Legislative elections were held in the Greek Republic on April 10, 2000. At stake were 300 seats in the Greek parliament, the Voule.
The ruling Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) of Prime Minister Costas Simitis was narrowly re-elected, defeating the conservative New Democracy party.
NATIONAL SUMMARY 9,373,439 voters, 7,027,007 (75.0%) voted
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Votes and seats are compared with those gained in the 1996 elections.
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Party votes % change seats
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Coalition of Left (Synaspismos) 219,918 03.20 (-01.92) 6 (-4)
Communist Party (KKE) 379,517 05.53 (-00.08) 11
Democratic Social Mvt (DIKKI) 184,586 02.69 (-01.74) - (-8)
New Democracy (ND) 2,935,242 42.73 (+04.61) 126 (+23)
Pan-Hellenic Socialist (PASOK) 3,007,947 43.79 (+02.30) 157 (-4)
Others 141,274 02.07 (-00.22) - (-7)
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158,523 (02.2%) void 6,868,484 300
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Greek electoral law requires that the party winning a plurity of votes be awarded a majority of seats in the Voule. This involves some distortion of the proportionality of the result. Parties must poll 3% of the national vote to gain representation.
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