- Greek legislative election, 2000
Legislative elections were held in the Hellenic Republic on
9 April 2000 . At stake were 300 seats in the Greek parliament, the Voule.The ruling
Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) of Prime MinisterCostas Simitis was narrowly re-elected, defeating the conservative New Democracy party.__TOC__
Results
election-table rowspan=2 colspan=2 valign=top|Summary of the 9 April 2000 Greek Parliament election results!colspan="3" cellpadding="10" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Votes!colspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Seats
- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"!No.!% !align="center"|+− %!align="center"|No.!align="center"|+−
-Panhellenic Socialist Movement Costas Simitis
align="right"|3,007,596
align="right"|43.79
align="center"|+2.3
align="center"|158
align="center"|−4
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New DemocracyCostas Karamanlis
align="right"|2,935,196
align="right"|42.74
align="center"|+4.62
align="center"|125
align="center"|+17
-Communist Party of Greece Aleka Papariga
align="right"|379,454
align="right"|5.52
align="center"|-0.09
align="center"|11
align="center"|+0
-
Coalition of the Left and ProgressNikos Konstantopoulos
align="right"|219,880
align="right"|3.20
align="center"|-1.92
align="center"|6
align="center"|-4
-Democratic Social Movement Dimitris Tsovolas
align="right"|184,598
align="right"|2.69
align="center"|-1.74
align="center"|0
align="center"|-8
-Democratic Regional Union Mihalis Haralambidis
align="right"|32,068
align="right"|0.47
align="center"|-
align="center"|0
align="center"|-
-Union of Centrists Vassilis Leventis
align="right"|23,228
align="right"|0.34
align="center"|-0.38
align="center"|0
align="center"|+0
-Union of Ecologists Dimosthenis Vergis
align="right"|20,466
align="right"|0.30
align="center"|0.01
align="center"|0
align="center"|-
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National Coalition "Εθνική Συμμαχία"Grigoris Mihalopoulos
align="right"|14,703
align="right"|0.21
align="center"|-
align="center"|0
align="center"|-
-
Front LineKonstantinos Plevris
align="right"|12,125
align="right"|0.18
align="center"|-
align="center"|0
align="center"|-
-Radical Left Front |
align="right"|8,132
align="right"|0.12
align="center"|-0.03
align="center"|0
align="center"|-
-Communist Party of Greece (Marxist-Leninist) |
align="right"|7,301
align="right"|0.11
align="center"|-
align="center"|0
align="center"|-
-Party of Hellenism Sotiris Sofianopoulos
align="right"|6,272
align="right"|0.09
align="center"|-0.09
align="center"|0
align="center"|-
-Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Greece |
align="right"|5,866
align="right"|0.09
align="center"|+0.03
align="center"|0
align="center"|+0
-Alternative Ecologists |
align="right"|3,321
align="right"|0.05
align="center"|-0.03
align="center"|0
align="center"|-
-
Liberal Party
Manolis Kalligiannis
align="right"|2,091
align="right"|0.03
align="center"|-
align="center"|0
align="center"|-
-Militant Socialist Party of Greece |
align="right"|2,026
align="right"|0.03
align="center"|+0
align="center"|0
align="center"|+0
-Autonomous Movement Workers Politics "Αυτόνομο Κίνημα Εργατικής Πολιτικής"Antonios Halaris
align="right"|1,145
align="right"|0.02
align="center"|+0
align="center"|0
align="center"|+0
-Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece |
align="right"|1,126
align="right"|0.02
align="center"|+0
align="center"|0
align="center"|+0
-
Others - Independent candidates|
align="right"|923
align="right"|0.01
align="center"
align="center"|0
align="center"|-
-Hristopistia "Χριστοπιστία"
Efstathios Patsadzis ("Ευστάθιος Πατσαντζής")
align="right"|305
align="right"|0.00
align="center"
align="center"|0
align="center"|-
-Greek Workers' Party "Κόμμα Εργαζομένων Ελλήνων, ΚΟ.Ε.ΕΛ."|
align="right"|169
align="right"|0.00
align="center"
align="center"|0
align="center"|-
-
National Patriotic Party "Εθνικό Πατριωτικό Κόμμα, Ε.Π.Α.Κ. "|
align="right"|22
align="right"|0.00
align="center"
align="center"|0
align="center"|-
-Olympismos " Ολυμπισμός"|
align="right"|14
align="right"|0.00
align="center"
align="center"|0
align="center"|-
-Panhellenic Democratic Party Peace "ΠΑ.ΔΗ.ΚΕ. "|
align="right"|4
align="right"|0.00
align="center"
align="center"|0
align="center"|-
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colspan="2"|No. of valid votes
align="right"|6,868,011
align="center"|100,00
align="center" bgcolor="white"|
align="center"|300
align="center" bgcolor="white"|
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colspan="2"|Invalid votes
align="right"|158,516
colspan="4" rowspan="2" bgcolor="white"|
-
colspan="2"|Total
align="right"|7,026,527
(74.96%)
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colspan="7"|Source: [http://www.ypes.gr/ekloges/content/gr/elec_data/2000NE_epi_res.asp Official results from Greek Interior Ministry]Greek electoral law requires that the party winning a majority of votes be awarded a majority of seats in the
Vouli . This involves some distortion of the proportionality of the result. Parties must poll 3% of the national vote to gain representation.ee also
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