| Election Name: | 2024 European Parliament election in Greece |
| Country: | Greece |
| Previous Election: | 2019 European Parliament election in Greece |
| Previous Year: | 2019 |
| Next Year: | 2029 |
| Seats For Election: | 21 seats in the European Parliament |
| Turnout: | 41.39% |
| Image1: | EPP Zagreb Congress in Croatia, 20-21 November 2019 (49099472986) (cropped3).jpg |
| Party1: | New Democracy (Greece) |
| Alliance1: | European People's Party |
| Leader1: | Kyriakos Mitsotakis |
| Last Election1: | 33.12%, 8 seats |
| Seats1: | 7 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Swing1: | 4.81% |
| Percentage1: | 28.31% |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,125,602 |
| Leader2: | Stefanos Kasselakis |
| Party2: | Syriza |
| Alliance2: | The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL |
| Seats2: | 4 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Popular Vote2: | 593,133 |
| Swing2: | 8.83% |
| Percentage2: | 14.92% |
| Last Election2: | 23.75%, 6 seats |
| Leader3: | Nikos Androulakis |
| Party3: | PASOK – Movement for Change |
| Alliance3: | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats |
| Image3: | Nikos Androulakis PASOK (cropped).jpg |
| Seats3: | 3 |
| Swing3: | 5.07% |
| Percentage3: | 12.79% |
| Popular Vote3: | 508,399 |
| Image4: | Κυριάκος Βελόπουλος.jpg |
| Leader4: | Kyriakos Velopoulos |
| Party4: | Greek Solution |
| Alliance4: | European Conservatives and Reformists Group |
| Seats4: | 2 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| Popular Vote4: | 369,727 |
| Percentage4: | 9.30% |
| Swing4: | 5.12% |
| Leader5: | Dimitris Koutsoumpas |
| Party5: | Communist Party of Greece |
| Alliance5: | ECA–NI |
| Seats5: | 2 |
| Percentage5: | 9.25% |
| Swing5: | 3.9% |
| Popular Vote5: | 367,796 |
| Image5: | Dimitris Koutsoumpas in 2023.jpg |
| Leader6: | Dimitris Natsios |
| Party6: | Victory (Greek political party) |
| Alliance6: | Non-Inscrits |
| Seats6: | 1 |
| Seat Change6: | New |
| Popular Vote6: | 173,574 |
| Percentage6: | 4.37% |
| Swing6: | New |
| Image7: | Zoi Konstantopoulou a Sept 2015 (cropped).jpg |
| Leader7: | Zoe Konstantopoulou |
| Party7: | Course of Freedom |
| Alliance7: | Non-Inscrits |
| Seats7: | 1 |
| Seat Change7: | 1 |
| Popular Vote7: | 135,310 |
| Percentage7: | 3.4% |
| Swing7: | 1.81% |
| Last Election7: | 1,61%, 0 seats |
| Last Election3: | 7,72%, 2 seats |
| Last Election4: | 4,18%, 1 seat |
| Last Election5: | 5,35%, 2 seats |
| Last Election6: | New |
| Image8: | 1719323938593_20240624_LATINOPOULOU_Afroditi_EL_014_MOBILE.jpg |
| Leader8: | Afroditi Latinopoulou |
| Party8: | Voice of Reason (political party) |
| Alliance8: | Patriots for Europe |
| Last Election8: | New |
| Seats8: | 1 |
| Popular Vote8: | 120,753 |
| Percentage8: | 3.04% |
| Swing8: | New |
| Seat Change8: | New |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
The 2024 European Parliament election in Greece was held on 9 June 2024 as part of the 2024 European Parliament election. This was the first to take place after Brexit.[1]
The governing New Democracy came first, but ceded ground in terms of both popular vote and seats secured.[2] The left-wing SYRIZA and PASOK came in second and third, respectively: SYRIZA lost two seats, while PASOK gained one.[3] Overall, those left-wing parties to earn representation won 10 seats and 40.36% of the vote; right-wing ones won 11 seats and 45.02% of the vote.
See main article: List of members of the European Parliament for Greece, 2019–2024. Greece will elect 21 Members of the European Parliament.[4]
The Spartans party was barred from participating in the 2024 european parliament elections an action that was endorsed by New Democracy, PASOK, New left and Syriza while it was rejected by Afroditi Latinopoulou and her Voice of Reason party.[5] [6]
The parties and party coalitions participating in the election (in alphabetical order):
| Party or alliance | Original slogan | English translation | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ND | «Σταθερά πιο κοντά στην Ευρώπη» | "Steadily closer to Europe" | |||
| SYRIZA | «Καλύτερη ζωή τώρα» | "Better life now" | |||
| PASOK-KINAL | «Μπορούμε και αξίζουμε περισσότερα στην Ελλάδα και την Ευρώπη» | "We can and deserve more in Greece and Europe" | |||
| KKE | «Με ΚΚΕ πολύ πιο δυνατό για πανευρωπαϊκή αντεπίθεση» | "With a much stronger KKE for a pan-European counter-attack" | |||
| EL | «Πρώτα η Ελλάδα! Πρώτα οι Έλληνες | » | "Greece first! Greeks first | " | |
| MeRA25 | «Ενόχλησέ τους!» | "Bother them!" | |||
| PE | «Θέλεις Ζωή και στην Ευρωβουλή;» | "Do you want Life (Zoe) in the European Parliament as well?" | |||
| NA | «Δώσε φωνή στο δίκιο σου» | "Give voice to your right" | |||
| NIKI | «Διεκδικούμε την Ελλάδα που μας αξίζει στην Ευρώπη που θέλουμε» | "We claim the Greece we deserve in the Europe we want" | |||
| FL | «Στις ευρωεκλογές στείλε μήνυμα» | "In the European elections send a message" | |||
| DIMO | «Η ώρα της κοινής λογικής» | "The time of common sense" | |||
| KOS | «Γιατί η ζωή μας έχει σημασία» | "Because our life matters" | |||
At the beginning of March 2024, Greeks living abroad received a promotional email from MEP and New Democracy candidate Anna-Michelle Assimakopoulou, which triggered a wave of criticism that the law on the protection of personal data had been violated and that data on postal voters had been illegally passed on by the Ministry of the Interior.[7]
See also: Opinion polling for the 2024 European Parliament election and Opinion polling for the next Greek legislative election.
| Polling firm/Commissioner | Fieldwork date | Sample size | ND | SYRIZA | PASOK | KKE | XA | EL | MeRA25 | PE | R | Antarsya | SP | NIKI | FL | NA | DIMO | KOS | PAT | Other | Lead | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alco/Alpha[8] | 13–15 May 2024 | 1,000 | 32.5 | 16.0 | 13.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 16.5 | |||||||||
| Pulse RC/Skai[9] | 13–15 May 2024 | 1,104 | 33.0 | 16.0 | 12.5 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 17.0 | ||||||||
| MARC/ANT1[10] | 10–15 May 2024 | 1,209 | 33.8 | 15.2 | 12.2 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 18.6 | |||||||||
| MRB/Open[11] | 10–14 May 2024 | 1,100 | 32.3 | 16.0 | 14.0 | 8.0 | 9.9 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 16.3 | |||||||||
| Interview/Politic[12] | 8–13 May 2024 | 2,405 | 33.3 | 17.2 | 12.2 | 6.7 | 7.8 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 5.0 | 11.8 | 16.1 | ||||||||||||
| Good Affairs/To Vima[13] | 31.8 | 16.1 | 11.8 | 8.3 | 10.3 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 15.7 | |||||||||||
| Marc/Proto Thema[14] | 18–25 Apr 2024 | 1,049 | 33.4 | 14.7 | 11.4 | 8.5 | 9.8 | 2.4 | 5.4 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 18.7 | ||||||||
| GPO/Parapolitika[15] | 17–22 Apr 2024 | 1,400 | 33.6 | 16.3 | 13.5 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 17.3 | |||||||||
| Metron Analysis/Mega[16] | 10–16 Apr 2024 | 1,304 | 32.3 | 15.4 | 12.0 | 9.8 | 8.3 | 1.6 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 16.9 | |||||||
| Prorata/Attica[17] | 5–10 Apr 2024 | 1,000 | 29.5 | 15.0 | 12.7 | 9.2 | 9.8 | 2.3 | 4.6 | 1.7 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 14.5 | |||||||
| Opinion Poll/Action 24[18] | 8–10 Apr 2024 | 1,006 | 32.1 | 15.0 | 12.4 | 8.5 | 10.7 | 1.3 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 17.1 | ||||||||
| Interview/Politic[19] [20] | 4–8 Apr 2024 | 2,355 | 27.7 | 16.1 | 12.7 | 6.9 | 11.8 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 2.3 | 4.7 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 11.6 | |||||||
| Alco/Alpha[21] | 2–5 Apr 2024 | 1,000 | 29.9 | 14.3 | 13.3 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 15.6 | ||||||||
| Palmos Analysis/Eleftheros Typos[22] | 1–4 Apr 2024 | 1,008 | 31.8 | 14.1 | 13.0 | 9.4 | 10.3 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 6.6 | 17.7 | |||||||||||
| GPO/Parapolitika[23] | 1–3 Apr 2024 | 1,000 | 33.4 | 15.9 | 14.2 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 17.5 | |||||||||
| MRB/Open[24] | 1–3 Apr 2024 | 1,000 | 31.5 | 15.9 | 13.4 | 8.1 | 9.9 | 1.9 | 4.3 | 2.1 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 3.8 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 15.6 | ||||||||
| Pulse RC/Skai[25] | 1–3 Apr 2024 | 1,105 | 33.0 | 15.0 | 12.5 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 18.0 | ||||||||
| Opinion Poll/Action24[26] | 15–20 Mar 2024 | 1,010 | 34.4 | 13.4 | 12.5 | 9.4 | 10.1 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 21.0 | |||||||||
| Metron Analysis/Mega[27] | 12–19 Mar 2024 | 1,317 | 31.4 | 15.1 | 13.0 | 10.1 | 9.7 | 1.9 | 4.3 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 16.3 | ||||||
| Good Affairs/To Vima[28] | 12–14 Mar 2024 | 3,229 | 30.8 | 13.1 | 12.9 | 8.2 | 9.8 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 17.7 | |||||||||
| Marc/Proto Thema[29] | 11–14 Mar 2024 | 1,086 | 36.2 | 13.4 | 12.6 | 9.4 | 9.2 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 3.7 | 22.8 | |||||||||
| GPO/Star[30] | 11–13 Mar 2024 | 1,200 | 34.8 | 14.3 | 13.9 | 9.5 | 8.0 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 20.5 | |||||||||
| Interview/Politic[31] | 7–11 Mar 2024 | 2,250 | 29.1 | 14.4 | 12.4 | 7.1 | 12.0 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 11.3 | 14.7 | |||||||||||
| Alco/Alpha[32] | 1–6 Mar 2024 | 1,000 | 32.8 | 12.7 | 14.1 | 10.8 | 7.9 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 18.7 | ||||||||||
| Ipsos/Euronews[33] | 23 Feb–5 Mar 2024 | 1,000 | 35.0 | 13.6 | 13.4 | 9.0 | 8.7 | <3.0 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 21.4 | ||||||||||
| Pulse RC/Skai[34] | 27 Feb–1 Mar 2024 | 1,106 | 35.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 9.0 | 8.5 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 21.5 | ||||||||||
| GPO/Parapolitika[35] | 26–29 Feb 2024 | 1,000 | 36.4 | 13.5 | 14.4 | 10.7 | 8.2 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 22.0 | ||||||||||
| Opinion Poll/Action24[36] | 21–27 Feb 2024 | 1,504 | 33.9 | 11.9 | 13.9 | 10.1 | 10.2 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 20.0 | ||||||||||
| Opinion Poll/Action24[37] | 13–16 Feb 2024 | 1,004 | 34.3 | 12.5 | 14.6 | 9.4 | 9.5 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 19.7 | ||||||||||
| Interview/Politic[38] | 6–12 Feb 2024 | 2,155 | 33.3 | 14.2 | 12.8 | 8.3 | 9.1 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 9.7 | 19.1 | |||||||||||
| Alco/Alpha[39] | 1–7 Feb 2024 | 1,201 | 34.5 | 12.6 | 15.0 | 11.2 | 7.5 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 19.5 | ||||||||||
| GPO/Star[40] | 20–25 Jan 2024 | 1,100 | 38.8 | 14.0 | 14.2 | 9.6 | 7.2 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 24.6 | ||||||||||
| MRB/Open[41] | 22–24 Jan 2024 | 1,000 | 36.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 9.3 | 9.5 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 4.8 | 24.0 | ||||||||||
| Marc/Ant1[42] | 17–23 Jan 2024 | 1,092 | 37.1 | 12.6 | 16.8 | 9.4 | 7.0 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 20.3 | ||||||||||
| Interview/Politic[43] | 10–15 Jan 2024 | 2,388 | 31.5 | 14.1 | 14.2 | 10.8 | 8.0 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 7.2 | 17.3 | |||||||||||
| Prorata/Attica[44] | 5–9 Jan 2024 | 1,000 | 36.6 | 12.8 | 15.9 | 11.0 | 6.1 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 20.7 | ||||||||||
| Alco/Alpha[45] | 2–5 Jan 2024 | 1,002 | 35.3 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 11.3 | 6.9 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 21.0 | ||||||||||
| Interview/Politic[46] | 4–8 Dec 2023 | 2,356 | 34.0 | 16.1 | 14.4 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 7.9 | 17.9 | |||||||||||
| GPO/Parapolitika[47] | 5–7 Dec 2023 | 1,000 | 41.7 | 12.1 | 13.5 | 10.3 | 6.6 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 28.3 | ||||||||||
| 2019 election | data-sort-value="2019-05-26" | 26 May 2019 | – | 33.1 | 23.8 | 7.7 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 13.7 | 9.3 |
| Party | Largest | % | Smallest | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Democracy | Laconia | 35,62 | Rhodope | 19,61 | |
| Syriza – Proggresive Alliance | Arta | 22,66 | Rhodope | 7,14 | |
| Pasok – Movement for Change | Lasithi | 29,37 | Piraeus A | 7,86 | |
| Greek Solution | Imathia | 18,42 | Leukada | 5,09 | |
| Communist Party of Greece | Samos | 20,95 | Rhodope | 3,87 | |
| Democratic Patriotic Movement 'Niki' | Pieria | 10,45 | Leukada | 2,05 | |
| Course of Freedom | Piraeus B | 4,56 | Rhodope | 1,22 | |
| Voice of Reason | Evros | 6,36 | Lasithi | 1,59 |
• Aftias Georgios (310,876 votes)
• Meimarakis Evangelos-Vasileios (261,123)
• Vozemberg Vryonidi Elissavet (247,452)
• Beleris Dionysios-Fredis (238,801)
• Meleti Eleonora (173,815)
• Tsiodras Dimitrios (157,731)
• Arvanitis Konstantinos (154,800 votes)
• Farantouris Nikolas (136,973)
• Pappas Nikolaos (128,078)
• Kountoura Elena (114,963)
• Papandreou Nikolaos (123,294 votes)
• Maniatis Ioannis (108,231)
• Arnaoutoglou Athanasios (92,087)
• Fragkos Emmanouil (110,699 votes)
• Alexandraki Galato (51,465)
• Papadakis Konstantinos (106,668 votes)
• Nikolaou-Alavanos Lefteris (108,604)
• Anadiotis Nikolaos (42,066 votes)
• Zacharia Maria (23,199 votes)
• Latinopoulou Afroditi (58,981 votes)
Falling well short of its showing in the final polls (which projected New Democracy to win a third of the vote), just as it has in the 2019 European parliament election, Kyriakos Mitsotakis acknowledged the "message understood,” and pledged to move Greece closer to the EU.[48]
Suffering a nearly 40% decline in its vote share from the 2019 elections, many considered the outcome to be a defeat for Syriza and its new leader, Stefanos Kasselakis. The party failed to win in any region of the country, including Chania, home to Kasselakis.
The alliance improved from its showing in the 2019 EU election, but remained stagnant from legislative elections and failed to fulfill its goal of reasserting itself as the official opposition.This triggered a crisis within the party, with the credibility of Nikos Androulakis’ leadership being called into question.[49] [50] Some in the party also floated the possibility of an alliance with Syriza in advance of the 2027 legislative elections, including Syriza MP Nikos Pappas and Athens’ PASOK mayor Haris Doukas.[51] [52] [53]
Greece, unlike Northern Europe, was not an exception to the far-right surge. Most significantly, Greek Solution’s support almost than doubled to 9.3%. NIKI entered Greece’s EU delegation with 4.4% of the vote, while far-right Voice of Reason managed to elect its leader (Afroditi Latinopoulou) as an MEP with 3.0%. Altogether, parties widely considered to be positioned on the far right (including minor contestants, such as Patriots and Creation) took nearly 20% of the vote share.
Despite slipping to fifth place, being surpassed by Greek Solution, KKE managed to nearly double its vote share, from 5.3% in the 2019 election to 9.2%. The party retained its third position in the region of Attica.[54] [55]
The New Left party's leader, Alexis Haritsis, admitted to their failure to retain either of their two MEPs, unlike Mera25 leader Yannis Varoufakis who said that they may have failed to reach the 3% mark but slightly improved their percentages in contrast to last year; saying on left-wing collectivised newspaper Efsyn that they were the sole carrier of "the subversive, ecological left".[56] [57]