General Information
At Stake in this Election:
- The 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament (Vouli ton Ellinon).
Government Structure:
- Chief of State: President Prokopis PAVLOPOULOS
- Head of Government: Prime Minister Alexis TSIPRAS
- Assembly: Greece has a unicameral Hellenic Parliament (Vouli ton Ellinon) with 300 seats.
Electoral System:
- In the Parliament (Vouli ton Ellinon), 238 members are elected through an open-list proportional representation system in 59 constituencies and 12 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system. An additional 50 seats will be allocated to the party with the most votes. Members serve four-year terms.
- To enter parliament parties and independent candidates must gain at least three percent of the national vote. (source)
Main Parties in this Election:[1]
- Party: New Democracy (ND) / Νέα Δημοκρατία, Néa Dimokratía (ΝΔ)
- Leader: Kyriakos MITSOTAKIS
- Seats won in last election: 75
- Party: Syriza Unionist Social Front (SYRIZA) / Συνασπισμός Ριζοσπαστικής Αριστεράς, Synaspismós Rizospastikís Aristerás (ΣΥΡΙΖΑ , SYRIZA)
- Leader: Alexis TSIPRAS
- Seats won in last election: 145
- Alliance: Movement for Change / Κίνημα Αλλαγής, Kinima Allagis (ΚΙΝΑΛ, KINAL)[2]
- Leader: Fofi GENNIMATA
- Seats won in last election: 17 (PASOK)
- Party: Communist Party of Greece / Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας, Kommounistikó Kómma Elládas (KKE)
- Leader: Dimitris KOUTSOUMPAS
- Seats won in last election: 15
- Party: Golden Dawn / Χρυσή Αυγή, Chrysi Avg (XA)
- Leader: Nikolaos MICHALOLIAKOS
- Seats won in last election: 18
- Party: MeRA25 / ΜέΡΑ25
- Leader: Yanis VAROUFAKIS
- Seats won in last election: N/A
- Party: Greek Solution / Ελληνική Λύση, Elliniki Lisi
- Leader: Kyriakos VELOPOULOS
- Seats won in last election: N/A
Population and Registered Voters:
- Population: 11,124,603 (2019 est.)
- Registered Voters: 10,074,898 (source)
Gender Data:
- Female Population: 5,650,837 (2019 est.)
- Is Greece a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (2 March 1982)
- Has Greece ratified CEDAW: Yes (7 June 1983)
- Gender Quota: Yes – 40% of parties’ lists must be women
- Female Candidates in this election: Yes
- Number of Female Legislators: 56 (18.7%) of 300 seats in Greece’s Hellenic Parliament (Vouli ton Ellinon)
- Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 31 (2018)
- Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Low (2019)
Disability Data:
- Is Greece a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)
- Has Greece ratified CRPD: Yes (31 March 2012)
- Population with a disability: 1,616,346 (est.)