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Greece May 2023 parliamentary election

What was the result of the May 2023 parliamentary election in Greece?

New Democracy won 146 of 300 seats with 40.8% of the vote. 60.9% 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 : New Democracy won 146 of 300 seats with 40.8% of the vote; 60.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 3.0 points on 2019.

  • New Democracy 146 −12 seats 40.8% +0.9 points
  • Syriza 71 −15 seats 20.7% −10.8 points
  • PASOK 41 +19 seats 11.5% +3.4 points
  • Communist Party of Greece 26 +11 seats 7.2% +1.9 points
  • Greek Solution 16 +6 seats 4.5% +0.8 points
  • Niki 0 2.9%
  • Popular Unity / Course of Freedom 0 0 seats 2.9% +1.4 points
  • MeRA25 0 −9 seats 2.6% −0.8 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 2019 parliamentary election, party by party.

151 of 300 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 40.8%

    Share of the vote won by New Democracy

    New Democracy won 146 of 300 seats. A majority needs 151.

  2. +11 seats

    Seats gained by Communist Party of Greece

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2019. Syriza lost 15 seats.

  3. 60.9%

    Voter turnout

    Up 3.0 points on 2019.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
New Democracy146−1240.8+0.92,407,860
Syriza71−1520.7−10.81,184,500
PASOK41+1911.5+3.4676,166
Communist Party of Greece26+117.2+1.9426,741
Greek Solution16+64.5+0.8262,529
Niki02.9172,208
Popular Unity / Course of Freedom002.9+1.4170,298
MeRA250−92.6−0.8155,085

± is the change against the Greece 2019 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • New Democracy 2,407,860
  • Syriza 1,184,500
  • PASOK 676,166
  • Communist Party of Greece 426,741
  • Greek Solution 262,529
  • Niki 172,208
  • Popular Unity / Course of Freedom 170,298
  • MeRA25 155,085

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?

60.9% of the 9,946,082 registered voters cast a ballot (6,061,098 ballots), up 3.0 points on 2019. 5,902,850 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 2015 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • New Democracy40.8% of votes48.7% of seats
  • Syriza20.7% of votes23.7% of seats
  • PASOK11.5% of votes13.7% of seats
  • Communist Party of Greece7.2% of votes8.7% of seats
  • Greek Solution4.5% of votes5.3% of seats
  • Niki2.9% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Popular Unity / Course of Freedom2.9% of votes0.0% of seats
  • MeRA252.6% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 7.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.3 by votes and 3.1 by seats; New Democracy led Syriza by 20.1 points of the vote.

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