Eight Greek political parties send 21 MEPs to the European Parliament. among them two TV personas, one actor, one meteorologist, a few journalists. Fredi Beleri, the jailed ethnic Greek mayor-elect of the southern Albanian municipality of Himara, has also been elected on a New Democracy ticket. Elections on Sunday showed …

Initial results from Sunday’s ballots for the European Parliament show that none of the big three parties in Greece have reached their stated goals. By 86.84% of the votes counted, ruling New Democracy missed its target of 33%, main opposition SYRIZA its goal of over 20% and PASOK missed its …

Ballot boxes in Greece for the European Elections closed at 7 p.m. on Sunday, and the Exit Polls published one minute later show a  victory for ruling conservative New Democracy. However, the real winner of these elections is voters’ abstention that reaches around 68%. Note that the results of the …

Voter turnout in Greece stood at 26.1% by 2.30 p.m. on Sunday, the Interior ministry announced. A total of 2,504,389 voters had cast their ballots by that time. Turnout at the same time in the June 2023 national elections was 31.5%. UPDATE: Interior Ministry announced that voters’ participation was at …

Α total of 31 political parties and coalitions with 1,168 candidates have been registered in Greece to participate in the European Parliament elections on Sunday, June 8, 2024. Greece elects 21 MEPs. Voters will have the opportunity to choose from candidates representing these parties and coalitions. They can mark their …

The countdown for the European elections on June 9 ticks and Greeks remain increasingly disappointed from the conservative government of New Democracy. However, the ruling party remains in the lead in public opinion polls even though with slightly lower percentage than a month earlier. According to the last poll conducted …

Greece’s Supreme Court, Arios Pagos, ruled on Wednesday afternoon that the far-right party, Spartiates – the Spartans – cannot participate in the upcoming European elections on June 9, 2024. Although the reasoning has not published yet, Mega TV reported that the Supreme Court suggested that the former No 2 of …

More than 114,200 voters have registered on Greece’s Interior Ministry platform to vote by post in the European elections on June 9, 2024. According to Ministry’s data, the participation of Greek diaspora voters in the elections has far exceeded the number of citizens who voted from abroad in the summer …

Ruling New Democracy announced Fredi Beleri, an ethnic Greek mayor-elect of Himaa in Albania as a candidate for the upcoming European elections. Beledi was not able to be present at the ND event the 42 party candidates on Monday as he is in prison for buying votes and was sentenced …

The four-day Congress of SYRIZA over the weekend turned up into a circus with dancing elephants and cheering clowns. At the end of the day, on Sunday, all inner-party fronts agreed to bury the tomahawk and proceed “united” to the European elections beginning of June. Until the agreement was reached, …

The legislation establishing postal vote for the upcoming European elections, as well as national referendums, was voted by the parliament on Wednesday. As communist party KKE had reportedly requested a roll-call vote, it turns out that the legislation was voted by the 158 MPs of ruling New Democracy, while it …

With a surprise amendment the Interior Ministry decided to extend the postal vote for Greeks living abroad also to national elections, just two days before the voting at the Parliament. The amendment triggered the outrage of the opposition parties who had consented to postal vote for the European Parliament elections …

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Thursday that Greeks living abroad who are enrolled in the voting registry in Greece, will be able to vote by mail. The postal vote will also be possible for those living in Greece who are away of their registered area on the day …

Eleven MPs of the far-right party Spartiates (Spartans) have been summoned by the Supreme Court prosecutor to provide explanations as suspects for their potential involvement in electoral fraud during this year’s legislative elections. A request has already been made to Parliament to lift their immunity. As outlined in the prosecutor’s …

Local elections runoff in 84 municipalities and 6 regions on Sunday had a bitter surprise for ruling conservative New Democracy. It lost the large municipalities of Athens and Thessaloniki and did not manage to win all 13 regions as the prime minister’s goal was. With 88% of the votes counted, …

Ruling New Democracy party has won  7 out of 13 regions of Greece and several municipalities in the first round of local elections on Sunday. The second round of elections next Sunday will determine whether prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will materialize his goal of “13+3” that is winning all 13 …

The highest abstention rate in a Greek national election was set on Sunday, reaching 47.17%, surpassing the previous record set in the September 2015 election, when it reached 43.84%. The abstention rate has been consistently above 35% for the last 14 years, given the delays in clearing the electoral rolls. …

Projected seat distribution on the basis of revised exit poll. Eight parties in the Greek Parliament, three of them far-right. MeRA25 of Yanis Varoufakis did not pass the 3% threshold and stays out of the Parliament. Abstention is at 48%! Seats projection ND 157 SYRIZA 47 PASOK 33 KKE 20 …

Polling centers in Greece closed at 7 p.m. on Sunday, June 25, and the exit polls show a clear victory for conservative New Democracy. Not that exit polls are ‘estimations’ therefore the rates are vary. Based on the exit polls, it is still unclear how many political parties will pass …

Toll-free highways for passenger cars and two-wheelers due to the elections in Greece scheduled on June 25, 2023. According to a decision of the Infrastructure and Transport Minitry the toll-free passage is:  For voters from 00:00 on Saturday 24 June 2023 (midnight Friday to Saturday) until 08:00 on the morning …