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Greece 2004 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 2004 parliamentary election in Greece?

New Democracy won 166 of 300 seats with 45.4% of the vote. 76.5% 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 : New Democracy won 166 of 300 seats with 45.4% of the vote; 76.5% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 1.5 points on 2000.

  • New Democracy 166 +41 seats 45.4% +2.6 points
  • PASOK 116 −42 seats 40.5% −3.2 points
  • Communist Party of Greece 12 +1 seat 5.9% +0.4 points
  • Syriza 0 3.3%
  • Popular Orthodox Rally 0 2.2%
  • Democratic Social Movement 0 0 seats 1.8% −0.9 points
  • Synaspismos 6 0 seats
  • 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 2000 parliamentary election, party by party.

151 of 300 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 45.4%

    Share of the vote won by New Democracy

    New Democracy won 166 of 300 seats. A majority needs 151.

  2. +41 seats

    Seats gained by New Democracy

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2000. PASOK lost 42 seats.

  3. 76.5%

    Voter turnout

    Up 1.5 points on 2000.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
New Democracy166+4145.4+2.63,359,058
PASOK116−4240.5−3.23,002,531
Communist Party of Greece12+15.9+0.4436,573
Syriza03.3241,539
Popular Orthodox Rally02.2162,103
Democratic Social Movement001.8−0.9132,750
Synaspismos60

± is the change against the Greece 2000 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • New Democracy 3,359,058
  • PASOK 3,002,531
  • Communist Party of Greece 436,573
  • Syriza 241,539
  • Popular Orthodox Rally 162,103
  • Democratic Social Movement 132,750
  • Synaspismos

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?

76.5% of the 9,897,626 registered voters cast a ballot (7,571,601 ballots), up 1.5 points on 2000. 7,404,934 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1993 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • New Democracy45.4% of votes55.3% of seats
  • PASOK40.5% of votes38.7% of seats
  • Communist Party of Greece5.9% of votes4.0% of seats
  • Syriza3.3% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Popular Orthodox Rally2.2% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 8.0 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.7 by votes and 2.2 by seats; New Democracy led PASOK by 4.8 points of the vote.

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