Greek legislative election, 2007
- KKE: 22
- SYRIZA: 14
- PASOK: 102
- ND: 152
- LAOS: 10
The early parliamentary election in Greece in 2007 was held on 16 September 2007. The regular election date would have been in March 2008. In choosing the 300 members of the Greek Parliament were re-determined. The election was overshadowed by the devastating forest fires in Greece in the summer of 2007, and the allegations that had made with regard to crisis management, the opposition of the government.
Despite some losses, the New Democracy party received ( ND) under the leadership of former Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis an unexpectedly large majority. The competing Panellinio Sosialistiko Kinima (PASOK ) under its candidate Giorgos Andrea Papandreou lost significantly more. Winners were the left-wing parties such as the Communist Party of Greece (KKE ) and the Left Alliance Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA ), but also had been considered a right national- religious party Popular Orthodox Synagermos ( LAOS ) was 3.8 percent of the vote for the first time into parliament.
Suffrage and elective
In the Greek electoral law a three-percent clause applies. The voices of small parties, which may not exceed this hurdle, shall automatically be added according to the Greek electoral law in the distribution of seats of the strongest party, to facilitate formation of a government. In addition, for the strongest party, a simple majority of votes to gain a majority of 300 seats in parliament. It does not have to be entered into a coalition in order to obtain an absolute majority.
In Greece, the publication of demoscopic election predictions is banned for 2 weeks before the election date. Therefore, so-called " by-election polls ," which will be published immediately after the polls close at 19:00, the first indicator of the possible election outcome.
In Greece, there is an elective for all Greek citizens over 18 years, an omission is however no longer punished since a constitutional amendment in 2001. Thus, the turnout was only about 74 percent of the 2007 General Election. The combination of elective and Greek registration law provides in every election for an increased travel volumes, there must be selected in the " origin ", which is often not coincide with the place of residence. Workers can get up to three days free, ferry tickets are financed in large part by the major parties.
Parties
To select came to 22 different parties.
The previous parliamentary parties:
Election result
The ND reached with difficulty the absolute majority of two seats (152 of 300). She lost about 380,000 votes, or 11.5 % of its strength. The PASOK lost the 270,000 votes (10 % of their strength ) and lost after falling from power in 2004 again to support one.
The KKE also gained about 140,000 votes and increased their strength by about 32%. SYN / SYRIZA increased his strength by about 115,000 votes, an increase of 48%. Overall, KKE and SYN / SYRIZA won the 255,000 votes added and 13.19% compared with 9.16% approached four years ago (along with the extra-parliamentary left was the left a total of around 14%). It was the highest percentage that have received since 1990, the two left-wing parties.
The nationalist- religious party LAOS moved with 10 deputies in the Parliament of the Hellenic Republic. The LAOS won added to the 110,000 votes and increased their strength by about 70%. This party still failed in the parliamentary elections in 2004, at the 3 % threshold (2.19 %), but then reached in the same year in the European elections a vote share of 4.1 % and has been represented by a deputy in the European Parliament.
With these figures as a result of the ND could govern alone. Thus the Greeks had a five-party parliament with a significantly stronger left (KKE and SYN / SYRIZA together) and with a rather national- religious party LAOS (German "people" ) in opposition.
Trivia
Vicky Leandros it was not possible to achieve a mandate for the PASOK.
Swell
- Greek Ministry of Interior: Official final result