Brief info about the electoral results in Greece
Dear Comrades
On March 7th, parliamentary elections took place in Greece
On March 7th, parliamentary elections took place in Greece
- KKE increased its forces, both in votes as well as in percentage, despite the conditions of acute polarization created in order to deceive and mislead the popular strata. KKE increases its MPs by one, electing 12 compared to 11 in the previous elections. Especially positive were the results in the big cities and urban centres.
- The New Democracy Party (ND) gained the relative majority of the votes and will form the next government. PASOK suffered significant loses. Synaspismos maintained its forces and managed to enter the parliament.
- The popular discontent was mainly directed to ND. The overall sum of votes of both Parties (PASOK+ND) did not decrease and the need for a massive emancipation of popular strata from the influence of both parties is still to be met.
- Working people must hold no illusions about the policy that the government of ND will implement. At the same time they have nothing to expect from the opposition of PASOK, since PASOK already offered its support and consent to critical issues.
- The strengthening of the mass popular movement and the rallying of popular forces around major fronts of struggle become today even more urgent and necessary tasks, in order to accelerate the building of the Anti--imperialist Antimonopoly Democratic Front which constitutes the alternative for the people. KKE will contribute its outmost to these tasks.
Party |
Percentage 2004 |
Percentage 2000 |
Votes |
Seats |
KKE |
5.91 |
5.5 |
431.8 |
12 (11) |
Nea Dimokratia (ND) |
45.38 |
42.74 |
3.331.187 |
165 (125) |
PASOK |
40.57 |
43.79 |
2.977.651 |
117 (158) |
Synaspismos |
3.25 |
3.2 |
238.432 |
6 (6) |
LA.O.S. (extreme right) |
2.19 |
- |
160.393 |
|
DI.K.KI. |
1.79 |
2.69 |
131.342 |
|
Enosi Kentroon |
0.26 |
0.34 |
19.267 |
|
ME.R.A. (leftist) |
0.15 |
0.12 |
11.146 |
|
KKE (m-l) |
0.15 |
0.11 |
10.665 |
|
Anticapitalist Alliance (Genoa 2001) |
0.11 |
- |
8.207 |
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Info by
International Section of KKE
e-mail:cpg@int.kke.gr