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Greece 1999 European Parliament election

What was the result of the 1999 European Parliament election in Greece?

New Democracy and PASOK each won 9 of 25 seats. 70.3% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Greece
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  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which parties won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : New Democracy and PASOK each won 9 of 25 seats, more than any other party; 70.3% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.0 points on 1994.

  • New Democracy 9 0 seats 36.0% +3.3 points
  • PASOK 9 −1 seat 32.9% −4.7 points
  • Communist Party of Greece 3 +1 seat 8.7% +2.4 points
  • Democratic Social Movement 2 6.8%
  • Synaspismos 2 0 seats 5.2% −1.1 points
  • Political Spring 0 −2 seats 2.3% −6.3 points
  • The Liberals 0 1.6%
  • Party of Greek Hunters-Fishermen 0 1.0%
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Greece 1994 European Parliament election, party by party.

Key numbers

  1. +1 seats

    Seats gained by Communist Party of Greece

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1994. Political Spring lost 2 seats.

  2. 70.3%

    Voter turnout

    Down 1.0 points on 1994.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
New Democracy9036.0+3.32,314,371
PASOK9−132.9−4.72,115,844
Communist Party of Greece3+18.7+2.4557,365
Democratic Social Movement26.8440,191
Synaspismos205.2−1.1331,928
Political Spring0−22.3−6.3146,512
The Liberals01.6103,962
Party of Greek Hunters-Fishermen01.064,194

± is the change against the Greece 1994 European Parliament election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • New Democracy 2,314,371
  • PASOK 2,115,844
  • Communist Party of Greece 557,365
  • Democratic Social Movement 440,191
  • Synaspismos 331,928
  • Political Spring 146,512
  • The Liberals 103,962
  • Party of Greek Hunters-Fishermen 64,194

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

How many people voted?

70.3% of the 9,555,326 registered voters cast a ballot (6,712,684 ballots), down 1.0 points on 1994. 6,428,696 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1981.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • New Democracy36.0% of votes36.0% of seats
  • PASOK32.9% of votes36.0% of seats
  • Communist Party of Greece8.7% of votes12.0% of seats
  • Democratic Social Movement6.8% of votes8.0% of seats
  • Synaspismos5.2% of votes8.0% of seats
  • Political Spring2.3% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.9 by votes and 3.5 by seats; New Democracy led PASOK by 3.1 points of the vote.

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