2019 Greek local elections explained

Election Name:	2019 Greek local elections
Country:	Greece
Type:	local
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2014 Greek local elections
Previous Year:	2014
Next Election:	2023 Greek local elections
Next Year:	2023
Election Date:	26 May & 2 June 2019

Local elections were held in Greece on 26 May 2019 (first round) and 2 June 2019 (second round). Voters elected representatives to the country's local authorities, comprising 13 regions and 325 municipalities. New Democracy dominated the elections, winning 12 out of 13 Regions and 2 out of 3 biggest municipalities per population in the country.^[1] SYRIZA lost all the Regions that it had won in 2014.^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5]

Regions

Nationwide

Party	1st Round		2nd Round		Total seats	Total Regions
Party	Votes	%	Votes	%	Total seats	Total Regions
	2,527,842	46.68	1,521,522	66.36	339	12
	1,017,128	18.78	129,467	6.56	135	1
	515,845	9.53	411,830	17.96	50	0
	371,576	6.86	0	0.00	48	0
	197,567	3.65	0	0.00	22	0
	87,676	1.62	0	0.00	13	0
	85,212	1.57	0	0.00	11	0
	44,078	0.81	0	0.00	4	0
	42,579	0.79	0	0.00	3	0
Green Movement (PRAKI)	36,030	0.67	0	0.00	3	0
	24,149	0.45	0	0.00	3	0
	465,993	8.60	229,980	10.03	73	0

Attica

Candidate	Party	1st Round		2nd Round		Total seats
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Votes	%	Total seats
Giorgios Patoulis	New Democracy	600,041	37.63	728,118	65.79	38
		314,320	19.71	378,571	34.21	20
		277,470	17.40			17
		132,003	8.28			8
		89,147	5.59			6
Giorgos Dimitriou		44,689	2.80			3
		42,579	2.67			3
Nikos Papadakis	Green Movement (PRAKI)	28,592	1.79			2
Kostas Toulgaridis		28,215	1.77			2
Mariana Tsixli		21,835	1.37			1
Andreas Kourtis		15,543	0.97			1

Central Greece

Candidate	Party	1st Round		2nd Round		Total seats
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Votes	%	Total seats
Fanis Spanos	New Democracy	126,765	39.72	122,128	52.42	20
		76,086	23.84	110,847	47.58	12
Dimitris Anagnostakis		45,145	14.15			7
		36,205	11.34			6
Kostas Basdekis		17,851	5.59			3
Haralambos Giotis		8,030	2.52			1
Antonis Voulgaris		4,626	1.45			1
Niki Polizoi		4,440	1.39			1

Central Macedonia

Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Seats
Apostolos Tzitzikostas	New Democracy	571,893	62.03	44
		105,710	11.47	8
Christos Papastergiou		66,587	7.22	5
Sotiris Avramopoulos		52,321	5.68	4
Nikolaos Xrisomallis		35,307	3.83	3
Filippos Ganoulis		29,235	3.17	2
		19,664	2.13	2
		18,247	1.98	1
Thanasis Agapitos		17,031	1.85	1
Dimitris Vanis		5,961	0.65	1

Crete

See: Local Elections in Crete 2019

Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Seats
Stavros Arnaoutakis	KINAL	202,859	60.78	31
Alexandros Markogiannakis		88,509	26.52	14
		21,200	6.35	3
		7,421	2.22	1
Giorgos Spyropoulos		6,912	2.07	1
Giorgos Piagkalakis		6,865	2.06	1

Eastern Macedonia and Thrace

Candidate	Party	1st Round		2nd Round		Total seats
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Votes	%	Total seats
	New Democracy	109,275	34.36	122,154	50.82	17
Christopoulos Topsidis		97,347	30.61	118,200	49.16	16
Kostas Katsimigas		40,490	12.73			6
Kostas Simitzis		33,804	10.62			5
Dimitris Papatolidis		16,425	5.16			3
Eleftherios Nikolaidis		11,529	3.62			2
Thodoris Perentidis		4,704	1.48			1
Andreas Karagiorgis		4,485	1.41			1

Epirus

Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Seats
	New Democracy	119,033	57.10	29
Giorgos Zapsas		30,937	14.84	7
Spyros Rizopoulos		20,337	9.76	5
Dimitris Dimitriou		16,500	7.92	4
Giorgos Prentzas		12,570	6.03	3
Nikos Zikos		3,762	1.80	1
Kostas Noutsopoulos		2,797	1.34	1
Konstantinos Anagnostou		2,512	1.21	1

Ionian Islands

Candidate	Party	1st Round		2nd Round		Total seats
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Votes	%	Total seats
Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou	New Democracy	32,474	29.49	50,142	60.12	12
		24,388	22.15	33,259	39.88	9
		20,285	18.42			7
Alexandra Mpalou		13,128	11.92			5
Alexandros Alexakis		9,675	8.79			4
		4,503	4.09			2
		3,528	3.20			1
Vera Koronaki		2,121	1.93			1

North Aegean

Candidate	Party	1st Round		2nd Round		Total seats
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Votes	%	Total seats
	New Democracy	24,503	24.36	41,426	55.40	10
		30,773	30.60	33,347	44.60	13
		19,745	19.63			8
		10,596	10.54			4
Giannis Spilanis		10,430	10.37			4
Stratos Georgoulas		2,902	2.89			1
Nikos Manavis		1,628	1.62			1

Peloponnese

Candidate	Party	1st Round		2nd Round		Total seats
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Votes	%	Total seats
	New Democracy	118,080	33.60	137.576	53.59	17
		119,833	34.09	119.133	46.41	17
Giorgos Dedes		51,436	14.63			8
Giannis Mpountroukas		16,303	4.64			2
Nikos Gontikas		16,298	4.44			2
		9,874	2.81			2
Dimitris Tzempetzis		9,548	2.72			1
Dimitra Lymperopoulou		5,238	1.49			1
Panagiotis Katsaris		4,864	1.38			1

South Aegean

Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Seats
Giorgos Hatzimarkos	New Democracy	90,896	53.61	27
Manolis Glynos		57,148	33.70	17
Giannis Ntouniadakis		9,850	5.81	3
Charalampos Kokkinos		6,345	3.74	2
Nikolaos Attitis		5,326	3.14	2

Thessaly

Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Seats
Konstantinos Agorastos	New Democracy	233,454	55.75	28
Nikos Tsilimigas		105,320	25.15	13
Tasos Tsiaples		29,335	7.01	4
Dimitris Kouretas		22,681	5.42	3
Maria Mpilli-Tsitse		10,548	2.52	1
Thanasis Akrivos	Green Movement (PRAKI)	7,438	1.78	1
Stathis Ntouros		5,948	1.42	1
Kostas Delimitros		4,048	0.97	1

Western Greece

Candidate	Party	1st Round		2nd Round		Total seats
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Votes	%	Total seats
	New Democracy	143,721	36.96	168,431	56.33	19
		128,032	32.93	129,467	43.67	17
Kostas Spiliopoulos		47,480	12.21			6
		31,314	8.05			4
		12,836	3,30			2
Andreas Nikolakopoulos		10,442	2.69			1
Kostas Papakonstantinou		9,605	2.47			1
Christos Kosinas		5,399	1.39			1

Western Macedonia

Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Seats
	New Democracy	94,111	52.13	21
		43,750	24.24	10
Georgia Zembiliadou		27,537	15.25	6
Thanasis Chastas		8,685	4.81	2
Christos Savvoulidis		3,763	2.08	1
Stefanos Prasos		2,699	1.49	1

Major Municipalities

Athens

Candidate	Party	1st Round		2nd Round		Total seats
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Votes	%	Total seats
Kostas Bakoyannis	New Democracy	88,916	42.65	96.660	65.25	21
		35,392	16.98	51.487	34.75	8
		27,491	13.19			6
		21,959	10.53			5
Nikos Sofianos		15,575	7.47			4
		4,606	2.21			1
	(NEO)	4,252	2.04			1
	(RIZES)	3,279	1.57			1
Petros Konstantinou		3,210	1.54			1
Ntina Reppa		2,071	0.99			1
Aygi Theodosi		1,715	0.82

Thessaloniki

Candidate	Party	1st Round		2nd Round		Total seats
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Votes	%	Total seats
Konstantinos Zervas	New Democracy	18,419	14.93	59.578	66.79	7
Nikos Tachiaos		27,629	22.40	29.629	33.21	11
	(NEO)	17,906	14.52			7
		16,666	13.51			7
		8,691	7.05			3
		6,779	5.50			3
		5,505	4.46			2
Petros Lekakis		3,192	2.59			1
Efraim (Makis) Kyrizidis		3,188	2.58			1
Xaris Aidonopoulos		3,022	2.45			1
		2,166	1.76			1
Antonis Gazakis		2,148	1.74			1
Giorgos Rakkas		1,537	1.25			1
Giannis Kouriannidis	Patriotic Radical Union (PATRIE)	1,327	1.08			1
Ioannis Nasioulas		1,270	1.03			1
Vasilis Moysidis		1,240	1.01			1
Grigoris Zarotiadis		1,188	0.96
Giannis Koutras		1,180	0.96
Konstantinos Anagnostaras		294	0.24

Patras

Candidate	Party	1st Round		2nd Round		Total seats
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Votes	%	Total seats
Kostas Peletidis	KKE	40,489	40.60	54.672	70.91	20
		15,970	16.01	22.431	29.09	8
		13,936	13.97			7
	Christiandemocratic Party of Greece (XRIKE)	7,498	7.52			4
Giorgos Roros		6,662	6.68			3
Petros Psomas		6,371	6.39			3
Nikos Tzanakos		2,632	2.64			1
Theodoros Drinias		2,023	2.03			1
Alekos Chrysanthakopoulos		1,840	1.84			1
Christos Patouxas		1,429	1.43
Dimitris Belias		464	0.47
Theodoros Belezonis		416	0.42

Notes and References

Web site: 2019-06-03. New Democracy sweeps Greek local elections. 2021-07-06. www.euractiv.com. en-GB.
News: 2019 Regional Elections Results. Ministry of Interior. 2 June 2019.
News: 2019 Municipal Elections Results. Ministry of Interior. 2 June 2019.
Web site: Welle (www.dw.com). Deutsche. Greek conservatives win big in local elections DW 02.06.2019. 2021-07-06. DW.COM. en-GB.
Web site: Conservatives sweep Greek local elections. 2021-07-06. www.aljazeera.com. en.