2019 Greek local elections
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Local elections were held in Greece on 26 May 2019 (first round) and 2 June 2019 (second round). Voters elected representatives to the country's local authorities, comprising 13 regions and 325 municipalities. New Democracy dominated the elections, winning 12 out of 13 Regions and 2 out of 3 biggest municipalities per population in the country.[1] SYRIZA lost all the Regions that it had won in 2014.[2][3][4][5]

Regions

Nationwide

Party 1st Round 2nd Round Total seats Total Regions
Votes % Votes %
New Democracy 2,527,842 46.68 1,521,522 66.36 339 12
KINAL 1,017,128 18.78 129,467 6.56 135 1
SYRIZA 515,845 9.53 411,830 17.96 50 0
KKE 371,576 6.86 0 0.00 48 0
Golden Dawn 197,567 3.65 0 0.00 22 0
ANTARSYA 87,676 1.62 0 0.00 13 0
LAE 85,212 1.57 0 0.00 11 0
Ecologists Greens 44,078 0.81 0 0.00 4 0
DIXAN 42,579 0.79 0 0.00 3 0
Green Movement (PRAKI) 36,030 0.67 0 0.00 3 0
ANEL 24,149 0.45 0 0.00 3 0
Independent 465,993 8.60 229,980 10.03 73 0

Attica

Candidate Party 1st Round 2nd Round Total seats
Votes % Votes %
Giorgios Patoulis New Democracy 600,041 37.63 728,118 65.79 38
Rena Dourou SYRIZA 314,320 19.71 378,571 34.21 20
Giannis Sgouros [el] KINAL 277,470 17.40 17
Giannis Protoulis [el] KKE 132,003 8.28 8
Ilias Panagiotaros Golden Dawn 89,147 5.59 6
Giorgos Dimitriou Independent 44,689 2.80 3
Thanos Tzimeros [el] DIXAN 42,579 2.67 3
Nikos Papadakis Green Movement (PRAKI) 28,592 1.79 2
Kostas Toulgaridis ANTARSYA 28,215 1.77 2
Mariana Tsixli LAE 21,835 1.37 1
Andreas Kourtis Independent 15,543 0.97 1

Central Greece

Candidate Party 1st Round 2nd Round Total seats
Votes % Votes %
Fanis Spanos New Democracy 126,765 39.72 122,128 52.42 20
Apostolos Gletsos [el] Independent 76,086 23.84 110,847 47.58 12
Dimitris Anagnostakis Independent 45,145 14.15 7
Katerina Batzeli KINAL 36,205 11.34 6
Kostas Basdekis KKE 17,851 5.59 3
Haralambos Giotis Golden Dawn 8,030 2.52 1
Antonis Voulgaris LAE 4,626 1.45 1
Niki Polizoi ANTARSYA 4,440 1.39 1

Central Macedonia

Candidate Party Votes % Seats
Apostolos Tzitzikostas New Democracy 571,893 62.03 44
Christos Giannoulis [el] SYRIZA 105,710 11.47 8
Christos Papastergiou KINAL 66,587 7.22 5
Sotiris Avramopoulos KKE 52,321 5.68 4
Nikolaos Xrisomallis Golden Dawn 35,307 3.83 3
Filippos Ganoulis Ecologists Greens 29,235 3.17 2
Gavriil Avramidis [el] ANEL 19,664 2.13 2
Despina Haralambidou [el] LAE 18,247 1.98 1
Thanasis Agapitos ANTARSYA 17,031 1.85 1
Dimitris Vanis Independent 5,961 0.65 1

Crete

See: Local Elections in Crete 2019

Candidate Party Votes % Seats
Stavros Arnaoutakis KINAL 202,859 60.78 31
Alexandros Markogiannakis New Democracy 88,509 26.52 14
Manolis Sintichakis [el] KKE 21,200 6.35 3
Michail Kritsotakis [el] LAE 7,421 2.22 1
Giorgos Spyropoulos Golden Dawn 6,912 2.07 1
Giorgos Piagkalakis ANTARSYA 6,865 2.06 1

Eastern Macedonia and Thrace

Candidate Party 1st Round 2nd Round Total seats
Votes % Votes %
Christos Metios [el] New Democracy 109,275 34.36 122,154 50.82 17
Christopoulos Topsidis New Democracy 97,347 30.61 118,200 49.16 16
Kostas Katsimigas SYRIZA 40,490 12.73 6
Kostas Simitzis KINAL 33,804 10.62 5
Dimitris Papatolidis KKE 16,425 5.16 3
Eleftherios Nikolaidis Golden Dawn 11,529 3.62 2
Thodoris Perentidis ANTARSYA 4,704 1.48 1
Andreas Karagiorgis ANEL 4,485 1.41 1

Epirus

Candidate Party Votes % Seats
Alexandros Kachrimanis [el] New Democracy 119,033 57.10 29
Giorgos Zapsas SYRIZA 30,937 14.84 7
Spyros Rizopoulos New Democracy 20,337 9.76 5
Dimitris Dimitriou KINAL 16,500 7.92 4
Giorgos Prentzas KKE 12,570 6.03 3
Nikos Zikos ANTARSYA 3,762 1.80 1
Kostas Noutsopoulos LAE 2,797 1.34 1
Konstantinos Anagnostou Golden Dawn 2,512 1.21 1

Ionian Islands

Candidate Party 1st Round 2nd Round Total seats
Votes % Votes %
Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou New Democracy 32,474 29.49 50,142 60.12 12
Theodoros Galiatsatos [el] SYRIZA 24,388 22.15 33,259 39.88 9
Spyros Spyrou [el] New Democracy 20,285 18.42 7
Alexandra Mpalou KKE 13,128 11.92 5
Alexandros Alexakis KINAL 9,675 8.79 4
Yannis Aivatidis [el] Golden Dawn 4,503 4.09 2
Stefanos Samoilis [fr] LAE 3,528 3.20 1
Vera Koronaki ANTARSYA 2,121 1.93 1

North Aegean

Candidate Party 1st Round 2nd Round Total seats
Votes % Votes %
Kostas Moutzouris [el] New Democracy 24,503 24.36 41,426 55.40 10
Christiana Kalogirou New Democracy 30,773 30.60 33,347 44.60 13
Panagiotis Christofas [el] KINAL 19,745 19.63 8
Stavros Tassos [el] KKE 10,596 10.54 4
Giannis Spilanis Independent 10,430 10.37 4
Stratos Georgoulas Independent 2,902 2.89 1
Nikos Manavis ANTARSYA 1,628 1.62 1

Peloponnese

Candidate Party 1st Round 2nd Round Total seats
Votes % Votes %
Panagiotis Nikas [el] New Democracy 118,080 33.60 137.576 53.59 17
Petros Tatoulis Independent 119,833 34.09 119.133 46.41 17
Giorgos Dedes Independent 51,436 14.63 8
Giannis Mpountroukas KINAL 16,303 4.64 2
Nikos Gontikas KKE 16,298 4.44 2
Thanasis Petrakos [fr] LAE 9,874 2.81 2
Dimitris Tzempetzis Golden Dawn 9,548 2.72 1
Dimitra Lymperopoulou Ecologist Greens 5,238 1.49 1
Panagiotis Katsaris ANTARSYA 4,864 1.38 1

South Aegean

Candidate Party Votes % Seats
Giorgos Hatzimarkos New Democracy 90,896 53.61 27
Manolis Glynos KINAL 57,148 33.70 17
Giannis Ntouniadakis KKE 9,850 5.81 3
Charalampos Kokkinos New Democracy 6,345 3.74 2
Nikolaos Attitis Golden Dawn 5,326 3.14 2

Thessaly

Candidate Party Votes % Seats
Konstantinos Agorastos New Democracy 233,454 55.75 28
Nikos Tsilimigas KINAL 105,320 25.15 13
Tasos Tsiaples KKE 29,335 7.01 4
Dimitris Kouretas Independent 22,681 5.42 3
Maria Mpilli-Tsitse Golden Dawn 10,548 2.52 1
Thanasis Akrivos Green Movement (PRAKI) 7,438 1.78 1
Stathis Ntouros ANTARSYA 5,948 1.42 1
Kostas Delimitros LAE 4,048 0.97 1

Western Greece

Candidate Party 1st Round 2nd Round Total seats
Votes % Votes %
Nektarios Farmakis [el] New Democracy 143,721 36.96 168,431 56.33 19
Apostolos Katsifaras KINAL 128,032 32.93 129,467 43.67 17
Kostas Spiliopoulos KINAL 47,480 12.21 6
Nikos Karathanasopoulos KKE 31,314 8.05 4
Vassilis Hatzilambrou [el] LAE 12,836 3,30 2
Andreas Nikolakopoulos Golden Dawn 10,442 2.69 1
Kostas Papakonstantinou Ecologist Greens 9,605 2.47 1
Christos Kosinas ANTARSYA 5,399 1.39 1

Western Macedonia

Candidate Party Votes % Seats
Giorgos Kassapidis [el] New Democracy 94,111 52.13 21
Theodoros Karypidis [el] Independent 43,750 24.24 10
Georgia Zembiliadou Independent 27,537 15.25 6
Thanasis Chastas KKE 8,685 4.81 2
Christos Savvoulidis Golden Dawn 3,763 2.08 1
Stefanos Prasos ANTARSYA 2,699 1.49 1

Major Municipalities

Athens

Candidate Party 1st Round 2nd Round Total seats
Votes % Votes %
Kostas Bakoyannis New Democracy 88,916 42.65 96.660 65.25 21
Nasos Iliopoulos SYRIZA 35,392 16.98 51.487 34.75 8
Pavlos Geroulanos KINAL 27,491 13.19 6
Ilias Kasidiaris Golden Dawn 21,959 10.53 5
Nikos Sofianos KKE 15,575 7.47 4
Giorgos Karambelias [el] Ardin Movement [el] 4,606 2.21 1
Giorgos Voulgarakis [el] New Momentum [el] (NEO) 4,252 2.04 1
Vassilis Kapernaros [el] Radical National Alert [el] (RIZES) 3,279 1.57 1
Petros Konstantinou ANTARSYA 3,210 1.54 1
Ntina Reppa ANTARSYA 2,071 0.99 1
Aygi Theodosi LAE 1,715 0.82

Thessaloniki

Candidate Party 1st Round 2nd Round Total seats
Votes % Votes %
Konstantinos Zervas New Democracy 18,419 14.93 59.578 66.79 7
Nikos Tachiaos New Democracy 27,629 22.40 29.629 33.21 11
Giorgos Orfanos New Momentum [el] (NEO) 17,906 14.52 7
Katerina Notopoulou [el] SYRIZA 16,666 13.51 7
Spyros Vougias [el] KINAL 8,691 7.05 3
Panagiotis Psomiadis [el] Independent 6,779 5.50 3
Sotiris Zarianopoulos KKE 5,505 4.46 2
Petros Lekakis KINAL 3,192 2.59 1
Efraim (Makis) Kyrizidis New Democracy 3,188 2.58 1
Xaris Aidonopoulos New Democracy 3,022 2.45 1
Michalis Tremopoulos Ecologists Greens 2,166 1.76 1
Antonis Gazakis ANTARSYA 2,148 1.74 1
Giorgos Rakkas Ardin Movement [el] 1,537 1.25 1
Giannis Kouriannidis Patriotic Radical Union (PATRIE) 1,327 1.08 1
Ioannis Nasioulas Independent 1,270 1.03 1
Vasilis Moysidis New Democracy 1,240 1.01 1
Grigoris Zarotiadis KINAL 1,188 0.96
Giannis Koutras ANTARSYA 1,180 0.96
Konstantinos Anagnostaras Independent 294 0.24

Patras

Candidate Party 1st Round 2nd Round Total seats
Votes % Votes %
Kostas Peletidis KKE 40,489 40.60 54.672 70.91 20
Grigoris Alexopoulos [el] KINAL 15,970 16.01 22.431 29.09 8
Nikos Papadimatos [el] New Democracy 13,936 13.97 7
Nikos Nikolopoulos Christiandemocratic Party of Greece (XRIKE) 7,498 7.52 4
Giorgos Roros SYRIZA 6,662 6.68 3
Petros Psomas Independent 6,371 6.39 3
Nikos Tzanakos KINAL 2,632 2.64 1
Theodoros Drinias Ardin Movement [el] 2,023 2.03 1
Alekos Chrysanthakopoulos Independent 1,840 1.84 1
Christos Patouxas LAE 1,429 1.43
Dimitris Belias ANTARSYA 464 0.47
Theodoros Belezonis ANTARSYA 416 0.42

References

  1. ^ "New Democracy sweeps Greek local elections". www.euractiv.com. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  2. ^ "2019 Regional Elections Results". Ministry of Interior. 2 June 2019.
  3. ^ "2019 Municipal Elections Results". Ministry of Interior. 2 June 2019.
  4. ^ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Greek conservatives win big in local elections | DW | 02.06.2019". DW.COM. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Conservatives sweep Greek local elections". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
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