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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instanceOf legislative election
parliamentary election
ballotType party-list proportional representation
campaignIssue Greece’s entry into the eurozone
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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Greek PASOK wonElection Greek legislative election, 2000
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