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Legislative elections: Greek Parliament, 4-year term, 3% threshold, party-list PR + 50 seats majority bonus for the leading party:
           · President: Karolos Papoulias (PASOK) · Prime Minister: Antonis Samaras (ND) · Government: ND, PASOK, DIMAR

Party 2012 Seats 2012 Seats
Nea Dimokratia (ND)
New Democracy
Liberal conservatism
Christian democracy
 
1974
EPP
CDI, IDU
29,7% 129 18,9% 108
Synaspismos tis Rizospastikis Aristeras (SYRIZA)
Coalition of the Radical Left
Democratic socialism
Eco-socialism
Anti-capitalism
2004
EL
 
26,9% 71 16,8% 52
Panellinio Sosialistiko Kinima (PASOK)
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Social democracy
 
 
1981
PES
SI
12,3% 33 13,2% 41
Anexártitoi Éllines (ANEL)
Independent Greeks
National conservatism
 
 
2012
 
 
7,5% 20 10,6% 33
Chrysi Avyi (XA)
Golden Dawn
Right-wing extremism
 
 
1993
 
 
6,9% 18 7,0% 21
Dimokratiki Aristera (DIMAR)
Democratic Left
Democratic socialism
Social democracy
 
2010
 
 
6,3% 17 6,1% 19
Kommounistiko Komma Elladas (KKE)
Communist Party of Greece
Communism
Marxism-Leninism
 
1924
 
 
4,5% 12 8,5% 26
Others 5,9% - 18,9% -
Total - 300 - 300
Turnout 62,5% 65,1%

 © 2012 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: Ministry of the Interior (http://ekloges.ypes.gr).

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