2004 European Parliament election in Greece

European Parliament election in Greece, 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 1991 Last election 36.00% 32.91% 8.67% Seats won 11 8 3 Seat change +2 -1 0 Percentage 43.02% 34.03% 9.48% Swing +7% +1.1% +.8   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Nikos Konstantopoulos Georgios Karatzaferis Party Coalition of the Left (SYN) LAOS Leader since 14 September 2000 Last election 5.16% did not contest Seats won 1 1 Seat change -1 +1 Percentage 4.19% 4.12% Swing -1% +4.12%

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.

Summary of the results of Greece's 13 June 2004 election to the European Parliament

National party		European party	Leader(s)	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	New Democracy	EPP	Kostas Karamanlis	2,633,961	43.02	7.01	11 / 24	2
	Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)	PES	George Papandreou	2,083,327	34.03	1.12	8 / 24	1
	Communist Party (ΚΚΕ)	None	Aleka Papariga	580,396	9.48	0.81	3 / 24	0
	Coalition of Left Movements and Ecology (SYN)	PEL	Nikos Konstantopoulos	254,447	4.16	1.00	1 / 24	1
	Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS)	AIDE	Georgios Karatzaferis	252,429	4.12	New	1 / 24	1
	Women for Another Europe Γυναίκες για μια άλλη Ευρώπη		Nena Venetsanou	46,565	0.76	-	0 / 24	0
	Democratic Regional Union		Mihalis Haralambidis	44,541	0.73	-	0 / 24	0
	Ecologists Greens		Mihail Tremopoulos	40,873	0.67	-	0 / 24	0
	Union of Centrists		Vassilis Leventis	34,511	0.56	+0	0 / 24	0
	Greek Ecologists		Dimosthenis Vergis	32,956	0.54	-	0 / 24	0
	Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Greece		Iosif Stavridis	21,220	0.35	+0	0 / 24	0
	Hellenic Front		Makis Voridis	15,243	0.25	-	0 / 24	0
	Democratic Socialist Movement Δημοκρατικό Σοσιαλιστικό Κίνημα (ΔΗΣΟΚ)		Emmanouil Kriaras	13,627	0.22	-	0 / 24	0
	Radical Left Front		Ioannis Aggelis	13,387	0.22	+0	0 / 24	0
	Anti-Capitalist Coalition		Stella Alfieri	11,938	0.19	-	0 / 24	0
	Militant Socialist Party of Greece		Nikolaos Kargopoulos	11,598	0.19	+0	0 / 24	0
	Patriotic Alliance		Dimitrios Zaphiropoulos	10,618	0.17	+0	0 / 24	0
	Rainbow		Styliani Papadimitrou	6,176	0.10	+0	0 / 24	0
	Vision Όραμα		Dimitrios Katsimpras	5,996	0.10	-	0 / 24	0
	Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece		Ilias Zafeiropoulos	5,090	0.08	+0	0 / 24	0
	European Confederacy Ευρωπαϊκή Συμπολιτεία, Άμεση Δημοκρατία - Αδέσμευτο Κίνημα Υποστήριξης Ριζοσπαστικών Αλλαγών (AKYPA)		Giorgos Kokkas	3,791	0.06	+0	0 / 24	0
	Alternative Ecologists		Konstantinos Yfantis	284	0.00	+0	0 / 24	0
	Hristopistia		Efstathios Patsantzis	45	0.0	+0	0 / 24	0
Totals				6,283,637	100.00	—	24 / 24	1
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				9,938,863	63.22
Source:

Popular vote ND   43.02% PASOK   34.03% KKE   9.48% SYN   4.16% LAOS   4.12% Others   5.20%