Greece

Lists of candidates for the 2024 European elections, on the 9th of June

 

Results of the 26 May 2019 European elections

Political partiesEuropean affiliationNumber of votesPercentage of votesNumber of seatsTrend compared with 2014
New DemocracyEPP33.12%8
Radical Left Coalition SYRIZA GUE/NGL23.76 %6
Movement for Change S&D7.72%2
Communist Party5.35%2
Golden Dawn 4.88 %2
Greek Solution -
Kyriakos Velopoulos
ECR4.18 %1
DiEM252.99%New

 

Electoral Procedures for 2024

> Election Dates : 9 June 2024
> Number of MEPs : 21
> At what age can one vote? 18 years
> At what age can one be elected? 25 years
> Who can vote? European citizens living in Greece.

 

Electoral rules

> Voting method : Closed list
> Means for attributing seats : Droop Method
> Can candidates be chosen from a list? No

 

Institutions and political situation

Democratic parliamentary republic
– Head of State : Ekaterini Sakellaropoulou

– Prime Minister : Kyriakos Mitsotakis

 

Economy

> Currency : Euro
> GDP : €208 030 million (2022)
> GDP per capita (PPS) : €18 830 (2022)
> GDP Growth : 1.3% (June 2023)
> Unemployment: 10.9% (September 2023)
> Inflation : 1.6% (September 2023)
> Public Debt : 171% of GDP (December 2022)

 

Geography and population

Surface Area: 131,957 km²

Population: 10.4 million inhabitants (est. 2023)

 

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