Pasokification

Pasokification is a neologism used to describe the decline in vote share for centre-left and social-democratic political parties in Europe and other Western countries during the 2010s, often accompanied by the rise of nationalist, left-wing populist and right-wing populist parties. The share of votes for centre-left parties in Europe was at its 70-year lowest in 2015.

Pasokification originates from the PASOK party of Greece whose vote share in national elections reduced from 43.9% in 2009 to 4.7% in 2015, while the anti-austerity left-wing Syriza party saw a simultaneous growth in vote share and influence. Since PASOK's decline, the term has been applied to declines of other centre-left, social democratic and Third Way parties within a similar timeframe.

In the early 2020s, some centre-left parties such as the New Zealand Labour Party, Social Democratic Party of Germany, Australian Labor Party and UK Labour Party won elections in each of their countries in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2024 respectively. Additionally, PASOK-KINAL improved their performance in the 2023 Greek elections. This has resulted in discussions on the possibility of a "de-Pasokification", "reverse Pasokification", or "Kinalification" trend.

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