2019 European Parliament election in Greece

European Parliament elections were held in Greece on 26 May 2019 to elect the 21 Greek members of the European Parliament. The elections were held alongside the first round of the local and regional government elections, resulting in a major defeat for the governing Syriza party, and leading to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras bringing forward the scheduled parliamentary elections for 7 July 2019.

2019 European Parliament election in Greece
26 May 2019
All 21 Greek seats in the European Parliament
Turnout58.69%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis Alexis Tsipras Fofi Gennimata
Party ND Syriza KINAL
Alliance EPP Left PES
Last election 22.72%, 5 seats 26.56%, 6 seats 8.02%, 2 seats
Seats won 8 6 2
Seat change 3
Popular vote 1,873,137 1,343,595 436,726
Percentage 33.12% 23.75% 7.72%
Swing 10.40 2.81 0.30
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Dimitris Koutsoumpas Nikolaos Michaloliakos Kyriakos Velopoulos
Party KKE ΧΑ EL
Alliance INITIATIVE
Last election 6.11%, 2 seats 9.39%, 3 seats –
Seats won 2 2 1
Seat change 1 New
Popular vote 302,603 275,734 236,347
Percentage 5.35% 4.87% 4.18%
Swing 0.76 4.52 New
Map of Greek electoral districts, showing the largest party by share of votes. Darker shades indicate stronger vote share.
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