| 11,124,603 | 17 |
Population (as of Feb. 8, 2019) |
Elections in our database |
| 78.52% | |
Registered Voters (as of ) |
Average Turnout |
Hellenic Republic
| Name | Official Name | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Greek Parliament | Vouli ton Ellinon | Assembly |
Description of government structure:
- Chief of State: President Prokopis PAVLOPOULOS
- Head of Government: Prime Minister Alexis TSIPRAS
- Assembly: Greece has a unicameral Parliament (Vouli ton Ellinon) with 300 seats.
Description of electoral system:
- The President is elected by parliament to serve a 5-year term.
- The Prime Minister is appointed by the President.
- In the Parliament (Vouli ton Ellinon), 250 members are elected through an open-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms and 50 members are allocated for the party that wins a plurality of votes.
- There is a national threshold of 3 percent. The party winning a plurality of votes automatically is awarded 50 seats , and the remaining seats are allocated proportionally among all parties clearing the threshold. The 250 regular seats are divided among 56 constituencies: 48 multi-member and 8 single-member. If an election was held during the previous 18 months, the list is closed instead of open.
Elections
| Election For | Date | Votes | Registered Voters | Turn Out |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greek Parliament | 2000-04-09 | 7,020,626 | 9,364,900 | 74.97% |
| Greek Parliament | 2004-03-07 | 7,544,291 | 9,865,440 | 76.47% |
| President | 2005-02-08 | 279 | 300 | 93.0% |
| Greek Parliament | 2007-09-16 | 7,355,026 | 9,918,917 | 74.15% |
| Greek Parliament | 2009-10-04 | 7,044,479 | 9,933,385 | 70.92% |
| President | 2010-02-03 | 300 | 300 | 100.0% |
| Greek Parliament | 2012-05-06 | 6,476,751 | 9,949,401 | 65.1% |
| Greek Parliament | 2012-06-17 | 6,216,798 | 9,947,876 | 62.49% |
| President | 2014-12-17 | 300 | 300 | 100.0% |
| President | 2014-12-23 | 300 | 300 | 100.0% |
| President | 2014-12-29 | 300 | 300 | 100.0% |
| Greek Parliament | 2015-01-25 | 6,330,786 | 9,911,495 | 63.87% |
| President | 2015-02-18 | 295 | 300 | 98.33% |
| Referendum | 2015-07-05 | 6,161,140 | 9,858,508 | 62.5% |
| Greek Parliament | 2015-09-20 | 5,566,295 | 9,840,525 | 56.57% |
| Greek Parliament | 2019-07-07 | 5,769,542 | 9,962,261 | 57.91% |
| Greek Parliament | 2023-06-08 | - | - | - |