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Electoral Systems
ES001
Head of State
Question: How is the Head of State selected?
Answer(s):
d . Indirectly elected by legislature
Comments: The President is elected by the Parliament for a term of 5 years. The person receiving a two-thirds majority of the total number of Members of Parliament shall be elected President of the Republic.
Source: Constitution, art. 30:1
Constitution, Articles 31 and 32
https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Greece_2008?lang=en
Verified: 2020/07/25
ES002
Head of Government
Question: How is the Head of Government selected?
Answer:
d . Leader of the party which forms the government becomes Head of Government
Comments: The leader of the party having the absolute majority of seats in Parliament shall be appointed Prime Minister by the President of the Republic. If no party has the absolute majority, the President of the Republic shall give the leader of the party with a relative majority an exploratory mandate in order to ascertain the possibility of forming a government enjoying the confidence of the Parliament.
Source: Constitution, art. 37
https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Greece_2008?lang=en
Verified: 2020/07/25
ES003
President
Question: Does the country have a president?
Answer:
a . Yes
Comments: The President is the regulator of the Regime and is elected by the Parliament for 5 years.
To be eligible for election to the presidency, a person must be a Greek citizen for at least five years, be of Greek descendence from the father's line, have attained the age of forty and be legally entitled to vote.
Source: Constitution, art. 30-50
https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Greece_2008?lang=en
Verified: 2020/07/25
ES004
Number of Chambers
Question: The national legislature consists of (one/two chambers):
Answer:
a . One chamber
Comments:
Source: Constitution, art. 64-72
https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Greece_2008?lang=en
Verified: 2020/07/25
ES005
Electoral System (Chamber 1)
Question: What is the electoral system for Chamber 1 of the national legislature?
Answer(s):
g . List Proportional Representation
Comments: The Parliament is composed of 300 members. 288 deputies are elected by open list proportional representation from multi-member constituencies and 12 deputies are elected by closed party lists in a single country-wide constituency on the basis of the total number of votes that each party received. According to article 99 (3), if there are seats that haven’t been allocated to any party (which might happen due to the complicated allocation system and the 3% threshold required for a party to win any seats in the parliament), the party that received the highest number of valid votes in the whole country gets a bonus of 50 seats.
2015 Update
Under the terms of a 2008 constitutional amendment to the electoral law, the party which wins the highest proportion of the national vote, proceeds to automatically obtain fifty additional seats. This means that only 250 seats, out of a Chamber of 300 deputies, are allocated on the basis of Proportional Representation.
Source: Law 3231/2004 as amended by Law 3636/2008 (Law for the election of MPs), published on the Official Journal of the Government, ΦΕΚ 45/Α/11.2.2004, art. 2, 3, 99 (3)
http://www.dsanet.gr/Epikairothta/Nomothesia/n3231_04.htm
Verified: 2020/07/25
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