2019 European Parliament election in Greece

European Parliament elections were held in Greece on 26 May 2019 to elect the 21 Greek members of the European Parliament. The elections were held alongside the first round of the local and regional government elections, resulting in a major defeat for the governing Syriza party, and leading to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras bringing forward the scheduled parliamentary elections for 7 July 2019.

2019 European Parliament election in Greece

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All 21 Greek seats in the European Parliament
Turnout	58.69%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis Alexis Tsipras Fofi Gennimata Party ND Syriza KINAL Alliance EPP European Left PES Last election 22.72%, 5 seats 26.56%, 6 seats 8.02%, 2 seats Seats won 8 6 2 Seat change 3 Popular vote 1,873,137 1,343,595 436,726 Percentage 33.12% 23.75% 7.72% Swing 10.40 2.81 0.30   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Dimitris Koutsoumpas Nikolaos Michaloliakos Kyriakos Velopoulos Party KKE ΧΑ EL Alliance INITIATIVE Last election 6.11%, 2 seats 9.39%, 3 seats – Seats won 2 2 1 Seat change 1 New Popular vote 302,603 275,734 236,347 Percentage 5.35% 4.87% 4.18% Swing 0.76 4.52 New
Map of Greek electoral districts, showing the largest party by share of votes. Darker shades indicate stronger vote share.

Ballots for European elections in Greece 2019

Participating parties

Parties and coalitions participating in the elections:

• Syriza
• Communist Party of Greece (KKE)
• Course of Freedom
• Democracy Left
• Democratic Responsibility
• Ecologist Greens
• European Realistic Disobedience Front (MeRA25)
• Front of the Greek Anticapitalist Left
• Golden Dawn (XA)
• Greece, the Other Way [el]
• Greek Ecologists
• Greek Solution
• Greens
• Independent Greeks
• Liberal Alliance
• Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece
• Movement for Change (KINAL)
• National Front-Patriotic League-Lions' Movement
• New Democracy (ND)
• New Greek Momentum [el]
• New Right
• Organisation of Internationalist Communists of Greece
• Panhellenic Citizen Chariot
• Party of Friendship, Equality and Peace
• Popular Orthodox Rally-Patriotic Radical Union [el]
• Popular Unity-Pirate Party of Greece
• Rainbow
• Recreate Greece
• The River
• Union of Centrists

Opinion polls

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size			KINAL				EL	Potami	ANEL	M25		PE	EG	Lead
Pulse/Skai[1]	18–20 Apr 2019	1,010	25.0	35.5	8.5	8.5	6.5	2.5	2.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.0	-	10.5
Interview/Vergina TV[2]	15–17 Apr 2019	1,005	22.7	36.4	7.9	7.2	7.0	2.0	2.3	1.4	1.3	0.6	1.3	1.3	-	13.7
Metron Analysis/Alpha TV[3]	15–17 Apr 2019	1,200	25.6	35.0	8.5	5.9	7.5	2.6	2.4	2.1	1.2	2.1	-	-	1.9	9.4
Marc/Proto Thema[4]	26 Mar–1 Apr 2019	1,200	24.8	39.2	8.9	7.2	6.3	2.0	2.0	1.5	-	2.1	-	-	1.3	14.4
MRB/Star[5]	1–3 Apr 2019	1,003	25.6	36.5	7.5	7.5	6.7	2.4	1.9	2.1	1.2	1.2	-	-	2.3	10.9
Metron Analysis/To Vima[6]	18–20 Mar 2019	1,204	23.9	36.1	7.7	7.1	6.4	1.5	-	2.0	1.5	1.5	1.6	-	3.1	12.2

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	New Democracy	1,873,137	33.12	8	+3
	Syriza	1,343,595	23.75	6	0
	Movement for Change	436,726	7.72	2	0
	Communist Party of Greece	302,603	5.35	2	0
	Golden Dawn	275,734	4.87	2	−1
	Greek Solution	236,347	4.18	1	New
	MeRA25	169,635	3.00	0	New
	Course of Freedom	90,927	1.61	0	New
	The River	85,934	1.52	0	−2
	Union of Centrists	82,084	1.45	0	0
	Greece, the Other Way	70,347	1.24	0	New
	Popular Orthodox Rally–Patriotic Radical Union	69,779	1.23	0	0
	Citizens	51,398	0.91	0	New
	Ecologist Greens	49,418	0.87	0	0
	Independent Greeks	45,148	0.80	0	–1
	Free Homeland	41,269	0.73	0	New
	Party of Friendship, Equality and Peace	40,211	0.71	0	0
	Recreate Greece	39,217	0.69	0	0
	New Right	37,540	0.66	0	New
	Antarsya	36,361	0.64	0	0
	Agricultural Livestock Party of Greece	32,014	0.57	0	New
	Popular Unity–Pirate Party of Greece	31,648	0.56	0	0
	Assembly of Greeks	29,509	0.52	0	New
	Greens – Solidarity	25,245	0.45	0	0
	Enypekk–Strong Greece	22,341	0.39	0	New
	Youth Party	18,458	0.33	0	New
	Democratic Responsibility	18,207	0.32	0	New
	New Greek Momentum	12,278	0.22	0	New
	Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece	12,231	0.22	0	0
	Greek Ecologists	11,511	0.20	0	0
	National Front–Patriotic League–Lions' Movement	10,742	0.19	0	0
	People's European Social Groups	10,264	0.18	0	0
	Panhellenic Citizen Chariot	9,893	0.17	0	0
	Greek Radicals	9,242	0.16	0	New
	Rainbow	6,364	0.11	0	0
	Liberal Alliance	6,032	0.11	0	New
	Organisation of Internationalist Communists of Greece	4,803	0.08	0	0
	Kollatos	3,065	0.05	0	0
	LEFKO–AKE–EPKA	2,886	0.05	0	New
	Greek Vision	1,976	0.03	0	New
Total		5,656,119	100.00	21	0
Valid votes		5,656,119	95.54
Invalid/blank votes		264,236	4.46
Total votes		5,920,355	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		10,088,325	58.69
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Elected MEPs

New Democracy

• Stelios Kympouropoulos (577,114 votes)
• Vangelis Meimarakis (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 (195,264 votes)

Coalition of the Radical Left

• Dimitrios Papadimoulis (272,835 votes)
• Elena Kountoura (236,961 votes)
• Kostas Arvanitis (220,816 votes)
• Stelios Kouloglou (198,436 votes)
• Alexis Georgoulis (162,974 votes)
• Petros Kokkalis (140,404 votes)

Movement for Change

• Nikos Androulakis (180,822 votes)
• Eva Kaili (145,650 votes)

Communist Party of Greece

• Kostas Papadakis (55,956 votes)
• Lefteris Nikolaou-Alavanos (34,457 votes)

Golden Dawn

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

Greek Solution

• Emmanouil Fragkos (27,665 votes)

References

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2. "Νέο γκάλοπ: Στο 13,7% η διαφορά ΝΔ – ΣΥΡΙΖΑ στις ευρωεκλογές – Στο 10,5% στις εθνικές". skai.gr (in Greek). 18 Apr 2019. Archived from the original on 18 April 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
3. "Νέο γκάλοπ: Μπροστά με 7,3 μονάδες η ΝΔ στις ευρωεκλογές και 7,8 στις εθνικές". patrisnews.com (in Greek). 18 Apr 2019.
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5. "Μεγάλη δημοσκόπηση του Star: Με 9% προηγείται η ΝΔ στις ευρωεκλογές". star.gr (in Greek). 4 Apr 2019.
6. "Δημοσκόπηση Metron Analysis: Γκάλοπ Metron Analysis: Χάνει με διαφορά ο Τσίπρας και το στοίχημα των ευρωεκλογών". tovima.gr (in Greek). 23 March 2019.