The 2024 European Parliament election in

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was held on 9 June 2024 as part of the

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. This was the first to take place after

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Background

will elect 21 Members of the European Parliament. The

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party was barred from participating in the 2024 european parliament elections an action that was endorsed by New Democracy, PASOK,

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and

Syriza The Coalition of the Radical Left – Progressive Alliance ( el, Συνασπισμός Ριζοσπαστικής Αριστεράς – Προοδευτική Συμμαχία, Synaspismós Rizospastikís Aristerás – Proodeftikí Simachía), ...

while it was rejected by Afroditi Latinopoulou and her Voice of Reason party.

Parties participating

The parties and party coalitions participating in the election (in alphabetical order): #

Antarsya The Front of the Greek Anticapitalist Left ( el, Αντικαπιταλιστική Αριστερή Συνεργασία για την Ανατροπή, ΑΝΤ.ΑΡ.ΣΥ.Α., translit=Antikapitalistiki Aristeri Synergasia gia tin Anatropi, ANT.A ...

# Assembly of Greeks #

Communist Party of Greece The Communist Party of Greece ( el, Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας, ''Kommounistikó Kómma Elládas'', KKE) is a political party in Greece. Founded in 1918 as the Socialist Labour Party of Greece and adopted its curren ...

# Conservatives #

Course of Freedom Course of Freedom ( el, Πλεύση Ελευθερίας, translit=Plefsi Eleftherias) is a left-wing Greek political party founded on 19 April 2016, by former President of the Hellenic Parliament, Zoe Konstantopoulou. History After the agree ...

# Democrats # Diaspora Network of Greeks in Europe # Greek Solution # Green Movement # I PARTICIPATE for National Sovereignty and for Cyprus # Kosmos #

Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece The Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece ( el, Μαρξιστικό-Λενινιστικό Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας, ''Marxistiko-Leninistiko Kommounistiko Komma Elladas''), better known by its acronym M-L KKE ( ...

# MeRA25 # Movement 21 # National Front # National Independence Movement # New Democracy #

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OAKKE The Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece ( el, Οργάνωση για την Ανασυγκρότηση του Κομουνιστικού Κόμματος Ελλάδας (ΟΑΚΚΕ), ''Orgánosi yia tin Anasigkrót ...

# OKDE #

Party of Friendship, Equality and Peace The Party of Friendship, Equality and Peace ( el, Κόμμα Ισότητας, Ειρήνης και Φιλίας, abbr. Κ.Ι.Ε.Φ., KIEF; tr, Dostluk-Eşitlik-Barış Partisi, DEBP) is a Greek political party founded to represent the intere ...

# Party of Greek Hunters - AKKEL - TOGETHER for a Free Greece # Popular Orthodox Rally # PASOK – Movement for Change # Patriots #

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Union of Centrists The Union of Centrists ( el, Ένωση Κεντρώων, Énosi Kentróon, ) is a centrist, liberal political party in Greece. The leader and founder of the party is the veteran anti-corruption activist Vassilis Leventis. It strongly supports Gr ...

United Popular Front United Popular Front ( el, Ενιαίο Παλλαϊκό Μέτωπο (ΕΠΑΜ), EPAM) is a Greek political party founded in July 2011 by citizens who participated in the Indignant Citizens Movement and the anti-austerity demonstrations which ...

# Voice of Reason

Slogans

Controversies

At the beginning of March 2024, Greeks living abroad received a promotional email from MEP and New Democracy candidate

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, which triggered a wave of criticism that the law on the protection of personal data had been violated and that data on postal voters had been illegally passed on by the Ministry of the Interior.

Opinion polling

Results

Largest and smallest percentages for each elected party

Elected MEPs

New Democracy

• Aftias Georgios (310,876 votes) • Meimarakis Evangelos-Vasileios (261,123) • Vozemberg Vryonidi Elissavet (247,452) • Beleris Dionysios-Frentis (238,801) • Meleti Eleonora (173,815) • Tsiodras Dimitrios (157,731)

Syriza

• Arvanitis Konstantinos (154,800 votes) • Farantouris Nikolas (136,973) • Pappas Nikolaos (128,078) • Kountoura Elena (114,963)

PASOK – Movement for Change

• Papandreou Nikolaos (123,294 votes) • Maniatis Ioannis (108,231) • Arnaoutoglou Athanasios (92,087)

Greek Solution

• Fragkos Emmanouil (110,699 votes) • Alexandraki Galato (51,465)

KKE

• Papadakis Konstantinos (106,668 votes) • Nikolaou-Alavanos Lefteris (108,604)

NIKI

• Anadiotis Nikolaos (42,066 votes)

Course of Freedom

• Zacharia Maria (23,199 votes)

Voice of Reason

• Latinopoulou Afroditi (58,981 votes)

Aftermath

New Democracy

Falling well short of its showing in the final polls (which projected New Democracy to win a third of the vote), just as it has in the

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acknowledged the "message understood,” and pledged to move Greece closer to the EU."Ο χάρτης των ευρωεκλογών: Οι επιδόσεις της ΝΔ ανά περιφέρεια, η ήττα των Κασσελίστας και το στάσιμο ΠΑΣΟΚ"
''protothema.gr'' (in Greek). 10 June 2024

SYRIZA

Suffering a nearly 40% decline in its vote share from the 2019 elections, many considered the outcome to be a defeat for Syriza and its new leader,

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. The party failed to win in any region of the country, including Chania, home to Kasselakis.

PASOK-KINAL

The alliance improved from its showing in the 2019 EU election, but remained stagnant from

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and failed to fulfill its goal of reasserting itself as the official opposition.This triggered a crisis within the party, with the credibility of Nikos Androulakis’ leadership being called into question. Some in the party also floated the possibility of an alliance with

in advance of the 2027 legislative elections, including Syriza MP Nikos Pappas and

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’ PASOK mayor Haris Doukas.

Far-right parties

Greece, unlike Northern Europe, was not an exception to the

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surge. Most significantly, Greek Solution’s support almost than doubled to 9.3%.

entered Greece’s EU delegation with 4.4% of the vote, while

Voice of Reason managed to elect its leader ( Afroditi Latinopoulou) as an

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with 3.0%. Altogether, parties widely considered to be positioned on the far right (including minor contestants, such as Patriots and

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) took nearly 20% of the vote share.

KKE

Despite slipping to fifth place, being surpassed by Greek Solution, KKE managed to nearly double its vote share, from 5.3% in the 2019 election to 9.2%. The party retained its third position in the region of

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Other parties

The

party's leader, Alexis Haritsis, admitted to their failure to retain either of their two MEPs, unlike Mera25 leader

Yannis Varoufakis Ioannis "Yanis" Varoufakis ( el, Ιωάννης Γεωργίου "Γιάνης" Βαρουφάκης, Ioánnis Georgíou "Giánis" Varoufákis, ; born 24 March 1961) is a Greek economist and politician. A former academic, he served as the Gree ...

who said that they may have failed to reach the 3% mark but slightly improved their percentages in contrast to last year; saying on

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collectivised newspaper Efsyn that they were the sole carrier of "the subversive, ecological

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"."ΜέΡΑ25: Και τώρα;"
''efsyn.gr''(in Greek) 14 June 2024

References

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