2024 European Parliament election in Greece

The 2024 European Parliament election in Greece was held on 9 June 2024 as part of the 2024 European Parliament election. This was the first to take place after Brexit.

2024 European Parliament election in Greece

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21 seats in the European Parliament
Turnout41.39%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis Stefanos Kasselakis Nikos Androulakis
Party ND Syriza PASOK–KINAL
Alliance EPP The Left S&D
Last election 33.12%, 8 seats 23.75%, 6 seats 7,72%, 2 seats
Seats won 7 4 3
Seat change 1 2 1
Popular vote 1,125,602 593,133 508,399
Percentage 28.31% 14.92% 12.79%
Swing 4.81% 8.83% 5.07%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Kyriakos Velopoulos Dimitris Koutsoumpas Dimitris Natsios
Party EL KKE NIKI
Alliance ECR ECA–NI NI
Last election 4,18%, 1 seat 5,35%, 2 seats New
Seats won 2 2 1
Seat change 1 New
Popular vote 369,727 367,796 173,574
Percentage 9.30% 9.25% 4.37%
Swing 5.12% 3.9% New

  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Leader Zoe Konstantopoulou Afroditi Latinopoulou
Party PE FL
Alliance NI Patriots
Last election 1,61%, 0 seats New
Seats won 1 1
Seat change 1 New
Popular vote 135,310 120,753
Percentage 3.4% 3.04%
Swing 1.81% New

Results by district

The governing New Democracy came first, but ceded ground in terms of both popular vote and seats secured. The centre-left SYRIZA and PASOK came in second and third, respectively: SYRIZA lost two seats, while PASOK gained one. Overall, those left-wing parties to earn representation won 10 seats and 40.36% of the vote; right-wing ones won 11 seats and 45.02% of the vote.

Background

Greece will elect 21 Members of the European Parliament.

The Spartans party was barred from participating in the 2024 european parliament elections an action that was endorsed by New Democracy, PASOK, New left and Syriza 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):

  1. Antarsya
  2. Assembly of Greeks
  3. Communist Party of Greece
  4. Conservatives
  5. Course of Freedom
  6. Democrats
  7. Diaspora Network of Greeks in Europe
  8. Greek Solution
  9. Green Movement
  10. I PARTICIPATE for National Sovereignty and for Cyprus
  11. Kosmos
  12. Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece
  13. MeRA25
  14. Movement 21
  15. National Front
  16. National Independence Movement
  17. New Democracy
  18. New Left
  19. NIKI
  20. OAKKE
  21. OKDE
  22. Party of Friendship, Equality and Peace
  23. Party of Greek Hunters - AKKEL - TOGETHER for a Free Greece
  24. Popular Orthodox Rally
  25. PASOK – Movement for Change
  26. Patriots
  27. Recreation
  28. Syriza
  29. Union of Centrists
  30. United Popular Front
  31. Voice of Reason

Slogans

Party or alliance Original slogan English translation
ND «Σταθερά πιο κοντά στην Ευρώπη» "Steadily closer to Europe"
SYRIZA «Καλύτερη ζωή τώρα» "Better life now"
PASOK-KINAL «Μπορούμε και αξίζουμε περισσότερα στην Ελλάδα και την Ευρώπη» "We can and deserve more in Greece and Europe"
KKE «Με ΚΚΕ πολύ πιο δυνατό για πανευρωπαϊκή αντεπίθεση» "With a much stronger KKE for a pan-European counter-attack"
EL «Πρώτα η Ελλάδα! Πρώτα οι Έλληνες!» "Greece first! Greeks first!"
MeRA25 «Ενόχλησέ τους!» "Bother them!"
PE «Θέλεις Ζωή και στην Ευρωβουλή;» "Do you want Life (Zoe) in the European Parliament as well?"
NA «Δώσε φωνή στο δίκιο σου» "Give voice to your right"
NIKI «Διεκδικούμε την Ελλάδα που μας αξίζει στην Ευρώπη που θέλουμε» "We claim the Greece we deserve in the Europe we want"
FL «Στις ευρωεκλογές στείλε μήνυμα» "In the European elections send a message"
DIMO «Η ώρα της κοινής λογικής» "The time of common sense"
KOS «Γιατί η ζωή μας έχει σημασία» "Because our life matters"

Controversies

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

Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size ND
EPP
SYRIZA
Left
PASOK
S&D
KKE
NI
XA
NI
EL
ECR
MeRA25
Left
PE
NI
R
NI
Antarsya
NI
SP
NI
NIKI
NI
FL
PfE
NA
Left
DIMO
Renew
KOS
G/EFA
PAT
NI
Other Lead
2024 EP election 9 Jun 2024 28.3 14.9
12.8
9.3
9.3
2.5 3.4 13.4
GPO/Parapolitika 4–7 Jun 2024 1,200 32.3 16.1 12.9 8.5 8.8 2.4 3.7 16.2
Pulse RC/Skai 4–6 Jun 2024 1,169 31.3 16.2 12.8 7.8 8.4 3.3 3.3 15.1
MRB/Open 4–6 Jun 2024 1,212 31.5 16.0 12.4 8.0 8.5 3.0 3.5 15.5
Interview/Political 30 May–6 Jun 2024 2,755 30.0 17.2 11.4 7.2 8.1 2.4 2.8 1.1 12.8
Marc/AΝΤ1 3–5 Jun 2024 1,205 33.0 16.6 11.7 7.8 8.4 2.8 4.3 16.4
Good Affairs/To Vima 2–5 Jun 2024 2,048 32.1 16.7 12.1 8.1 8.0 2.5 2.8 15.4
Metron Analysis/Mega 28 May–5 Jun 2024 1,606 32.0 15.5 12.0 7.5 8.5 3.0 4.5 16.5
Alco/Alpha 2–4 Jun 2024 1,000 31.1 15.2 12.7 8.0 8.6 3.5 3.1 15.9
Prorata/Attica 29 May–4 Jun 2024 1,000 32.4 13.7 13.2 9.3 9.3 2.8 4.4 18.7
Interview/Politic 30 May–3 Jun 2024 2,005 33.8 16.7 11.1 7.8 7.8 4.4 2.8 17.1
Opinion Poll/Action24 29 May–1 Jun 2024 1,201 33.0 16.2 12.3 8.0 9.0 2.6 3.7 16.8
Marc/Proto Thema 29–31 May 2024 1,003 34.5 16.7 11.9 7.3 8.4 2.7 4.2 17.8
Pulse RC/Skai 27–30 May 2024 1,203 32.0 16.5 13.0 7.5 8.5 3.5 3.5 15.5
MARC/ANT1 27–30 May 2024 1,207 33.4 16.5 11.8 7.6 8.8 3.0 4.6 16.9
GPO/Star 27–29 May 2024 1,200 33.1 16.2 13.2 8.2 8.4 2.0 3.5 16.9
Prorata/Attica 22–28 May 2024 1,000 33.3 12.0 13.0 11.2 8.5 1.7 3.9 20.3
Metron Analysis/Mega 20–24 May 2024 1,311 31.0 15.7 12.9 7.9 7.3 3.3 4.2 15.3
Good Affairs/Dailypost 18–25 May 2024 1,000 31.1 16.3 11.1 7.8 8.1 1.6 3.0 14.8
Opinion Poll/Action24 15–16 May 2024 1,006 33.3 15.5 12.1 8.3 9.9 2.3 3.8 17.8
GPO/Parapolitika 13–16 May 2024 1,200 33.3 15.6 13.2 8.6 8.6 2.2 3.2 17.7
Alco/Alpha 13–15 May 2024 1,000 32.5 16.0 13.0 9.0 10.0 2.2 3.3 3.5 2.4 2.9 2.5 3.0 16.5
Pulse RC/Skai 13–15 May 2024 1,104 33.0 16.0 12.5 8.0 9.0 3.0 3.5 3.5 2.4 3.0 2.1 1.2 2.8 17.0
MARC/ANT1 10–15 May 2024 1,209 33.8 15.2 12.2 8.0 8.3 3.0 4.5 3.2 2.8 3.0 2.5 3.3 18.6
MRB/Open 10–14 May 2024 1,100 32.3 16.0 14.0 8.0 9.9 2.2 3.4 2.9 2.8 3.8 2.4 2.2 16.3
Interview/Politic 8–13 May 2024 2,405 33.3 17.2 12.2 6.7 7.8 2.6 2.7 1.6 3.4 2.7 5.0 2.6 11.8 16.1
Good Affairs/To Vima 31.8 16.1 11.8 8.3 10.3 2.3 3.1 4.2 2.1 2.8 2.6 1.1 15.7
Marc/Proto Thema 18–25 Apr 2024 1,049 33.4 14.7 11.4 8.5 9.8 2.4 5.4 2.4 3.4 2.2 2.5 1.7 2.2 18.7
GPO/Parapolitika 17–22 Apr 2024 1,400 33.6 16.3 13.5 8.8 9.1 2.1 3.1 2.4 3.4 2.7 2.2 2.8 17.3
Metron Analysis/Mega 10–16 Apr 2024 1,304 32.3 15.4 12.0 9.8 8.3 1.6 4.2 2.5 3.6 1.4 3.1 2.0 1.0 2.8 16.9
Prorata/Attica 5–10 Apr 2024 1,000 29.5 15.0 12.7 9.2 9.8 2.3 4.6 1.7 3.5 1.7 4.0 1.7 1.2 3.0 14.5
Opinion Poll/Action 24 8–10 Apr 2024 1,006 32.1 15.0 12.4 8.5 10.7 1.3 3.7 2.6 3.7 1.4 3.2 3.0 2.3 17.1
Interview/Politic 4–8 Apr 2024 2,355 27.7 16.1 12.7 6.9 11.8 2.4 2.8 1.7 1.2 4.3 2.3 4.7 2.2 3.2 11.6
Alco/Alpha 2–5 Apr 2024 1,000 29.9 14.3 13.3 9.4 9.6 2.3 4.1 2.7 4.2 1.4 3.0 2.2 3.5 15.6
Palmos Analysis/Eleftheros Typos 1–4 Apr 2024 1,008 31.8 14.1 13.0 9.4 10.3 4.2 3.3 3.5 4.0 6.6 17.7
GPO/Parapolitika 1–3 Apr 2024 1,000 33.4 15.9 14.2 9.0 9.5 1.8 3.0 2.2 3.3 2.2 2.2 3.3 17.5
MRB/Open 1–3 Apr 2024 1,000 31.5 15.9 13.4 8.1 9.9 1.9 4.3 2.1 3.6 1.8 3.8 1.6 2.3 15.6
Pulse RC/Skai 1–3 Apr 2024 1,105 33.0 15.0 12.5 8.5 9.0 2.5 3.5 3.0 3.5 1.8 3.0 1.8 2.9 18.0
Opinion Poll/Action24 15–20 Mar 2024 1,010 34.4 13.4 12.5 9.4 10.1 1.9 2.9 2.5 4.3 2.9 2.8 2.8 21.0
Metron Analysis/Mega 12–19 Mar 2024 1,317 31.4 15.1 13.0 10.1 9.7 1.9 4.3 0.6 2.0 3.2 2.4 3.0 1.0 0.6 1.7 16.3
Good Affairs/To Vima 12–14 Mar 2024 3,229 30.8 13.1 12.9 8.2 9.8 2.2 2.1 2.2 3.6 2.5 2.9 1.5 17.7
Marc/Proto Thema 11–14 Mar 2024 1,086 36.2 13.4 12.6 9.4 9.2 2.4 3.1 2.6 2.8 2.6 2.1 3.7 22.8
GPO/Star 11–13 Mar 2024 1,200 34.8 14.3 13.9 9.5 8.0 2.3 2.9 1.8 3.4 3.0 2.6 3.5 20.5
Interview/Politic 7–11 Mar 2024 2,250 29.1 14.4 12.4 7.1 12.0 2.5 1.8 4.6 4.9 11.3 14.7
Alco/Alpha 1–6 Mar 2024 1,000 32.8 12.7 14.1 10.8 7.9 2.8 3.6 2.9 4.5 3.4 4.0 18.7
Ipsos/Euronews 23 Feb–5 Mar 2024 1,000 35.0 13.6 13.4 9.0 8.7 <3.0 3.2 2.9 4.0 3.3 3.9 21.4
Pulse RC/Skai 27 Feb–1 Mar 2024 1,106 35.5 14.0 14.0 9.0 8.5 2.5 3.0 3.0 4.0 3.0 3.5 21.5
GPO/Parapolitika 26–29 Feb 2024 1,000 36.4 13.5 14.4 10.7 8.2 2.4 2.7 2.2 3.4 2.9 3.2 22.0
Opinion Poll/Action24 21–27 Feb 2024 1,504 33.9 11.9 13.9 10.1 10.2 2.6 3.5 2.7 4.2 3.3 3.7 20.0
Opinion Poll/Action24 13–16 Feb 2024 1,004 34.3 12.5 14.6 9.4 9.5 2.4 3.7 2.7 3.8 3.3 3.8 19.7
Interview/Politic 6–12 Feb 2024 2,155 33.3 14.2 12.8 8.3 9.1 2.6 2.1 5.1 5.1 9.7 19.1
Alco/Alpha 1–7 Feb 2024 1,201 34.5 12.6 15.0 11.2 7.5 2.2 3.1 2.8 3.9 2.6 4.3 19.5
GPO/Star 20–25 Jan 2024 1,100 38.8 14.0 14.2 9.6 7.2 2.7 2.6 2.2 3.3 3.0 2.4 24.6
MRB/Open 22–24 Jan 2024 1,000 36.1 12.1 12.1 9.3 9.5 2.8 4.0 2.8 3.7 2.7 4.8 24.0
Marc/Ant1 17–23 Jan 2024 1,092 37.1 12.6 16.8 9.4 7.0 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.1 2.4 2.6 20.3
Interview/Politic 10–15 Jan 2024 2,388 31.5 14.1 14.2 10.8 8.0 2.3 2.6 5.2 4.1 7.2 17.3
Prorata/Attica 5–9 Jan 2024 1,000 36.6 12.8 15.9 11.0 6.1 1.8 3.0 3.7 3.7 3.7 1.8 20.7
Alco/Alpha 2–5 Jan 2024 1,002 35.3 13.8 14.3 11.3 6.9 2.4 3.3 3.2 3.3 2.7 3.6 21.0
Interview/Politic 4–8 Dec 2023 2,356 34.0 16.1 14.4 7.9 7.6 3.0 2.3 3.8 2.9 7.9 17.9
GPO/Parapolitika 5–7 Dec 2023 1,000 41.7 12.1 13.5 10.3 6.6 1.9 2.1 3.4 2.4 3.7 2.3 28.3
2019 election 26 May 2019 33.1 23.8 7.7 5.4 4.9 4.2 3.0 1.6 0.7 0.4 1.5 13.7 9.3
  1. De facto banned, popular former XA member Ilias Kasidiaris supported Spartans for the 2023 Greek legislative election.
  2. 49 votes below the 3% threshold.
  3. Alongside Union of Centrists.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
New Democracy1,125,60228.317–1
Syriza – Progressive Alliance593,13314.924–2
PASOK – Movement for Change508,39912.793+1
Greek Solution369,7279.302+1
Communist Party of Greece367,7969.2520
Democratic Patriotic Movement "Niki"173,5744.371New
Course of Freedom135,3103.401+1
Voice of Reason120,7533.041New
MeRA25101,1272.5400
New Left97,5542.450New
Democrats57,4961.450New
Patriots – Prodromos Emfietzoglou56,1001.410New
Kosmos42,7621.080New
I PARTICIPATE for National Sovereignty and Cyprus30,6000.770New
Party of Friendship, Equality and Peace28,4700.7200
Green Movement26,5550.670New
Together for a Free Greece (KEKA – AKKEL)20,8160.5200
Antarsya – Anti-Capitalist Cooperation20,6030.5200
Creation14,0240.3500
United Popular Front13,8160.3500
Movement 2112,4490.310New
Union of Centrists10,9330.2700
Conservatives10,1460.260New
Popular Orthodox Rally9,9360.2500
National Front7,5720.1900
Assembly of Greeks6,9800.1800
Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece6,8360.1700
National Independence Movement2,4650.060New
Organisation of Internationalist Communists of Greece1,9730.0500
Organization for the Reconstruction of the KKE1,6150.0400
Diaspora Network of European Greeks9630.020New
Total3,976,085100.00210
Valid votes3,976,08597.88
Invalid votes55,2931.36
Blank votes30,7140.76
Total votes4,062,092100.00
Registered voters/turnout9,814,68541.39
Source: Ministry Of The Interior

Largest and smallest percentages for each elected party

Party Largest % Smallest %
New Democracy Laconia 35,62 Rhodope 19,61
Syriza – Proggresive Alliance Arta 22,66 Rhodope 7,14
Pasok – Movement for Change Lasithi 29,37 Piraeus A 7,86
Greek Solution Imathia 18,42 Leukada 5,09
Communist Party of Greece Samos 20,95 Rhodope 3,87
Democratic Patriotic Movement 'Niki' Pieria 10,45 Leukada 2,05
Course of Freedom Piraeus B 4,56 Rhodope 1,22
Voice of Reason Evros 6,36 Lasithi 1,59

Elected MEPs

Source: Current Member of the European Parliament - Greece's 21 members

New Democracy

• Aftias Georgios (320,176 votes)

• Meimarakis Vangelis (268,952)

• Vozemberg Εliza (254,493)

• Beleris Fredi (245,874)

• Meleti Eleonora (178,990)

• Manolis Kefalogiannis (168,329)

• Tsiodras Dimitrios (162,541)

Syriza

• Arvanitis Konstantinos (159,786 votes)

• Farantouris Nikolas (141,216)

• Pappas Nikolaos (132,024)

• Kountoura Elena (118,689)

PASOK – Movement for Change

• Papandreou Nikolaos (127,633 votes)

• Maniatis Ioannis (111,511)

• Arnaoutoglou Sakis (94,992)

Greek Solution

• Fragkos Emmanouil (114,244 votes)

• Alexandraki Galato (53,045)

KKE

• Papadakis Konstantinos (112,406 votes)

• Nikolaou-Alavanos Lefteris (110,461)

NIKI

• Anadiotis Nikolaos (43,369 votes)

Course of Freedom

• Zacharia Maria (23,946 votes)

Voice of Reason

• Latinopoulou Afroditi (60,745 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 2019 European parliament election, Kyriakos Mitsotakis acknowledged the "message understood,” and pledged to move Greece closer to the EU.

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, Stefanos Kasselakis. 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 legislative elections 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 Syriza in advance of the 2027 legislative elections, including Syriza MP Nikos Pappas and Athens’ PASOK mayor Haris Doukas.

Right-wing parties

Greece, unlike Northern Europe, was not an exception to the right-wing surge. Most significantly, Greek Solution’s support almost than doubled to 9.3%. NIKI entered Greece’s EU delegation with 4.4% of the vote, while right-wing Voice of Reason managed to elect its leader (Afroditi Latinopoulou) as an MEP with 3.0%. Altogether, parties widely considered to be positioned on the far right (including minor contestants, such as Patriots and Creation) 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 Attica.

Other parties

The New Left party's leader, Alexis Haritsis, admitted to their failure to retain either of their two MEPs, unlike Mera 25 leader Giannis Varoufakis who said that they may have failed to reach the 3% mark but slightly improved their percentages in contrast to last year; saying on left-wing collectivised newspaper Efsyn that they were the sole carrier of "the subversive, ecological left".

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