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Greece May 2012 parliamentary election

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

New Democracy won 108 of 300 seats with 18.9% of the vote. 65.1% 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 108 of 300 seats with 18.9% of the vote; 65.1% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 5.8 points on 2009.

  • New Democracy 108 +17 seats 18.9% −14.6 points
  • Syriza 52 +39 seats 16.8% +12.2 points
  • PASOK 41 −119 seats 13.2% −30.7 points
  • Independent Greeks 33 10.6%
  • Communist Party of Greece 26 +5 seats 8.5% +0.9 points
  • Golden Dawn 21 7.0%
  • Democratic Left 19 6.1%
  • Ecologist Greens 0 0 seats 2.9% +0.4 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 2009 parliamentary election, party by party.

151 of 300 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 18.9%

    Share of the vote won by New Democracy

    New Democracy won 108 of 300 seats. A majority needs 151.

  2. +39 seats

    Seats gained by Syriza and its allies

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2009. PASOK lost 119 seats.

  3. 65.1%

    Voter turnout

    Down 5.8 points on 2009.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
New Democracy108+1718.9−14.61,192,103
Syrizawith Synaspismos52+3916.8+12.21,061,928
PASOK41−11913.2−30.7833,452
Independent Greeks3310.6671,324
Communist Party of Greece26+58.5+0.9536,105
Golden Dawn217.0440,966
Democratic Left196.1386,394
Ecologist Greens002.9+0.4185,485
Popular Orthodox Rally0−152.9−2.7182,925
Democratic Alliance02.5161,550
Creation02.1135,960
Drassi01.8114,066
Antarsya01.275,416

± is the change against the Greece 2009 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • New Democracy 1,192,103
  • Syriza 1,061,928
  • PASOK 833,452
  • Independent Greeks 671,324
  • Communist Party of Greece 536,105
  • Golden Dawn 440,966
  • Democratic Left 386,394
  • Ecologist Greens 185,485
  • Popular Orthodox Rally 182,925
  • Democratic Alliance 161,550
  • Creation 135,960
  • Drassi 114,066
  • Antarsya 75,416

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?

65.1% of the 9,945,859 registered voters cast a ballot (6,476,818 ballots), down 5.8 points on 2009. 6,324,136 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 Democracy18.9% of votes36.0% of seats
  • Syriza16.8% of votes17.3% of seats
  • PASOK13.2% of votes13.7% of seats
  • Independent Greeks10.6% of votes11.0% of seats
  • Communist Party of Greece8.5% of votes8.7% of seats
  • Golden Dawn7.0% of votes7.0% of seats
  • Democratic Left6.1% of votes6.3% of seats
  • Ecologist Greens2.9% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Popular Orthodox Rally2.9% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Democratic Alliance2.5% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Creation2.1% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 12.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 9.0 by votes and 4.8 by seats; New Democracy led Syriza by 2.1 points of the vote.

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