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Regions won by ■ – Nea Dimokratia■ – SYRIZA ■ – independents | ||||
Local elections were held inGreece on 18 May 2014 (first round) and 25 May 2014 (second round).[1][2] Voters elected representatives to the country'slocal authorities, comprising 13regions and 325municipalities.
Traditionally, candidates at local elections do not run under the official name of any party as the constitution only foresees the participation of electoral lists (or "combinations") and not parties. Despite this theoretical independence and distinction, for all practical purposes most candidates run as local front organisations for political parties.[3]
Greece is still facing a long-termgovernment-debt crisis, which may affect the elections.
Source:Hellenic Ministry of the Interior
In the municipalities, as well as the regions, any candidate can participate in the first round. If the leading candidate does not have an absolute majority (50%+) of the votes, then a second round is held between the two leading candidates in the first round.
ContenderRena Dourou (SYRIZA) defeated incumbentIoannis Sgouros (Society of Values) in the second round and succeeded him as Regional Governor ofAttica.
| Candidate | Supporting Parties | 1st Round | 2nd Round | Total seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| Rena Dourou | SYRIZA | 386,833 | 23.80 | 12 | 794,231 | 50.82 | 49 | 61 |
| Ioannis Sgouros [el] | Society of Values [el][a] | 359,302 | 22.11 | 11 | 768,604 | 49.18 | 1 | 12 |
| Georgios Koumoutsakos | Nea Dimokratia | 228,913 | 14.08 | 7 | 7 | |||
| Ilias Panagiotaros | Golden Dawn | 180,908 | 11.13 | 6 | 6 | |||
| Thanasis Pafilis | KKE | 173,325 | 10.66 | 5 | 5 | |||
| Pavlos Chaikalis | ANEL | 116,464 | 7.17 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Thanos Tzimeros [el] | Recreate Greece –Drasi | 48,242 | 2.97 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Antonios Gakis | Ecologist Greens | 36,449 | 2.24 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Despina Koutsoumba | ANTARSYA | 33,895 | 2.09 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Petros Mantoumbalos | EPAL | 32,475 | 2.00 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Maria Giannakaki | DIMAR –Greens –Europe-Ecology | 28,601 | 1.76 | 1 | 1 | |||
Kostas Bakoyannis (ND) defeatedEvangelos Apostolou (SYRIZA) in the second round and succeeded Klearchos Pergantas (PASOK) as Regional Governor ofCentral Greece.
| Candidate | Supporting Parties | 1st Round | 2nd Round | Total seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| Kostas Bakoyannis | Nea Dimokratia | 136,688 | 41.35 | 11 | 161,286 | 56.06 | 20 | 31 |
| Evangelos Apostolou | SYRIZA | 61,961 | 18.75 | 5 | 126,428 | 43.94 | 5 | 10 |
| Athanasios Giannopoulos | EPAL | 47,609 | 14.40 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Apostolos Gletsos | Golden Dawn | 29,867 | 9.04 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Georgios Marinos [fr] | KKE | 29,191 | 8.83 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Konstantinos Chainas | DIMAR | 14,115 | 4.27 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Vassilis Zoumbos | ANTARSYA | 11,093 | 3.36 | 1 | 1 | |||
IncumbentApostolos Tzitzikostas (ANEL/EPAL/LAOS) defeated contenderGiannis Ioannidis (ND) in the second round and remained Regional Governor ofCentral Macedonia.
| Candidate | Supporting Parties | 1st Round | 2nd Round | Total seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| Apostolos Tzitzikostas | ANEL –EPAL –LAOS | 322,829 | 32.81 | 562.964 | 71.01 | 43 | ||
| Giannis Ioannidis | Nea Dimokratia | 182,912 | 18.59 | 229,838 | 28.99 | 11 | ||
| Despina Charalampidou [fr] | SYRIZA | 115,484 | 11.74 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Nikos Chrysomallis | Golden Dawn | 85,960 | 8.74 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Markos Bolaris [el] | DIMAR | 84,089 | 8.55 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Giannis Ziogas | KKE | 78,330 | 7.96 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Niobi Pavlidou | Elia –Drasi –Society of Values [el] | 58,059 | 5.90 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Michalis Tremopoulos | Ecologist Greens –Greens | 30,419 | 3.09 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Thanassis Agapitos | ANTARSYA | 25,842 | 2.63 | 1 | 1 | |||
IncumbentStavros Arnaoutakis (Drasi) defeated contenderSerafim Tsokas (ND) in the second round and remained Regional Governor ofCrete.
| Candidate | Supporting Parties | 1st Round | 2nd Round | Total seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| Stavros Arnaoutakis | Drasi | 143,461 | 41.13 | 184,154 | 64.01 | 31 | ||
| Serafim Tsokas | Nea Dimokratia | 91,411 | 26.21 | 103,547 | 35.99 | 11 | ||
| Michalis Kritsotakis [fr] | SYRIZA | 65,000 | 18.64 | 5 | 5 | |||
| Stelios Orfanos | KKE | 19,912 | 5.71 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Giorgos Spyropoulos [el] | Golden Dawn | 11,585 | 3.32 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Antonis Anipsitakis | DIMAR –Ecologist Greens | 9,234 | 2.65 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Giannis Kyriakakis | ANTARSYA | 8,198 | 2.35 | 1 | 1 | |||
Giorgos Pavlidis (ND), the former prefect ofXanthi, defeated incumbentAris Giannakidis (ind.) in the second round and succeeded him as Regional Governor ofEastern Macedonia and Thrace.
| Candidate | Supporting Parties | 1st Round | 2nd Round | Total seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| Giorgos Pavlidis | Nea Dimokratia | 122,086 | 34.73 | 168,852 | 56.34 | 31 | ||
| Aris Giannakidis [el] | – | 96,959 | 27.58 | 130,845 | 43.66 | 10 | ||
| Konstantinos Morfidis | SYRIZA | 40,105 | 11.41 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Terence Quick | ANEL | 28,728 | 8.17 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Christos Kitsopoulos | Golden Dawn | 20,942 | 5.96 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Christos Trellis | KKE | 18,859 | 5.36 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Vasileos Traiforos | DIMAR | 10,158 | 2.89 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Katerina Gerostergiou | Ecologist Greens –Greens | 8,322 | 2.37 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Giorgos Botsidis | ANTARSYA | 5,387 | 1.53 | 0 | 0 | |||
IncumbentAlexandros Kachrimanis (ND) defeated contenderOlga Gerovasili (SYRIZA) in the first round and remained Regional Governor ofEpirus.
| Candidate | Supporting Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandros Kachrimanis [el] | Nea Dimokratia | 110,746 | 50.83 | 31 |
| Olga Gerovasili | SYRIZA | 53,543 | 24.58 | 10 |
| Giorgos Zapsas | DIMAR | 21,037 | 9.66 | 4 |
| Olga Tsoumani | KKE | 17,549 | 8.05 | 3 |
| Konstantinos Anagnostou | Golden Dawn | 8,591 | 3.94 | 2 |
| Nikos Zikos | ANTARSYA | 6,400 | 2.94 | 1 |
ContenderTheodoros Galiatsatos (SYRIZA), defeated incumbentSpyros Spyrou [el] (ND) in the second round and succeeded him as Regional Governor of theIonian Islands.
| Candidate | Supporting Parties | 1st Round | 2nd Round | Total seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| Theodoros Galiatsatos | SYRIZA | 24,694 | 20.55 | 63,506 | 59.93 | 24 | ||
| Spyros Spyrou [el] | Nea Dimokratia | 26,147 | 21.76 | 42,469 | 40.07 | 5 | ||
| Angela Gerekou | Drasi | 17,419 | 14.49 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Giorgos Kaloudis | Ecologist Greens | 14,428 | 12.01 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Theodoros Goulis | KKE | 13,750 | 11.44 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Alekos Desyllas | – | 6,216 | 5.17 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Nikos Lemontzis | Golden Dawn | 6,192 | 5.15 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Christos Anthis | – | 5,483 | 4.56 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Tassos Salvanos | DIMAR | 3,192 | 2.66 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Evanthia Gaitanidou | ANTARSYA | 2,661 | 2.21 | 0 | 0 | |||
ContenderChristiana Kalogirou (ND) defeated incumbentNassos Giakalis [el] (ind.) in the second round and succeeded him as Regional Governor of theNorth Aegean.
| Candidate | Supporting Parties | 1st Round | 2nd Round | Total seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| Christiana Kalogirou | Nea Dimokratia | 33,410 | 31.51 | 46,357 | 53.01 | 25 | ||
| Nassos Giakalis [el] | – | 27,446 | 25.88 | 41,095 | 46.99 | 6 | ||
| Aglaia Kyritsi [fr] | SYRIZA | 20,538 | 19.37 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Stratis Korakas | KKE | 15,565 | 14.68 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Giannis Spilanis | DIMAR –Drasi | 3,673 | 3.46 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Vassilis Ballas | Ecologist Greens | 2,878 | 2.71 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Andreas Ballas | ANTARSYA | 2,525 | 2.38 | 1 | 1 | |||
IncumbentPetros Tatoulis (ND) defeated contenderOdysseas Voudouris (SYRIZA) in the second round and remained Regional Governor ofPeloponnese.
| Candidate | Supporting Parties | 1st Round | 2nd Round | Total seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| Petros Tatoulis | Nea Dimokratia | 157,672 | 43.17 | 182.456 | 59.35 | 31 | ||
| Odysseas Voudouris | SYRIZA | 57,417 | 15.72 | 124.953 | 40.65 | 9 | ||
| Giorgos Dedes | DIMAR –Society of Values [el] | 56,181 | 15.38 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Dimitris Doltsiniadis | Golden Dawn | 32,894 | 9.01 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Nikos Gontikos | KKE | 23,696 | 6.49 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Giannis Manolis | EPAL | 18,797 | 5.15 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Panayotis Katsaris | ANTARSYA | 10,653 | 2.92 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Dimitra Lymberopoulou | Ecologist Greens | 7,946 | 2.18 | 1 | 1 | |||
ContenderGiorgos Hatzimarkos (ND) defeated incumbentIoannis Mahairidis [el] (ind.) in the second round and succeeded him as Regional Governor of theSouth Aegean.
| Candidate | Supporting Parties | 1st Round | 2nd Round | Total seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| Giorgos Hatzimarkos | Nea Dimokratia | 61,168 | 35.71 | 83,317 | 56.86 | 31 | ||
| Ioannis Mahairidis [el] | – | 55,269 | 32.27 | 63,216 | 43.14 | 11 | ||
| Benetos Spyrou | SYRIZA –Ecologist Greens | 31,483 | 18.38 | 5 | 5 | |||
| Lila Kafantari [el] | KKE | 13,561 | 7.92 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Savvas Spyridis | Golden Dawn | 9,813 | 5.73 | 2 | 2 | |||
IncumbentKonstantinos Agorastos (ND) defeated contenderNikos Tsilimingas (DIMAR) in the second round and remained Regional Governor ofThessaly.
| Candidate | Supporting Parties | 1st Round | 2nd Round | Total seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| Konstantinos Agorastos | Nea Dimokratia | 189,591 | 42.90 | 208,170 | 54.50 | 31 | ||
| Nikos Tsilimingas | DIMAR | 76,434 | 17.30 | 173,814 | 45.50 | 9 | ||
| Iro Dioti [fr] | SYRIZA | 58,762 | 13.30 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Vangelis Boutas | KKE | 46,075 | 10.43 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Panagiotis Iliopoulos | Golden Dawn | 30,552 | 6.91 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Marina Chrysoveloni | ANEL | 20,456 | 4.63 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Nikos Poutsiakas | Ecologist Greens –Greens | 10,166 | 2.30 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Stathis Douros | ANTARSYA | 9,870 | 2.23 | 1 | 1 | |||
IncumbentApostolos Katsifaras (ind.) defeated contenderAndreas Katsaniotis (Nea Dimokratia) in the second round and remained Regional Governor ofWestern Greece.
| Candidate | Supporting Parties | 1st Round | 2nd Round | Total seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| Apostolos Katsifaras | – | 92,462 | 23.06 | 153,028 | 50.50 | 31 | ||
| Andreas Katsaniotis | Nea Dimokratia | 79,610 | 19.85 | 149,984 | 49.50 | 5 | ||
| Vassilis Hatzilambrou [fr] | SYRIZA | 67,406 | 16.81 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Thymios Sokos [el] | DIMAR | 50,862 | 12.68 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Nikos Karathanasopoulos | KKE | 35,284 | 8.80 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Christos Rigas | Golden Dawn | 31,338 | 7.82 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Ioannis Zapheiropoulos [el] | – | 13,069 | 3.26 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Panayotis Laliotis | ANEL | 11,794 | 2.94 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Giorgos Kanellis | Ecologist Greens | 10,957 | 2.73 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Dimitris Desyllas | ANTARSYA | 8,187 | 2.04 | 1 | 1 | |||
ContenderTheodoros Karypidis (ind.), defeated incumbentGeorgios Dakis [el] (ND) in the second round and succeeded him as Regional Governor ofWestern Macedonia.
| Candidate | Supporting Parties | 1st Round | 2nd Round | Total seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| Theodoros Karypidis | – | 24,694 | 29.13 | 101,566 | 59.01 | 25 | ||
| Georgios Dakis [el] | Nea Dimokratia | 67,859 | 35.61 | 70,545 | 40.99 | 9 | ||
| Themis Moumoulidis | SYRIZA | 21,054 | 11.05 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Georgia Zembiliadou | DIMAR | 20,573 | 10.80 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Giannis Vittas | KKE | 13,134 | 6.89 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Nikolaos Kourkoutas | Golden Dawn | 8,982 | 4.71 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Stefanos Prassos | ANTARSYA | 3,443 | 1.81 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Candidate | Supporting Party | 1st Round | % | 2nd Round | % | Total seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giorgos Kaminis | Olive Tree- Democratic Left– Bridges [el]- Greens- Europe-Ecology | 46,976 | 21.06 | 110,987 | 51.42 | 29 |
| Gabriel Sakellaridis | Coalition of Radical Left | 44,620 | 20.00 | 104,876 | 48.58 | 5 |
| Aris Spiliotopoulos | New Democracy | 37,746 | 16.92 | 4 | ||
| Ilias Kasidiaris | Golden Dawn | 35,949 | 16.12 | 4 | ||
| Nikos Sofianos | Communist Party of Greece | 16,529 | 7.41 | 2 | ||
| Nikitas Kaklamanis | EPAL[b] | 15,834 | 7.10 | 2 | ||
| Vassilis Kapernaros | Independent Greeks | 7,937 | 3.56 | 1 | ||
| Nikos Avramidis | Independent-Panathinaikos Movement | 6,489 | 2.91 | 1 | ||
| Petros Konstantinou | ANTARSYA | 4,398 | 1.97 | 1 | ||
| Ioanna Kondouli | Ecologist Greens | 3,024 | 1.36 | 0 | ||
| Marios Strofalis | Independent | 2,097 | 0.94 | 0 | ||
| Stavros Vidalis | Independent | 1,474 | 0.66 | 0 |
| Candidate | Supporting Party | 1st Round[4] | % | 2nd Round | % | Total seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yiannis Boutaris | Olive Tree -Drassi -Europe-Ecology | 47,628 | 36.04 | 70,126 | 58.11 | 29 |
| Stavros Kalafatis | New Democracy | 34,564 | 26.16 | 50,542 | 41.89 | 10 |
| Triantafyllos Mitafidis | Coalition of Radical Left | 13,968 | 10.57 | 3 | ||
| Artemis Mattheopoulos | Golden Dawn | 10,195 | 7.71 | 2 | ||
| Ioannis Delis | Communist Party of Greece | 8,233 | 6.23 | 2 | ||
| Makis Stergiou | 4,168 | 3.15 | 1 | |||
| Eleanna Ioannidou | Ecologist Greens -Greens | 4,131 | 3.13 | 1 | ||
| George Rakkas | 2,869 | 2.17 | 1 | |||
| Giannis Koutras | ANTARSYA | 2,804 | 2.12 | 0 | ||
| Giannis Kouriannidis | National Unity Association -National Front | 1,918 | 1.45 | 0 | ||
| Dimitris Papamichael | Pirate Party of Greece | 1,672 | 1.27 | 0 |
| Party | Nationwide results | Change from 2010 local elections | Change from 2012 legislative elections | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ND | 26.3 | |||
| Coalition of the Radical Left | 17.7 | |||
| PASOK (Olive Tree)[c] | 16.2 | |||
| KKE | 8.8 | |||
| ΧΑ | 8.1 | - | ||
| DIMAR | 3.8 | |||
| ANEL | 3.2 | - | ||
| ANTARSYA | 2.3 | |||
| OP | 2.1 | |||
| All others | 11.1 | |||
The elections were regarded as a victory for SYRIZA,[6][7][8][9] which was not expected to perform well due to its weak local organization.[10] Candidates backed by the rulingNew Democracy fared poorly, particularly Prime MinisterAntonis Samaras' hand-picked candidates.[8] In Athens, New Democracy failed to make the runoff for the first time since 1975.[6][9]
In response the results, PM Samaras said "Greece must show it has the stability that it deserves" in the second round andEuropean election scheduled to take place next week.[6] Opposition leaderAlexis Tsipras said it was a "historic day", and that next Sunday would be "the first day of a new era."[6][7]