At stake
in this election:
- Seats in the Vouli ton Ellinon: 300
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Description
of government structure:
- Greece has a unicameral
Parliament (Vouli ton Ellinon) with 300
seats.
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Description
of electoral system:
- The president is
elected by the Parliament for a five-year term.
- All 300 members
of Parliament are popularly elected by a system of 'reinforced' proportional
representation, with voting for party lists and, within each list, preferential
vote.
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Results of the electoral races:
- Party:
Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)
Leader: Costas SIMITIS
Seats won in this election: 158
Seats won in last election: 162
- Party:
New Democracy (ND)
Leader: Costas KARAMANLIS
Seats won in this election: 125
Seats won in last election: 108
- Party:
The Communist Party of Greece (KKE)
Leader: Aleka PAPARIGA
Seats won in this election: 11
Seats won in last election: 11
- Party:
The Coalition of the Left and Progress (SYN)
Leader: Nikos KONSTANDOPOULOS
Seats won in this election: 6
Seats won in last election: 10
- Party:
The Democratic Social Movement (DIKKI)
Leader: Dimitris TSOVOLAS
Seats won in this election: 0
Seats won in last election: 9
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When was the last election? Number of seats in last
election?
- Parliamentary elections
last held: September 22, 1996
- Seats decided in
the last election: 300
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Population
and number of registered voters:
- Population: 10,707,135 (July 1999)
- Number of registered voters: 8,976,135
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Of Interest:
- The government
called general elections five months earlier than expected, on the grounds
that it needed a fresh mandate during negotiations on joining the European
Monetary Union.
- An all-party committee
ruled against all outdoor posters or banners, and cut the parties' TV
and radio advertising up to 50 percent.
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| SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (IFES) |
| For additional information:
IFES ElectionGuide Online |
