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Greece 2009 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 2009 parliamentary election in Greece?

PASOK won 160 of 300 seats with 43.9% of the vote. 70.9% 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 160 of 300 seats with 43.9% of the vote; 70.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 3.2 points on 2007.

  • PASOK 160 +58 seats 43.9% +5.8 points
  • New Democracy 91 −61 seats 33.5% −8.4 points
  • Communist Party of Greece 21 −1 seat 7.5% −0.6 points
  • Popular Orthodox Rally 15 +5 seats 5.6% +1.8 points
  • Syriza 13 −1 seat 4.6% −0.4 points
  • Ecologist Greens 0 0 seats 2.5% +1.5 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 2007 parliamentary election, party by party.

151 of 300 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 43.9%

    Share of the vote won by PASOK

    PASOK won 160 of 300 seats. A majority needs 151.

  2. +58 seats

    Seats gained by PASOK

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2007. New Democracy lost 61 seats.

  3. 70.9%

    Voter turnout

    Down 3.2 points on 2007.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
PASOK160+5843.9+5.83,012,542
New Democracy91−6133.5−8.42,295,719
Communist Party of Greece21−17.5−0.6517,249
Popular Orthodox Rally15+55.6+1.8386,205
Syrizawith Synaspismos13−14.6−0.4315,665
Ecologist Greens002.5+1.5173,589

± is the change against the Greece 2007 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • PASOK 3,012,542
  • New Democracy 2,295,719
  • Communist Party of Greece 517,249
  • Popular Orthodox Rally 386,205
  • Syriza 315,665
  • Ecologist Greens 173,589

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.

ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.

How many people voted?

70.9% of the 9,929,065 registered voters cast a ballot (7,044,606 ballots), down 3.2 points on 2007. 6,858,421 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?

  • PASOK43.9% of votes53.3% of seats
  • New Democracy33.5% of votes30.3% of seats
  • Communist Party of Greece7.5% of votes7.0% of seats
  • Popular Orthodox Rally5.6% of votes5.0% of seats
  • Syriza4.6% of votes4.3% of seats
  • Ecologist Greens2.5% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 7.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.2 by votes and 2.6 by seats; PASOK led New Democracy by 10.4 points of the vote.

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