2004 European Parliament election in Greece

Greek European Parliament election, 2004

13 June 2004
24 seats to the European Parliament
Majority party Minority party Third party         Leader Kostas Karamanlis George Papandreou Aleka Papariga Party ND PASOK KKE Leader since 21 March 1997 8 February 2004 27 February 1991 Last election 36.00%, 9 seats 32.91%, 9 seats 8.67%, 3 seats   Fourth party Fifth party       Leader Nikos Konstantopoulos Georgios Karatzaferis Party Coalition of the Radical Left LAOS Leader since 1993 14 September 2000 Last election 5.16%, 2 seat did not contest

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The European Parliament election of 2004 in Greece for the election of the delegation from Greece to the European Parliament took place on June 13. The election system used in Greece was a party-list proportional representation with a 3% threshold for any party. The number of seats allocated to Greece was 24.

Results

The 2004 European election was the sixth election to the European Parliament. The ruling New Democracy party made strong gains, while the opposition Panhellenic Socialist Movement made smaller gains, both at the expense of minor parties. The traditional party, Popular Orthodox Rally contested the election for the first time and elected a Euro Member of Parliament.