1994 European Parliament election in Greece explained

Country:Greece
Type:legislative
Previous Election:1989 European Parliament election in Greece
Previous Year:1989
Next Election:1999 European Parliament election in Greece
Next Year:1999
Seats For Election:25 seats in the European Parliament
Election Date:12 June 1994
Image1:Andreas Papandreou.jpg
Party1:PASOK
Alliance1:Party of European Socialists
Last Election1:35.96%, 9 seats
Seats1:10
Seat Change1: 1
Popular Vote1:2,458,619
Percentage1:37.64%
Swing1:1.68pp
Leader2:Miltiadis Evert
Party2:New Democracy (Greece)
Alliance2:European People's Party-European Democrats
Last Election2:40.41%, 10 seats
Seats2:9
Seat Change2: 1
Popular Vote2:2,133,372
Percentage2:32.66%
Swing2:7.75pp
Image3:Antonis Samaras October 2014.jpg
Leader3:Antonis Samaras
Party3:Political Spring
Alliance3:European Democratic Alliance
Last Election3:
Seats3:2
Seat Change3:New
Popular Vote3:564,778
Percentage3:8.65%
Swing3:New
Image4:Aleka Papariga 2009 (cropped).jpg
Leader4:Aleka Papariga
Party4:Communist Party of Greece
Alliance4:European United Left-Nordic Green Left
Seats4:2
Seat Change4:
Popular Vote4:410,741
Percentage4:6.29%
Swing4:
Image5:Nikos Konstantopoulos 2013 cropped.jpg
Leader5:Nikos Konstantopoulos
Party5:Synaspismos
Alliance5:European United Left-Nordic Green Left
Seats5:2
Seat Change5:
Popular Vote5:408,066
Percentage5:6.25%
Swing5:

European Parliament elections were held in Greece on 12 June 1994 to elect the 25 Greek members of the European Parliament. Members were elected by party-list proportional representation, with a 3% electoral threshold.

Results

The 1994 European election was the fourth election to the European Parliament in which Greece participated. The ruling PASOK under the leadership of the aging Andreas Papandreou made gains against the opposition conservative New Democracy party. A new party Political Spring had left New Democracy and came in third ahead of the Communist Party of Greece and the Coalition of the Left and Progress which had contested the previous election in coalition. The parties on the left elected two MEPs each, the same result as 1989.