Athens A ( el, Α΄ Αθηνών) is a

parliamentary constituency An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other poli ...

Attica Attica ( el, Αττική, Ancient Greek ''Attikḗ'' or , or ), or the Attic Peninsula, is a historical region that encompasses the city of Athens, the capital of Greece and its countryside. It is a peninsula projecting into the Aegean Se ...

represented in the

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

. In its present form it dates to 1958, when the

Athens B Athens B (Athens Beta; el, Β΄ Αθηνών) was a parliamentary constituency in Attica represented in the Hellenic Parliament. It covered a large part of urban area of Athens outside the Municipality of Athens, which forms the Athens A const ...

constituency was split off, leaving Athens A with the Municipality of Athens. It elects fourteen

Members of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

(MPs) by reinforced

proportional representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divis ...

Election results

Legislative election

Members of Parliament

2019–present

In the

2019 Greek legislative election Legislative elections were held in Greece on 7 July 2019. The elections were called by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on 26 May 2019 after the ruling Syriza party lost the European and local elections. They were the first national elections sin ...

, Athens A elected 14 members of parliament:

Jan 2015–2019

In the

September 2015 Greek legislative election Legislative elections were held in Greece on Sunday, 20 September 2015, following Prime Minister of Greece, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' announced resignation on 20 August. At stake were all 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament. This was a snap ...

, Athens A elected 14 members of parliament:

Jan 2015–Aug 2015

In the

January 2015 Greek legislative election Legislative elections were held in Greece on Sunday 25 January 2015 to elect all 300 members to the Hellenic Parliament in accordance with the constitution. The election was held earlier than scheduled due to the failure of the Greek parliament t ...

, Athens A elected 14 members of parliament:

Jun 2012–Jan 2015

June 2012 Greek legislative election Legislative elections were held in Greece on Sunday, 17 June 2012, to elect all 300 members to the Hellenic Parliament in accordance with the constitution, after all attempts to form a new government failed following the May elections. If all a ...

, Athens A elected 17 members of parliament:

Notes and references

External links

Results and Elected MPs for the September 2015 Election in ''Athens A'' constituency
(from the website of the Hellenic Ministry of Interior)
List of ''Athens A'' MPs
on the website of the

{{Greek parliament constituencies Parliamentary constituencies of Greece 1958 establishments in Greece Constituencies established in 1958 Politics of Athens