General Election In Greece
All 300 seats in the hellenic parliament were contested.
General election in greece. Why young people have suffered the most from greece s economic collapse. Five things that swung the vote. The september 2015 greek legislative election was held in greece on sunday 20 september following prime minister alexis tsipras announced resignation on 20 august.
This was the first national election in greece and third election overall since the voting age was lowered to 17 and. New democracy lost 61 of its 152 seats with its. At stake were all 300 seats in the hellenic parliament.
The 2019 greek legislative election was held on 7 july 2019. Greek pm calls snap general election after european election losses. In the run up to the next greek legislative election various organizations carry out opinion polling to gauge voting intention in greece during the term of the 18th hellenic parliament results of such polls are displayed in this article.
Elections were not required until september 2011 but on 2 september 2009 prime minister kostas karamanlis of new democracy announced that he would request president karolos papoulias dissolve parliament and call elections. Preliminary results showed that the centre right liberal conservative new democracy party led by kyriakos mitsotakis won 158 seats an outright majority that is more than double the party s previous representation. The party took nearly 40 of the popular vote.
Opposition leader says it is obvious that the greek people have withdrawn their confidence in this government. Why frustrated young voters. It was greece s sixth general election since the global financial crisis in 2008 which hit the country hard and led to massive financial bailouts.
Early parliamentary elections were held in greece on 4 october 2009. The result was a victory for the opposition pasok party led by george papandreou who became the new prime minister. With most districts counted prime minister alexis tsipras admitted defeat to his rival kyriakos.