessary. Since the local elections of 2002, the Special Electoral Number has been established and the participation of the voter is done by showing any identification document (ID card, driving license, etc.).[2]
They were also characterized by the large electoral reversal in favour of PASOK, 44% against 43% of New Democracy, a difference of 73,133 votes. New Democracy was ahead for over three hours of the count and with the integration of Athens B in the narional results, PASOK took the lead, resulting in speculation about fraud.[3]
Results
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| PASOK | 3,008,081 | 43.80 | 158 | –4 | |
| New Democracy | 2,934,948 | 42.73 | 125 | +17 | |
| Communist Party of Greece | 379,280 | 5.52 | 11 | 0 | |
| Synaspismos | 219,988 | 3.20 | 6 | –4 | |
| Democratic Social Movement | 184,648 | 2.69 | 0 | –9 | |
| Democratic Regional Union | 32,149 | 0.47 | 0 | New | |
| Union of Centrists | 23,218 | 0.34 | 0 | 0 | |
| Union of Ecologists | 20,523 | 0.30 | 0 | 0 | |
| National Coalition | 14,688 | 0.21 | 0 | New | |
| Front Line | 12,192 | 0.18 | 0 | New | |
| Radical Left Front | 8,183 | 0.12 | 0 | New | |
| Communist Party of Greece (Marxist–Leninist) | 7,325 | 0.11 | 0 | New | |
| Party of Hellenism | 6,241 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | |
| Left! (M-L KKE–A) | 5,879 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alternative Ecologists | 3,291 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | |
| Liberal Party | 2,123 | 0.03 | 0 | New | |
| Fighting Socialist Party of Greece | 2,044 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | |
| Self-Governed Movement of Labour Politics | 1,153 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | |
| Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece | 1,139 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | |
| Christianity | 260 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Party of Greek Workers | 153 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| National Patriotic Party | 23 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
| Olympic Party | 4 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Panhellenic Democratic Party of Peace | 4 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
| Independents | 592 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 6,868,129 | 100.00 | 300 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 6,868,129 | 97.74 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 158,501 | 2.26 | |||
| Total votes | 7,026,630 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 9,277,277 | 75.74 | |||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||||
References
edit- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p830 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ "Εκλογικό βιβλιάριο τέλος!". Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ^ "ΒΟΥΛΕΥΤΙΚΕΣ ΕΚΛΟΓΕΣ 2000 Οι σκληροί παίζουν με τη νοθεία". Retrieved 6 July 2023.