2024 European Parliament election in Greece

The 2024 European Parliament election in Greece was held on 9 June 2024 as part of the 2024 European Parliament election. This was the first to take place after Brexit.

The governing New Democracy came first, but ceded ground in terms of both popular vote and seats secured. The centre-left SYRIZA and PASOK came in second and third, respectively: SYRIZA lost two seats, while PASOK gained one. Overall, those left-wing parties to earn representation won 10 seats and 40.36% of the vote; right-wing ones won 11 seats and 45.02% of the vote.

Background

Greece will elect 21 Members of the European Parliament.

The Spartans party was barred from participating in the 2024 european parliament elections an action that was endorsed by New Democracy, PASOK, New left and Syriza while it was rejected by Afroditi Latinopoulou and her Voice of Reason party."Εκτός ευρωεκλογών οι Σπαρτιάτες με απόφαση του Αρείου Πάγου" efsyn.gr (in Greek) 24 April 2024"Η Αφροδίτη Λατινοπούλου για το «μπλόκο» στους «Σπαρτιάτες» στις Ευρωεκλογές" newsbreak.gr (In Greek) 25 April 2024

Parties participating The parties and party coalitions participating in the election (in alphabetical order):

Antarsya Assembly of Greeks Communist Party of Greece Conservatives Course of Freedom Democrats Diaspora Network of Greeks in Europe Greek Solution Green Movement I PARTICIPATE for National Sovereignty and for Cyprus Kosmos Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece MeRA25 Movement 21 National Front National Independence Movement New Democracy New Left NIKI OAKKE OKDE Party of Friendship, Equality and Peace Party of Greek Hunters - AKKEL - TOGETHER for a Free Greece Popular Orthodox Rally PASOK – Movement for Change Patriots Recreation Syriza Union of Centrists United Popular Front Voice of Reason

Slogans Party or alliance Original slogan English translation ND «Σταθερά πιο κοντά στην Ευρώπη» "Steadily closer to Europe" SYRIZA «Καλύτερη ζωή τώρα» "Better life now" PASOK-KINAL «Μπορούμε και αξίζουμε περισσότερα στην Ελλάδα και την Ευρώπη» "We can and deserve more in Greece and Europe" KKE «Με ΚΚΕ πολύ πιο δυνατό για πανευρωπαϊκή αντεπίθεση» "With a much stronger KKE for a pan-European counter-attack" EL «Πρώτα η Ελλάδα! Πρώτα οι Έλληνες!» "Greece first! Greeks first!" MeRA25 «Ενόχλησέ τους!» "Bother them!" PE «Θέλεις Ζωή και στην Ευρωβουλή;» "Do you want Life (Zoe) in the European Parliament as well?" NA «Δώσε φωνή στο δίκιο σου» "Give voice to your right" NIKI «Διεκδικούμε την Ελλάδα που μας αξίζει στην Ευρώπη που θέλουμε» "We claim the Greece we deserve in the Europe we want" FL «Στις ευρωεκλογές στείλε μήνυμα» "In the European elections send a message" DIMO «Η ώρα της κοινής λογικής» "The time of common sense" KOS «Γιατί η ζωή μας έχει σημασία» "Because our life matters"

Controversies At the beginning of March 2024, Greeks living abroad received a promotional email from MEP and New Democracy candidate Anna-Michelle Assimakopoulou, which triggered a wave of criticism that the law on the protection of personal data had been violated and that data on postal voters had been illegally passed on by the Ministry of the Interior.

Opinion polling

Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size ND SYRIZA PASOK KKE XA EL MeRA25 PE R Antarsya SP NIKI FL NA DIMO KOS PATOther Lead 2024 EP election 9 Jun 2024 28.3 14.9 12.8 9.3 – 9.3 2.5 3.4 0.4 0,5 – 4.4 3.0 2.5 1.5 1.1 1.4 4.7 13.4 GPO/Parapolitika 4–7 Jun 2024 1,200 32.3 16.1 12.9 8.5 – 8.8 2.4 3.7 – – – 3.9 2.9 2.7 2.2 – – 3.1 16.2 Pulse RC/Skai 4–6 Jun 2024 1,169 31.3 16.2 12.8 7.8 – 8.4 3.3 3.3 – 1.0 – 3.3 2.7 3.3 1.5 1.0 1.4 2.7 15.1 MRB/Open 4–6 Jun 2024 1,212 31.5 16.0 12.5 8.0 – 8.5 3.0 3.5 – – – 4.0 2.8 3.1 2.0 – – – 15.5 Interview/Political 30 May–6 Jun 2024 2,755 30.0 17.2 11.4 7.2 – 8.1 2.4 2.8 1.1 – – – – – – – – – 12.8 Marc/AΝΤ1 3–5 Jun 2024 1,205 33.0 16.6 11.7 7.8 – 8.4 2.8 4.3 – – – – – – – – – – 16.4 Good Affairs/To Vima 2–5 Jun 2024 2,048 32.1 16.7 12.1 8.1 – 8.0 2.5 2.8 – – – – – – – – – – 15.4 Metron Analysis/Mega 28 May–5 Jun 2024 1,606 32.0 15.5 12.0 7.5 – 8.5 3.0 4.5 – – – – – – – – – – 16.5 Alco/Alpha 2–4 Jun 2024 1,000 31.1 15.2 12.7 8.0 – 8.6 3.5 3.1 – – – – – – – – – – 15.9 Prorata/Attica 29 May–4 Jun 2024 1,000 32.4 13.7 13.2 9.3 – 9.3 2.8 4.4 – – – – – – – – – – 18.7 Interview/Politic 30 May–3 Jun 2024 2,005 33.8 16.7 11.1 7.8 – 7.8 4.4 2.8 – – – – – – – – – – 17.1 Opinion Poll/Action24 29 May–1 Jun 2024 1,201 33.0 16.2 12.3 8.0 – 9.0 2.6 3.7 – – – – – – – – – – 16.8 Marc/Proto Thema 29–31 May 2024 1,003 34.5 16.7 11.9 7.3 – 8.4 2.7 4.2 – – – – – – – – – – 17.8 Pulse RC/Skai 27–30 May 2024 1,203 32.0 16.5 13.0 7.5 – 8.5 3.5 3.5 – – – – – – – – – – 15.5 MARC/ANT1 27–30 May 2024 1,207 33.4 16.5 11.8 7.6 – 8.8 3.0 4.6 – – – – – – – – – – 16.9 GPO/Star 27–29 May 2024 1,200 33.1 16.2 13.2 8.2 – 8.4 2.0 3.5 – – – – – – – – – – 16.9 Prorata/Attica 22–28 May 2024 1,000 33.3 12.0 13.0 11.2 – 8.5 1.7 3.9 – – – – – – – – – – 20.3 Metron Analysis/Mega 20–24 May 2024 1,311 31.0 15.7 12.9 7.9 – 7.3 3.3 4.2 – – – – – – – – – – 15.3 Good Affairs/Dailypost 18–25 May 2024 1,000 31.1 16.3 11.1 7.8 – 8.1 1.6 3.0 – – – – – – – – – – 14.8 Opinion Poll/Action24 15–16 May 2024 1,006 33.3 15.5 12.1 8.3 – 9.9 2.3 3.8 – – – – – – – – – – 17.8 GPO/Parapolitika 13–16 May 2024 1,200 33.3 15.6 13.2 8.6 – 8.6 2.2 3.2 – – – – – – – – – – 17.7 Alco/Alpha 13–15 May 2024 1,000 32.5 16.0 13.0 9.0 10.0 2.2 3.3 3.5 2.4 2.9 2.5 3.0 16.5 Pulse RC/Skai 13–15 May 2024 1,104 33.0 16.0 12.5 8.0 9.0 3.0 3.5 3.5 2.4 3.0 2.1 1.2 2.8 17.0 MARC/ANT1 10–15 May 2024 1,209 33.8 15.2 12.2 8.0 8.3 3.0 4.5 3.2 2.8 3.0 2.5 3.3 18.6 MRB/Open 10–14 May 2024 1,100 32.3 16.0 14.0 8.0 9.9 2.2 3.4 2.9 2.8 3.8 2.4 2.2 16.3 Interview/Politic 8–13 May 2024 2,405 33.3 17.2 12.2 6.7 7.8 2.6 2.7 1.6 3.4 2.7 5.0 2.6 11.8 16.1 Good Affairs/To Vima 31.8 16.1 11.8 8.3 10.3 2.3 3.1 4.2 2.1 2.8 2.6 1.1 15.7 Marc/Proto Thema 18–25 Apr 2024 1,049 33.4 14.7 11.4 8.5 9.8 2.4 5.4 2.4 3.4 2.2 2.5 1.7 2.2 18.7 GPO/Parapolitika 17–22 Apr 2024 1,400 33.6 16.3 13.5 8.8 9.1 2.1 3.1 2.4 3.4 2.7 2.2 2.8 17.3 Metron Analysis/Mega 10–16 Apr 2024 1,304 32.3 15.4 12.0 9.8 8.3 1.6 4.2 2.5 3.6 1.4 3.1 2.0 1.0 2.8 16.9 Prorata/Attica 5–10 Apr 2024 1,000 29.5 15.0 12.7 9.2 9.8 2.3 4.6 1.7 3.5 1.7 4.0 1.7 1.2 3.014.5Opinion Poll/Action 248–10 Apr 20241,006 32.115.012.48.5 10.71.33.7 2.63.71.43.23.0 2.317.1Interview/Politic4–8 Apr 20242,35527.716.112.76.9 11.82.42.81.7 1.24.32.34.72.2 3.2 11.6 Alco/Alpha 2–5 Apr 2024 1,000 29.9 14.3 13.3 9.4 9.6 2.3 4.1 2.7 4.2 1.4 3.0 2.2 3.5 15.6 Palmos Analysis/Eleftheros Typos 1–4 Apr 2024 1,008 31.8 14.1 13.0 9.4 10.3 4.2 3.3 3.5 4.0 6.6 17.7 GPO/Parapolitika 1–3 Apr 2024 1,000 33.4 15.9 14.2 9.0 9.5 1.8 3.0 2.2 3.3 2.2 2.2 3.3 17.5 MRB/Open 1–3 Apr 2024 1,000 31.5 15.9 13.4 8.1 9.9 1.9 4.3 2.1 3.6 1.8 3.8 1.6 2.3 15.6 Pulse RC/Skai 1–3 Apr 2024 1,105 33.0 15.0 12.5 8.5 9.0 2.5 3.5 3.0 3.5 1.8 3.0 1.8 2.9 18.0 Opinion Poll/Action24 15–20 Mar 2024 1,010 34.4 13.4 12.5 9.4 10.1 1.9 2.9 2.5 4.3 2.9 2.8 2.8 21.0 Metron Analysis/Mega 12–19 Mar 2024 1,317 31.4 15.1 13.0 10.1 9.7 1.9 4.3 0.6 2.0 3.2 2.4 3.0 1.0 0.6 1.7 16.3 Good Affairs/To Vima 12–14 Mar 2024 3,229 30.8 13.1 12.9 8.2 9.8 2.2 2.1 2.2 3.6 2.5 2.9 1.5 17.7 Marc/Proto Thema 11–14 Mar 2024 1,086 36.2 13.4 12.6 9.4 9.2 2.4 3.1 2.6 2.8 2.6 2.1 3.7 22.8 GPO/Star 11–13 Mar 2024 1,200 34.8 14.3 13.9 9.5 8.0 2.3 2.9 1.8 3.4 3.0 2.6 3.5 20.5 Interview/Politic 7–11 Mar 2024 2,250 29.1 14.4 12.4 7.1 12.0 2.5 1.8 4.6 4.9 11.3 14.7 Alco/Alpha 1–6 Mar 2024 1,000 32.8 12.7 14.1 10.8 7.9 2.8 3.6 2.9 4.5 3.4 4.0 18.7 Ipsos/Euronews 23 Feb–5 Mar 2024 1,000 35.0 13.6 13.4 9.0 8.7 <3.0 3.2 2.9 4.0 3.3 3.9 21.4 Pulse RC/Skai 27 Feb–1 Mar 2024 1,106 35.5 14.0 14.0 9.0 8.5 2.5 3.0 3.0 4.0 3.0 3.5 21.5 GPO/Parapolitika 26–29 Feb 2024 1,000 36.4 13.5 14.4 10.7 8.2 2.4 2.7 2.2 3.4 2.9 3.2 22.0Opinion Poll/Action2421–27 Feb 20241,504 33.911.913.910.110.22.63.5 2.74.2 3.3 3.7 20.0 Opinion Poll/Action24 13–16 Feb 2024 1,004 34.3 12.5 14.6 9.4 9.5 2.4 3.7 2.7 3.8 3.3 3.8 19.7 Interview/Politic 6–12 Feb 2024 2,155 33.3 14.2 12.8 8.3 9.1 2.6 2.1 5.1 5.1 9.7 19.1 Alco/Alpha 1–7 Feb 2024 1,201 34.5 12.6 15.0 11.2 7.5 2.2 3.1 2.8 3.9 2.6 4.3 19.5 GPO/Star 20–25 Jan 2024 1,100 38.8 14.0 14.2 9.6 7.2 2.7 2.6 2.2 3.3 3.0 2.4 24.6 MRB/Open 22–24 Jan 2024 1,000 36.1 12.1 12.1 9.3 9.5 2.8 4.0 2.8 3.7 2.7 4.8 24.0 Marc/Ant1 17–23 Jan 2024 1,092 37.1 12.6 16.8 9.4 7.0 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.1 2.4 2.6 20.3 Interview/Politic 10–15 Jan 2024 2,388 31.5 14.1 14.2 10.8 8.0 2.3 2.6 5.2 4.1 7.2 17.3 Prorata/Attica 5–9 Jan 2024 1,00036.612.815.911.06.11.83.0 3.73.7 3.7 1.820.7 Alco/Alpha 2–5 Jan 2024 1,00235.313.814.311.36.92.43.3 3.23.3 2.7 3.621.0 Interview/Politic 4–8 Dec 2023 2,35634.016.114.47.97.63.0 2.33.8 2.9 7.917.9 GPO/Parapolitika 5–7 Dec 2023 1,00041.712.113.510.36.61.92.1 3.42.4 3.7 2.328.32019 election26 May 2019–33.123.87.75.44.94.23.01.60.70.41.5 13.79.3

Results

Largest and smallest percentages for each elected party

PartyLargest%Smallest%New DemocracyLaconia35,62Rhodope19,61Syriza – Proggresive AllianceArta22,66Rhodope7,14Pasok – Movement for ChangeLasithi29,37Piraeus A7,86Greek SolutionImathia18,42Leukada5,09Communist Party of GreeceSamos20,95Rhodope3,87Democratic Patriotic Movement 'Niki'Pieria10,45Leukada2,05Course of FreedomPiraeus B4,56Rhodope1,22Voice of ReasonEvros6,36Lasithi1,59

Elected MEPs Source: Current Member of the European Parliament - Greece's 21 members

New Democracy • Aftias Georgios (320,176 votes)

• Meimarakis Vangelis (268,952)

• Vozemberg Εliza (254,493)

• Beleris Fredi (245,874)

• Meleti Eleonora (178,990)

• Manolis Kefalogiannis (168,329)

• Tsiodras Dimitrios (162,541)

Syriza • Arvanitis Konstantinos (159,786 votes)

• Farantouris Nikolas (141,216)

• Pappas Nikolaos (132,024)

• Kountoura Elena (118,689)

PASOK – Movement for Change • Papandreou Nikolaos (127,633 votes)

• Maniatis Ioannis (111,511)

• Arnaoutoglou Sakis (94,992)

Greek Solution • Fragkos Emmanouil (114,244 votes)

• Alexandraki Galato (53,045)

KKE • Papadakis Konstantinos (112,406 votes)

• Nikolaou-Alavanos Lefteris (110,461)

NIKI • Anadiotis Nikolaos (43,369 votes)

Course of Freedom • Zacharia Maria (23,946 votes)

Voice of Reason • Latinopoulou Afroditi (60,745 votes)

Aftermath

New Democracy Falling well short of its showing in the final polls (which projected New Democracy to win a third of the vote), just as it has in the 2019 European parliament election, Kyriakos Mitsotakis acknowledged the "message understood,” and pledged to move Greece closer to the EU."Ο χάρτης των ευρωεκλογών: Οι επιδόσεις της ΝΔ ανά περιφέρεια, η ήττα των Κασσελίστας και το στάσιμο ΠΑΣΟΚ" protothema.gr (in Greek). 10 June 2024

SYRIZA Suffering a nearly 40% decline in its vote share from the 2019 elections, many considered the outcome to be a defeat for Syriza and its new leader, Stefanos Kasselakis. The party failed to win in any region of the country, including Chania, home to Kasselakis.

PASOK-KINAL