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Greece 2000 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 2000 parliamentary election in Greece?

PASOK won 158 of 300 seats with 43.8% of the vote. 75.0% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : PASOK won 158 of 300 seats with 43.8% of the vote; 75.0% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.4 points on 1996.

  • PASOK 158 −4 seats 43.8% +2.3 points
  • New Democracy 125 +17 seats 42.7% +4.6 points
  • Communist Party of Greece 11 0 seats 5.5% −0.1 points
  • Synaspismos 6 −4 seats 3.2% −1.9 points
  • Democratic Social Movement 0 −9 seats 2.7% −1.7 points
  • 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 1996 parliamentary election, party by party.

151 of 300 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 43.8%

    Share of the vote won by PASOK

    PASOK won 158 of 300 seats. A majority needs 151.

  2. +17 seats

    Seats gained by New Democracy

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1996. Democratic Social Movement lost 9 seats.

  3. 75.0%

    Voter turnout

    Down 1.4 points on 1996.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
PASOK158−443.8+2.33,007,596
New Democracy125+1742.7+4.62,935,196
Communist Party of Greece1105.5−0.1379,454
Synaspismos6−43.2−1.9219,880
Democratic Social Movement0−92.7−1.7184,598

± is the change against the Greece 1996 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • PASOK 3,007,596
  • New Democracy 2,935,196
  • Communist Party of Greece 379,454
  • Synaspismos 219,880
  • Democratic Social Movement 184,598

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?

75.0% of the 9,372,541 registered voters cast a ballot (7,026,527 ballots), down 1.4 points on 1996. 6,868,011 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1974.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • PASOK43.8% of votes52.7% of seats
  • New Democracy42.7% of votes41.7% of seats
  • Communist Party of Greece5.5% of votes3.7% of seats
  • Synaspismos3.2% of votes2.0% of seats
  • Democratic Social Movement2.7% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 6.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.6 by votes and 2.2 by seats; PASOK led New Democracy by 1.1 points of the vote.

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