Greek legislative election, 2000
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The Greek legislative election of 2000 was a closely contested national parliamentary vote in Greece that resulted in a narrow victory for the incumbent center-left government.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
legislative election
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parliamentary election ⓘ |
| ballotType | party-list proportional representation ⓘ |
| campaignIssue |
Greece’s entry into the eurozone
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economic policy ⓘ modernization and reforms ⓘ |
| country | Greece ⓘ |
| date | 2000-04-09 ⓘ |
| electionType | national parliamentary election ⓘ |
| electoralBody | Hellenic Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| electoralSystem | reinforced proportional representation ⓘ |
| followedBy | Greek legislative election, 2004 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentFormed | single-party majority government ⓘ |
| governmentHeadAfterElection | Kostas Simitis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart | constituency-level contests ⓘ |
| ideologyOfWinningParty | center-left ⓘ |
| incumbentGovernmentParty | Panhellenic Socialist Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfOfficialResults | Greek ⓘ |
| leadingPartyLeader | Kostas Simitis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legislatureTermLength | 4 years ⓘ |
| location | Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainOppositionLeader | Kostas Karamanlis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainOppositionParty | New Democracy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrowVictoryFor | Panhellenic Socialist Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic | one of the closest elections in modern Greek history ⓘ |
| parliamentaryTermEnded | 2004 ⓘ |
| parliamentaryTermStarted | 2000 ⓘ |
| partOf | elections in Greece ⓘ |
| popularVoteShareDifferenceBetweenTopTwoParties | approximately 1.06 percentage points ⓘ |
| popularVoteShareOfNewDemocracy | 42.73% ⓘ |
| popularVoteShareOfPanhellenicSocialistMovement | 43.79% ⓘ |
| precededBy | Greek legislative election, 1996 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primeMinisterBeforeElection | Kostas Simitis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForCallingElection | completion of government term ⓘ |
| region | Southern Europe ⓘ |
| result | narrow victory for incumbent center-left government ⓘ |
| seatsWonByCoalitionOfTheLeftAndProgress | 6 ⓘ |
| seatsWonByCommunistPartyOfGreece | 11 ⓘ |
| seatsWonByDemocraticSocialMovement | 0 ⓘ |
| seatsWonByNewDemocracy | 125 ⓘ |
| seatsWonByPanhellenicSocialistMovement | 158 ⓘ |
| supervisingAuthority | Ministry of the Interior of Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| totalSeatsContested | 300 ⓘ |
| voterTurnout | approximately 75% ⓘ |
| wonBy | Panhellenic Socialist Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| year | 2000 ⓘ |
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