Greek legislative election, 2000

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The Greek legislative election of 2000 was a closely contested national parliamentary vote in Greece that resulted in a narrow victory for the incumbent center-left government.

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Greek legislative election, 2000 canonical 3

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative election ⓘ
parliamentary election ⓘ
ballotType party-list proportional representation ⓘ
campaignIssue Greece’s entry into the eurozone ⓘ
economic policy ⓘ
modernization and reforms ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
date 2000-04-09 ⓘ
electionType national parliamentary election ⓘ
electoralBody Hellenic Parliament ⓘ
electoralSystem reinforced proportional representation ⓘ
followedBy Greek legislative election, 2004 ⓘ
governmentFormed single-party majority government ⓘ
governmentHeadAfterElection Kostas Simitis ⓘ
hasPart constituency-level contests ⓘ
ideologyOfWinningParty center-left ⓘ
incumbentGovernmentParty Panhellenic Socialist Movement ⓘ
languageOfOfficialResults Greek ⓘ
leadingPartyLeader Kostas Simitis ⓘ
legislatureTermLength 4 years ⓘ
location Greece ⓘ
mainOppositionLeader Kostas Karamanlis ⓘ
mainOppositionParty New Democracy ⓘ
narrowVictoryFor Panhellenic Socialist Movement ⓘ
notableCharacteristic one of the closest elections in modern Greek history ⓘ
parliamentaryTermEnded 2004 ⓘ
parliamentaryTermStarted 2000 ⓘ
partOf elections in Greece ⓘ
popularVoteShareDifferenceBetweenTopTwoParties approximately 1.06 percentage points ⓘ
popularVoteShareOfNewDemocracy 42.73% ⓘ
popularVoteShareOfPanhellenicSocialistMovement 43.79% ⓘ
precededBy Greek legislative election, 1996 ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElection Kostas Simitis ⓘ
reasonForCallingElection completion of government term ⓘ
region Southern Europe ⓘ
result narrow victory for incumbent center-left government ⓘ
seatsWonByCoalitionOfTheLeftAndProgress 6 ⓘ
seatsWonByCommunistPartyOfGreece 11 ⓘ
seatsWonByDemocraticSocialMovement 0 ⓘ
seatsWonByNewDemocracy 125 ⓘ
seatsWonByPanhellenicSocialistMovement 158 ⓘ
supervisingAuthority Ministry of the Interior of Greece ⓘ
totalSeatsContested 300 ⓘ
voterTurnout approximately 75% ⓘ
wonBy Panhellenic Socialist Movement ⓘ
year 2000 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

PASOK → wonElection → Greek legislative election, 2000 ⓘ
subject linked to: Greek PASOK
Panhellenic Socialist Movement → wonElection → Greek legislative election, 2000 ⓘ
Greek legislative election, 1996 → nextElection → Greek legislative election, 2000 ⓘ