2000 Greek parliamentary election

2000 Greek parliamentary election

9 April 2000

All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament
151 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Costas Simitis Kostas Karamanlis
Party PASOK ND
Last election 162 seats, 41.49% 38.12%, 108 seats
Seats won 158 125
Seat change 4 17
Popular vote 3,008,081 2,934,948
Percentage 43.80% 42.73%
Swing 2.31 pp 4.61 pp

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Aleka Papariga Nikos Konstantopoulos
Party KKE Synaspismos
Last election 5.61%, 11 seats 5.12%, 10 seats
Seats won 11 6
Seat change 4
Popular vote 379,280 219,988
Percentage 5.52% 3.20%
Swing 0.09 pp 1.92 pp

Results by constituency

Prime Minister before election

Costas Simitis
PASOK

Prime Minister after election

Costas Simitis
PASOK

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 9 April 2000. The ruling PASOK of Prime Minister Costas Simitis was narrowly re-elected, defeating the conservative New Democracy party. Simitis formed his third cabinet.

The election was characterized by the large electoral increase in support for both PASOK, and New Democracy.