Description of Electoral System:

(courtesy of wikipedia)

The Greek Parliament (Vouli ton Ellinon) has 300 members, elected for a four-year term by a system of reinforced proportional representation in 48 multi-seat constituencies, 8 single-seat constituencies and a single nationwide list. 288 of the 300 seats are determined by constituency voting, and voters may select the candidate or candidates of their choice by marking their name on the party ballot. The remaining 12 seats are filled from nationwide party lists on a top-down basis and based on the proportion of the total vote each party received.

Electoral Systems Snapshot

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Most recent election

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Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on Sunday, September 16, 2007, to elect the 300 members of the Greek Parliament. The leading party for a second term was New Democracy under the leadership of Costas Karamanlis with 41.84%, followed by George Papandreou and PASOK with 38.10%. New Democracy managed to secure an absolute but narrow majority of 152 out of 300 parliament seats. The nationalist populist Popular Orthodox Rally entered the parliament for the first time with 10 seats, while the parties of the left, the KKE and SYRIZA, enjoyed a significant increase in their votes. KKE got 8.15% of the votes (from 5.86) and secured 22 parliament seats (from 12). The Ecologist Greens, which was contesting its first general election, became the largest extra-parliamentary party. Read more...