The Democratic Alignment ( el, Δημοκρατική Συμπαράταξη (ΔΗΣΥ), translit=Dimokratiki Symparataxi, DISI), also translated as Democratic Coalition, was a

political alliance A political group is a group consisting of political parties or legislators of aligned ideologies. A technical group is similar to a political group, but with members of differing ideologies. International terms Equivalent terms are used differ ...

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History

The alliance was launched on 30 August 2015 by the

Panhellenic Socialist Movement The Panhellenic Socialist Movement ( el, Πανελλήνιο Σοσιαλιστικό Κίνημα, Panellínio Sosialistikó Kínima, ), known mostly by its acronym PASOK, (; , ) is a social-democratic political party in Greece. Until 2012, it ...

(PASOK) and the Democratic Left (DIMAR). In the September 2015 legislative election, the alliance received 6.3% of the vote, providing the mandate for 17 seats in the

Hellenic Parliament The Hellenic Parliament ( el, Ελληνικό Κοινοβούλιο, Elliniko Kinovoulio; formally titled el, Βουλή των Ελλήνων, Voulí ton Ellínon, Boule of the Hellenes, label=none), also known as the Parliament of the He ...

. In January 2017, the

Movement of Democratic Socialists The Movement of Democratic Socialists ( el, Κίνημα Δημοκρατών Σοσιαλιστών, ''Kinima Dimokraton Sosialiston'') is a political party in Greece established on 3 January 2015 by George Papandreou after splitting from the ...

joined Democratic Alignment. Οn 13 January 2017, MPs Leonidas Grigorakos and

Ilchan Achmet Ilchan Achmet ( el, Αχμέτ Ιλχάν, Achmét Ilchán, also spelt as ''İlhan Ahmet'', born 2 April 1968, in Komotini, Greece) is a Greek politician of Turkish origin. He studied law at the Istanbul University and graduated in 1993. In ...

joined the Democratic Alignment. On 16–18 March 2018, DISI and other Greek centre-left parties merged into

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Election results

Hellenic Parliament

^A 09/2015 results compared to the combined totals for

PASOK The Panhellenic Socialist Movement ( el, Πανελλήνιο Σοσιαλιστικό Κίνημα, Panellínio Sosialistikó Kínima, ), known mostly by its acronym PASOK, (; , ) is a social-democratic political party in Greece. Until 2012, it ...

and

DIMAR Democratic Left (, , DIMAR) was a social-democratic political party in Greece. Formed as a split from Synaspismós, DIMAR was a minor party supporting the Samaras cabinet from 21 June 2012 to 21 June 2013. After being a member of the Democratic ...

in the January 2015 election.

Name

The name ''Democratic Alignment'' has been previously used by a 1950/51 centre-left coalition. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A Data Handbook'', p. 830 It had previously been proposed in 2014 by

Evangelos Venizelos Evangelos Venizelos (, ; born 1 January 1957) is a Greek academic and politician who was Deputy Prime Minister of Greece and Minister for Foreign Affairs from 25 June 2013 to 27 January 2015. Previously, he was Deputy Prime Minister and Ministe ...

as a new name for PASOK, but was rejected by former prime minister

George Papandreou George Andreas Papandreou ( el, Γεώργιος Ανδρέας Παπανδρέου, , shortened to ''Giorgos'' () to distinguish him from his grandfather; born 16 June 1952) is a Greek politician who served as Prime Minister of Greece from ...

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