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Greece June 2012 parliamentary election

What was the result of the June 2012 parliamentary election in Greece?

New Democracy won 129 of 300 seats with 29.7% of the vote. 62.5% 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 129 of 300 seats with 29.7% of the vote; 62.5% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 2.7 points on 2012.

  • New Democracy 129 +21 seats 29.7% +10.8 points
  • Syriza 71 +19 seats 26.9% +10.1 points
  • PASOK 33 −8 seats 12.3% −0.9 points
  • Independent Greeks 20 −13 seats 7.5% −3.1 points
  • Golden Dawn 18 −3 seats 6.9% −0.1 points
  • Democratic Left 17 −2 seats 6.3% +0.1 points
  • Communist Party of Greece 12 −14 seats 4.5% −4.0 points
  • Creation 0 0 seats 1.6% −0.6 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 May 2012 parliamentary election, party by party.

151 of 300 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 29.7%

    Share of the vote won by New Democracy

    New Democracy won 129 of 300 seats. A majority needs 151.

  2. +21 seats

    Seats gained by New Democracy

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2012. Communist Party of Greece lost 14 seats.

  3. 62.5%

    Voter turnout

    Down 2.7 points on 2012.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
New Democracy129+2129.7+10.81,825,637
Syriza71+1926.9+10.11,655,086
PASOK33−812.3−0.9755,868
Independent Greeks20−137.5−3.1462,466
Golden Dawn18−36.9−0.1425,990
Democratic Left17−26.3+0.1385,077
Communist Party of Greece12−144.5−4.0277,204
Creationwith Drassi001.6−0.698,061
Popular Orthodox Rally001.6−1.397,094

± is the change against the Greece May 2012 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • New Democracy 1,825,637
  • Syriza 1,655,086
  • PASOK 755,868
  • Independent Greeks 462,466
  • Golden Dawn 425,990
  • Democratic Left 385,077
  • Communist Party of Greece 277,204
  • Creation 98,061
  • Popular Orthodox Rally 97,094

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?

62.5% of the 9,952,570 registered voters cast a ballot (6,217,000 ballots), down 2.7 points on 2012. 6,155,665 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?

  • New Democracy29.7% of votes43.0% of seats
  • Syriza26.9% of votes23.7% of seats
  • PASOK12.3% of votes11.0% of seats
  • Independent Greeks7.5% of votes6.7% of seats
  • Golden Dawn6.9% of votes6.0% of seats
  • Democratic Left6.3% of votes5.7% of seats
  • Communist Party of Greece4.5% of votes4.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 9.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.2 by votes and 3.8 by seats; New Democracy led Syriza by 2.8 points of the vote.

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