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Legislative elections: Greek Parliament, 4-year term, 3% threshold, party-list proportional representation system + majority bonus (260/40)
           · President: Karolos Papoulias (PASOK) · Prime Minister: Lucas Papademos · Government: PASOK, ND, LAOS (interim government)

Party Ideology, Affiliation, Founding 2009 Seats 2007 Seats
Panellinio Sosialistiko Kinima (PASOK)
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Social democracy
 
PES, SI
1981
43,9% 160 38,1% 102
Nea Dimokratia (ND)
New Democracy
Liberal conservatism; Christian democracy EPP, CDI, IDU
1974
33,5% 91 41,8% 152
Kommounistiko Komma Elladas (KKE)
Communist Party of Greece
Communism; Marxism-Leninism
 
-
1924
7,5% 21 8,2% 22
Laikos Orthodoxos Sunagermos (LAOS)
Popular Orthodox Rally
Nationalism; Far-right politics
 
-
2000
5,6% 15 3,8% 10
Synaspismos tis Rizospastikis Aristeras (SYRIZA)
Coalition of the Radical Left
(alliance led by SYN)
Socialism; Anti-capitalism, Eco-socialism EL (SYN)
2004
4,6% 13 5,0% 14
Oikologoi Prasinoi (OP)
Ecologist Greens
Green politics
 
EGP, GG
2002
2,5% - 1,1% -
Others - -  2,4% - 2,0% -
Total - -  - 300 - 300
Turnout 70,9% 74,1%

 © 2009 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: Ministry of the Interior (http://ekloges.ypes.gr). Archive: Elections 1946-1964 / 1974-2004.