European Parliament elections in Greece


European Parliament elections in Greece elect the members of the European Parliament representing Greece.

Representation of Greece in the European Parliament

Greece has had a delegation of Members of the European Parliament in the European Parliament since Greek accession to the EU in 1984. Originally, the Greek delegation numbered 25, but after 2004 that was reduced to 24. In 2009, it was further reduced to 22, and in 2014 to 21 MEPs.

Electoral system

In the European elections, the whole country forms a single constituency and an electoral threshold is set at 3% of the vote.
Until 2014, the MEPs were elected every five years on the basis of a party-list proportional representation system. Just a few weeks ahead of the 2014 European Parliament election, the Greek parliament changed the regulations for European Parliament elections. Doing away with closed lists, candidates are now elected on the basis of individual preference votes with a maximum of four preferences per voter. The number of candidates per electoral list was doubled from 21 to 42 and the maximum campaign expenses per candidate were raised to 135,000 Euro.

Latest election

The latest UE election was in May 2019. For the latest figures, see the article 2019 European Parliament elections in Greece.
After the 2014 elections, there were seven Greek parties represented in the European Parliament: Coalition of the Radical Left, New Democracy, Golden Dawn, Elia, To Potami, the Communist Party of Greece and the Independent Greeks.