2000 Greek legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 9 April 2000. The ruling PASOK of Prime Minister Costas Simitis was narrowly re-elected, defeating the conservative New Democracy party. Simitis formed his third cabinet.

2000 Greek legislative election
9 April 2000
All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament
151 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Costas Simitis Kostas Karamanlis
Party PASOK ND
Last election 162 seats, 41.49% 38.12%, 108 seats
Seats won 158 125
Seat change 4 17
Popular vote 3,008,081 2,934,948
Percentage 43.80% 42.73%
Swing 2.31pp 4.61pp
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Aleka Papariga Nikos Konstantopoulos
Party KKE Synaspismos
Last election 5.61%, 11 seats 5.12%, 10 seats
Seats won 11 6
Seat change 4
Popular vote 379,280 219,988
Percentage 5.52% 3.20%
Swing 0.09pp 1.92pp
Prime Minister before election

Costas Simitis
PASOK

 Prime Minister after election

Costas Simitis
PASOK

This election is a landmark, as it is the last elector where the presentation of the election booklet was necessary. Since the local elections of 2002, the Special Electoral Number has been established and the participation of the voter is done by showing any identification document (ID card, driving license, etc.).

They were also characterized by the large electoral reversal in favour of PASOK, 43.8% against 42.7% of New Democracy, a difference of 73,133 votes. Specifically, New Democracy was ahead for over three hours and with the integration of Athens B in the narional results, PASOK went ahead of ND. There were not a few voices talking about fraud.

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