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European Parliament elections were held in
Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...
on 26 May 2019 to elect the 21 Greek members of the
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. The elections were held alongside the first round of the local and regional government elections, resulting in a major defeat for the governing
Syriza The Coalition of the Radical Left – Progressive Alliance ( el, Συνασπισμός Ριζοσπαστικής Αριστεράς – Προοδευτική Συμμαχία, Synaspismós Rizospastikís Aristerás – Proodeftikí Simachía), ...
party, and leading to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras bringing forward the scheduled
parliamentary elections A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...
for 7 July 2019.


Participating parties

Parties and coalitions participating in the elections: *
Syriza The Coalition of the Radical Left – Progressive Alliance ( el, Συνασπισμός Ριζοσπαστικής Αριστεράς – Προοδευτική Συμμαχία, Synaspismós Rizospastikís Aristerás – Proodeftikí Simachía), ...
* Communist Party of Greece (KKE) * Course of Freedom * Democracy Left * Democratic Responsibility *
Ecologist Greens The Ecologist Greens ( el, Οικολόγοι Πράσινοι (ΟΠ), ', OP) are a Greek green political party. They are a member of the European Green Party. History The Ecological Forum, the body that lead to the establishment of the party ...
* European Realistic Disobedience Front (MeRA25) *
Front of the Greek Anticapitalist Left 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 ...
* Golden Dawn (XA) * Greece, the Other Way l*
Greek Ecologists The Greek Ecologists ( el, Έλληνες Οικολόγοι, translit=Ellines Ιkoloyi) (previously Union of Ecologists, el, Ένωση Οικολόγων, translit=Enosi Ιkoloyon) is a Greek "fringe" and "bizarre ecological party". The party' ...
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Greek Solution The Greek Solution ( el, Ελληνική Λύση, ''Elliniki Lisi'') is a political party in Greece founded by former MP Kyriakos Velopoulos. The party is right wing to far-right and has been described as ideologically ultranationalist and ...
* Greens *
Independent Greeks The Independent Greeks - National Patriotic Alliance ( el, Ανεξάρτητοι Έλληνες (ΑΝΕΛ), ''Anexartitoi Ellines'', ANEL) is a national-conservative political party in Greece. The party was the junior coalition partner to the ...
* Liberal Alliance *
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 ( ...
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Movement for Change Movement may refer to: Common uses * Movement (clockwork), the internal mechanism of a timepiece * Motion, commonly referred to as movement Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * "Movement" (short story), a short story by Nancy F ...
(KINAL) * National Front-Patriotic League-Lions' Movement *
New Democracy New Democracy, or the New Democratic Revolution, is a concept based on Mao Zedong's Bloc of Four Social Classes theory in Chinese Communist Revolution, post-revolutionary China which argued originally that democracy in China would take a path ...
(ND) * New Greek Momentum l*
New Right New Right is a term for various right-wing political groups or policies in different countries during different periods. One prominent usage was to describe the emergence of certain Eastern European parties after the collapse of the Soviet Uni ...
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Organisation of Internationalist Communists of Greece The Organization of Internationalist Communists of Greece (Greek: Οργάνωση Κομμουνιστών Διεθνιστών Ελλάδας, ''Organosi Kommouniston Diethniston Elladas'') is a Greek Trotskyist political party. It is also know ...
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Panhellenic Citizen Chariot Panhellenic Citizen Chariot () is a Greek anti-austerity party. The party was formed by two MPs of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement, Giannis Dimaras and Vasilis Oikonomou. On October 20, 2011 Vasilis Oikonomou decided to form his own movement ...
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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 ...
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Popular Orthodox Rally The Popular Orthodox Rally or People's Orthodox Alarm (Greek language, Greek: Λαϊκός Ορθόδοξος Συναγερμός, ''Laikós Orthódoxos Synagermós''), often abbreviated to LAOS (ΛΑ.Ο.Σ.) as a pun on the Greek word for ''peo ...
-Patriotic Radical Union l* Popular Unity- Pirate Party of Greece *
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Recreate Greece Recreate Greece ( el, Δημιουργία, Ξανά, translit=Dimiourgia, Xana, , ) is a Greek right-wing political party, which has adopted an ideology heavily focused on anti-immigration, anti-Islam and anti-communism. History Founded in Decem ...
* The River *
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 ...


Opinion polls


Results


Elected MEPs


New Democracy

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Stelios Kympouropoulos Stelios Kympouropoulos (; born 9 July 1985) is a Greek psychiatrist and politician of the New Democracy party who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since the 2019 elections. Early life and education He was born on 9th Jul ...
(577,114 votes) *
Vangelis Meimarakis Evangelos-Vasileios "Vangelis" Meimarakis ( el, Ευάγγελος-Βασίλειος "Βαγγέλης" Μεϊμαράκης, ; born 14 December 1953), is a Greek lawyer and politician who served as the acting President of New Democracy and Leade ...
(496,600 votes) * Maria Spyraki (319,237 votes) * Eliza Vozemberg (288,427 votes) * Manolis Kefalogiannis (257,819 votes) * Anna-Michelle Assimakopoulou (225,211 votes) * Giorgos Kyrtsos (196,929 votes) *
Thodoris Zagorakis Theodoros Zagorakis ( el, Θεόδωρος Ζαγοράκης ; born 27 October 1971) is a Greek politician and former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was the captain of Greece that won UEFA Euro 2004, and was also presid ...
(195,264 votes)


Coalition of the Radical Left

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Dimitrios Papadimoulis Dimitrios Papadimoulis ( el, Δημήτρης Παπαδημούλης, Dimítris Papadimoúlis; born 21 March 1955) is a Greek politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) as a member of the European United Left-Nordic Green Left. O ...
(272,835 votes) *
Elena Kountoura Elena Kountoura ( el, Έλενα Κουντουρά, also romanized as ''Elena Koundoura''; born 2 November 1962), is a Greek politician, Member of the European Parliament, ex-Minister of Tourism (resigned on 3 May 2019 in order to participate in ...
(236,961 votes) * Kostas Arvanitis (220,816 votes) *
Stelios Kouloglou Stelios Kouloglou ( el, Στέλιος Κούλογλου; born 27 February 1953, Athens) is a Greece, Greek journalist writer and documentaries director. He is the creator of the news web channel "TVXS". Political analyst and major Greek publica ...
(198,436 votes) *
Alexis Georgoulis Alexis Georgoulis ( el, text=Αλέξης Γεωργούλης; born 1974) is a Greek actor and politician. Personal life Georgoulis was born on 6 October 1974 in Larissa, Greece. His father worked for a lottery and his mother taught kindergar ...
(162,974 votes) *
Petros Kokkalis Professor Petros Kokkalis (18.9.1896 - 15.1.1962), a distinguished professor of Medicine in the University of Athens has been one of thleading figures of Medicine in pre WWII Greece introducing pioneering methods ithoracic surgery and neurosurgery ...
(140,404 votes)


Movement for Change

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Nikos Androulakis Nikos Androulakis ( el, Νίκος Ανδρουλάκης; born 7 February 1979) is a Greek politician and president of the Movement for Change (KINAL) and the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) since 2021. In 2014 and in 2019 he was elected a ...
(180,822 votes) *
Eva Kaili Eva Kaili ( el, Εύα Καϊλή; born 26 October 1978) is a Greek politician who has been serving as a member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2014. She served as one of fourteen vice presidents of the European Parliament from January 20 ...
(145,650 votes)


Communist Party of Greece

*Kostas Papadakis (55,956 votes) *Eleftherios Nikolaou-Alavanos (34,457 votes)


Golden Dawn

* Ioannis Lagos (130,488 votes) * Athanasios Konstantinou (50,360 votes)


Greek Solution

*Emmanouil Frangos (27,665 votes)


References

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