| Country: | Greece |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | September 2015 Greek legislative election |
| Next Election: | May 2023 Greek legislative election |
| Seats For Election: | All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament |
| Majority Seats: | 151 |
| Opinion Polls: | Opinion polling for the 2019 Greek legislative election |
| Registered: | 9,962,261 |
| Turnout: | 57.78% (1.62 pp) |
| Election Date: | 7 July 2019 |
| Leader1: | Kyriakos Mitsotakis |
| Party1: | New Democracy (Greece) |
| Last Election1: | 28.09%, 75 seats |
| Seats1: | 158 |
| Seat Change1: | 83 |
| Popular Vote1: | 2,251,618 |
| Percentage1: | 39.85% |
| Swing1: | 11.76 pp |
| Leader2: | Alexis Tsipras |
| Party2: | Syriza |
| Last Election2: | 35.46%, 145 seats |
| Seats2: | 86 |
| Seat Change2: | 59 |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,781,057 |
| Percentage2: | 31.53% |
| Swing2: | 3.93 pp |
| Leader3: | Fofi Gennimata |
| Party3: | Movement for Change (Greece) |
| Last Election3: | 6.28%, 17 seats |
| Seats3: | 22 |
| Seat Change3: | 5 |
| Popular Vote3: | 457,623 |
| Percentage3: | 8.10% |
| Swing3: | 1.72 pp |
| Leader4: | Dimitris Koutsoumpas |
| Party4: | Communist Party of Greece |
| Last Election4: | 5.55%, 15 seats |
| Seats4: | 15 |
| Popular Vote4: | 299,621 |
| Percentage4: | 5.30% |
| Swing4: | 0.25 pp |
| Leader5: | Kyriakos Velopoulos |
| Party5: | Greek Solution |
| Last Election5: | – |
| Seats5: | 10 |
| Seat Change5: | New |
| Popular Vote5: | 209,290 |
| Percentage5: | 3.70% |
| Swing5: | New |
| Leader6: | Yanis Varoufakis |
| Party6: | MeRA25 |
| Last Election6: | – |
| Seats6: | 9 |
| Seat Change6: | New |
| Popular Vote6: | 194,576 |
| Percentage6: | 3.44% |
| Swing6: | New |
| Prime Minister | |
| Posttitle: | Prime Minister after election |
| Before Election: | Alexis Tsipras |
| Before Party: | Syriza |
| After Election: | Kyriakos Mitsotakis |
| After Party: | New Democracy (Greece) |
Legislative elections were held in Greece on 7 July 2019.[1] [2] The elections were called by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on 26 May 2019 after the ruling Syriza party lost the European and local elections.[3] They were the first national elections since the voting age was lowered to 17, and the number of parliamentary constituencies was increased from 56 to 59. Athens B, the largest constituency before the 2018 reforms, with 44 seats, was broken up into smaller constituencies, the largest of which had 18 seats.
The result was a landslide victory for the centre-right liberal conservative New Democracy party led by Kyriakos Mitsotakis, which received nearly 40% of the vote and won 158 seats, an outright majority. This was Greece's first single-party majority government since 2009.
See also: Elections in Greece, List of parliamentary constituencies of Greece and Apportionment in the Hellenic Parliament.
Compulsory voting was in force for the elections, with voter registration being automatic.[4] However, none of the legally existing penalties or sanctions have ever been enforced.[5]
A number of changes to the electoral system were introduced following the September 2015 elections. The voting age was reduced from 18 to 17 in July 2016, with the same law also abolishing the majority bonus system, which gave a 50-seat bonus to the largest party. Instead, all 300 seats would be awarded proportionally. However, this law did not come into effect for the 2019 elections, as it was not approved with the required supermajority despite the Syriza-led government expressing support for its introduction for the 2019 elections.[6] As a result, the previous system remained in force, with 250 seats elected in multi-member constituencies using a 3% electoral threshold, plus 50 bonus seats for the largest party. The number of parliamentary constituencies was also modified in December 2018, with Athens B split into Athens B1 (North), Athens B2 (West), and Athens B3 (South), while Attica was split into East Attica and West Attica.
See main article: Opinion polling for the 2019 Greek legislative election.
A few minutes before the polls closed, a group of young protesters stormed the 33rd polling station in the distinct of Exarcheia, Athens, and stole the ballot box. A previously-unknown anarchist group, Ballot-seeking Arsonists, later claimed responsibility. It claimed to have burned the stolen ballot box. As a result, a repeat election at the same polling station was held a week later, on 14 July.[7] [8] The results did not change the final allocation of seats because of the small volume of votes.
| Constituency | ND | SYRIZA | KINAL | KKE | EL | MERA25 | XA | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | ± | % | ± | % | ± | % | ± | % | ± | % | ± | % | ± | ||
| Achaea | 32.43 | 10.06 | 40.27 | 1.20 | 8.91 | 1.28 | 5.45 | 0.37 | 3.24 | New | 3.14 | New | 2.12 | 3.43 | |
| Aetolia-Akarnania | 40.95 | 10.24 | 33.89 | 1.23 | 10.24 | 1.75 | 4.93 | 1.12 | 1.69 | New | 2.13 | New | 2.74 | 4.26 | |
| Argolis | 43.43 | 9.71 | 24.99 | 4.52 | 14.84 | 5.25 | 3.56 | 0.68 | 3.25 | New | 3.12 | New | 2.68 | 5.87 | |
| Arkadia | 42.56 | 8.75 | 30.14 | 0.53 | 10.81 | 0.90 | 4.54 | 0.36 | 2.75 | New | 2.67 | New | 2.58 | 4.17 | |
| Arta | 38.99 | 8.22 | 39.94 | 0.82 | 8.44 | 1.36 | 4.83 | 0.89 | 1.43 | New | 1.98 | New | 1.50 | 2.71 | |
| Athens A | 42.32 | 11.20 | 31.29 | 0.26 | 5.16 | 0.48 | 6.37 | 0.54 | 2.58 | New | 3.84 | New | 3.09 | 3.82 | |
| Athens B1 | 45.81 | 13.04 | 28.22 | 2.88 | 5.59 | 0.98 | 6.19 | 0.50 | 2.54 | New | 4.15 | New | 2.00 | 2.84 | |
| Athens B2 | 29.69 | 10.05 | 38.60 | 2.58 | 6.00 | 1.52 | 8.65 | 0.14 | 3.51 | New | 4.28 | New | 3.16 | 3.82 | |
| Athens B3 | 39.49 | 12.30 | 32.03 | 3.29 | 5.72 | 0.95 | 7.13 | 0.37 | 2.99 | New | 4.44 | New | 2.42 | 3.14 | |
| East Attica | 43.13 | 14.11 | 29.60 | 5.42 | 5.03 | 1.00 | 4.96 | 0.11 | 4.85 | New | 3.87 | New | 3.16 | 4.64 | |
| West Attica | 34.28 | 12.88 | 36.24 | 4.56 | 5.24 | 1.01 | 5.93 | 0.17 | 5.24 | New | 3.20 | New | 4.62 | 6.70 | |
| Boeotia | 36.25 | 12.95 | 32.27 | 5.42 | 9.70 | 3.04 | 7.01 | 0.01 | 3.39 | New | 3.41 | New | 3.23 | 4.47 | |
| Cephalonia | 37.94 | 10.39 | 32.45 | 1.50 | 5.82 | 0.07 | 9.52 | 0.60 | 2.49 | New | 3.45 | New | 2.99 | 4.39 | |
| Chalkidiki | 42.59 | 9.30 | 24.32 | 8.58 | 10.37 | 3.31 | 3.14 | 0.15 | 4.33 | New | 3.81 | New | 5.26 | 1.96 | |
| Chania | 34.05 | 14.65 | 37.35 | 4.32 | 6.54 | 0.03 | 5.02 | 0.43 | 3.13 | New | 4.85 | New | 2.45 | 3.67 | |
| Chios | 45.65 | 13.07 | 22.14 | 5.77 | 14.94 | 1.83 | 4.78 | 0.25 | 2.43 | New | 2.89 | New | 2.98 | 2.84 | |
| Corfu | 35.14 | 12.95 | 34.41 | 6.18 | 7.50 | 1.81 | 6.99 | 0.07 | 2.40 | New | 4.84 | New | 3.18 | 4.37 | |
| Corinthia | 41.80 | 12.15 | 30.73 | 4.31 | 8.47 | 1.51 | 2.80 | 0.29 | 4.11 | New | 3.68 | New | 3.41 | 5.25 | |
| Cyclades | 43.55 | 12.27 | 28.32 | 5.36 | 8.52 | 1.68 | 4.20 | 0.24 | 2.88 | New | 4.10 | New | 2.78 | 3.41 | |
| Dodecanese | 41.28 | 13.15 | 29.73 | 4.81 | 10.37 | 0.88 | 3.20 | 0.20 | 3.87 | New | 3.01 | New | 3.69 | 4.36 | |
| Drama | 43.90 | 12.03 | 22.72 | 7.00 | 12.31 | 3.76 | 2.78 | 0.32 | 6.70 | New | 3.10 | New | 2.96 | 4.13 | |
| Elis | 36.03 | 9.11 | 34.82 | 2.49 | 14.79 | 4.04 | 3.62 | 1.00 | 2.88 | New | 2.21 | New | 2.40 | 5.19 | |
| Euboea | 36.61 | 12.64 | 34.91 | 5.03 | 8.53 | 2.00 | 4.98 | 0.41 | 4.16 | New | 3.14 | New | 2.64 | 5.29 | |
| Evros | 44.99 | 11.29 | 27.55 | 4.32 | 8.17 | 1.34 | 2.95 | 0.01 | 5.86 | New | 2.39 | New | 3.52 | 5.19 | |
| Evrytania | 48.87 | 14.54 | 29.54 | 3.93 | 9.94 | 0.34 | 2.79 | 0.15 | 2.14 | New | 1.84 | New | 1.61 | 3.09 | |
| Florina | 39.02 | 8.74 | 35.51 | 2.33 | 6.24 | 0.13 | 3.07 | 1.24 | 7.27 | New | 2.78 | New | 2.37 | 4.37 | |
| Grevena | 43.16 | 11.01 | 29.49 | 5.02 | 9.89 | 0.53 | 5.82 | 0.42 | 2.74 | New | 2.32 | New | 2.87 | 2.74 | |
| Imathia | 41.92 | 14.36 | 26.98 | 7.30 | 8.24 | 1.41 | 4.68 | 0.46 | 5.63 | New | 3.06 | New | 4.04 | 5.22 | |
| Ioannina | 37.42 | 9.09 | 36.30 | 3.22 | 9.53 | 2.17 | 4.99 | 0.51 | 2.34 | New | 2.79 | New | 1.94 | 2.81 | |
| Heraklion | 30.15 | 9.82 | 43.22 | 1.99 | 11.38 | 1.66 | 3.57 | 0.67 | 2.18 | New | 4.03 | New | 1.51 | 2.43 | |
| Karditsa | 44.91 | 14.06 | 30.45 | 5.29 | 9.42 | 2.26 | 5.60 | 0.88 | 2.49 | New | 1.87 | New | 2.29 | 5.05 | |
| Kastoria | 50.23 | 13.29 | 27.10 | 1.86 | 7.00 | 0.96 | 2.53 | 0.54 | 2.73 | New | 2.98 | New | 2.98 | 5.58 | |
| Kavala | 42.55 | 11.50 | 26.20 | 6.20 | 8.48 | 1.53 | 4.18 | 0.18 | 5.86 | New | 3.13 | New | 3.35 | 4.45 | |
| Kilkis | 42.35 | 9.94 | 23.22 | 7.67 | 11.21 | 4.15 | 5.05 | 0.93 | 5.16 | New | 2.70 | New | 5.24 | 4.23 | |
| Kozani | 39.39 | 11.50 | 31.39 | 2.47 | 10.30 | 2.52 | 4.64 | 0.79 | 4.01 | New | 2.96 | New | 2.54 | 3.66 | |
| Laconia | 49.91 | 12.37 | 19.63 | 3.44 | 14.39 | 1.98 | 3.57 | 0.53 | 3.19 | New | 2.01 | New | 3.64 | 7.80 | |
| Larissa | 39.30 | 11.31 | 31.25 | 3.68 | 8.79 | 2.54 | 6.25 | 1.00 | 4.34 | New | 2.81 | New | 2.82 | 4.23 | |
| Lasithi | 34.32 | 8.34 | 34.57 | 4.62 | 15.40 | 4.06 | 2.93 | 0.33 | 2.64 | New | 3.08 | New | 1.52 | 2.43 | |
| Lefkada | 44.37 | 12.37 | 28.19 | 2.49 | 9.60 | 1.73 | 8.16 | 2.32 | 1.30 | New | 2.81 | New | 1.83 | 3.44 | |
| Lesbos | 38.99 | 10.44 | 29.01 | 0.01 | 8.57 | 0.88 | 10.04 | 0.64 | 2.62 | New | 2.25 | New | 3.48 | 4.30 | |
| Magnesia | 38.76 | 12.58 | 32.16 | 3.90 | 6.58 | 1.79 | 5.33 | 0.91 | 4.34 | New | 3.78 | New | 3.89 | 4.57 | |
| Messenia | 44.37 | 8.91 | 30.66 | 0.16 | 6.85 | 0.91 | 4.69 | 0.74 | 3.35 | New | 3.02 | New | 2.86 | 5.24 | |
| Pella | 42.29 | 10.74 | 28.52 | 4.74 | 9.31 | 2.62 | 2.59 | 1.06 | 5.60 | New | 2.50 | New | 3.59 | 5.83 | |
| Phocis | 44.75 | 12.59 | 29.16 | 3.82 | 7.35 | 0.81 | 6.04 | 0.20 | 3.01 | New | 3.00 | New | 2.62 | 4.48 | |
| Phthiotis | 43.79 | 12.74 | 31.64 | 2.98 | 7.59 | 0.86 | 4.38 | 0.40 | 3.19 | New | 2.58 | New | 2.82 | 4.95 | |
| Pieria | 47.45 | 14.77 | 23.33 | 9.10 | 8.52 | 1.90 | 3.98 | 0.47 | 5.73 | New | 2.78 | New | 3.21 | 4.22 | |
| Piraeus A | 43.73 | 14.28 | 29.72 | 3.91 | 4.94 | 0.54 | 5.51 | 0.37 | 3.39 | New | 3.88 | New | 3.18 | 4.64 | |
| Piraeus B | 30.19 | 11.87 | 38.22 | 3.80 | 5.09 | 1.07 | 8.02 | 0.08 | 4.20 | New | 4.40 | New | 3.69 | 4.71 | |
| Preveza | 43.47 | 11.02 | 34.38 | 1.07 | 8.25 | 0.23 | 5.49 | 1.27 | 1.39 | New | 2.07 | New | 1.65 | 3.43 | |
| Rethymno | 36.55 | 9.18 | 36.99 | 1.14 | 9.82 | 0.49 | 3.33 | 0.04 | 2.30 | New | 3.45 | New | 1.72 | 2.32 | |
| Rhodope | 37.84 | 15.10 | 27.17 | 12.18 | 21.94 | 17.38 | 4.25 | 2.17 | 2.57 | New | 1.38 | New | 2.17 | 3.29 | |
| Samos | 34.13 | 11.65 | 29.08 | 1.93 | 6.85 | 0.79 | 14.47 | 1.67 | 3.30 | New | 2.81 | New | 3.55 | 4.11 | |
| Serres | 48.04 | 12.83 | 23.25 | 5.83 | 8.68 | 1.68 | 3.41 | 0.23 | 6.11 | New | 3.13 | New | 2.94 | 4.97 | |
| Thesprotia | 41.14 | 9.75 | 31.54 | 5.58 | 13.28 | 4.12 | 3.73 | 0.71 | 1.81 | New | 2.50 | New | 1.61 | 3.11 | |
| Thessaloniki A | 35.52 | 10.23 | 31.31 | 4.50 | 6.05 | 1.73 | 5.30 | 0.01 | 5.39 | New | 4.76 | New | 3.92 | 3.35 | |
| Thessaloniki B | 43.02 | 13.52 | 25.14 | 7.74 | 6.65 | 1.91 | 4.61 | 0.20 | 5.65 | New | 4.06 | New | 4.20 | 4.24 | |
| Trikala | 44.40 | 13.59 | 29.54 | 6.26 | 9.71 | 2.37 | 6.07 | 1.04 | 2.85 | New | 2.05 | New | 1.82 | 3.83 | |
| Xanthi | 36.78 | 12.95 | 39.60 | 10.01 | 8.78 | 4.68 | 2.19 | 0.45 | 3.44 | New | 2.35 | New | 2.62 | 2.97 | |
| Zakynthos | 41.91 | 14.40 | 31.44 | 4.72 | 5.37 | 1.09 | 9.04 | 1.16 | 2.21 | New | 3.32 | New | 2.36 | 4.37 | |