Greek legislative election, 2009

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The Greek legislative election of 2009 was a national parliamentary vote in which the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) returned to power, leading to a change of government amid the emerging sovereign debt crisis.

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Greek legislative election, 2009 canonical 2

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative election ⓘ
parliamentary election ⓘ
abbreviationOfWinningParty PASOK ⓘ
calledBy Kostas Karamanlis ⓘ
campaignIssue corruption ⓘ
economy ⓘ
public debt ⓘ
unemployment ⓘ
chamberElected unicameral legislature ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Greece ⓘ
context Greek government-debt crisis ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
date 2009-10-04 ⓘ
defeatedLeader Kostas Karamanlis ⓘ
defeatedParty New Democracy ⓘ
electoralThreshold 3 percent ⓘ
electoralType parliamentary ⓘ
electorate Greek citizens over 18 years of age ⓘ
governmentFormed Cabinet of George Papandreou (2009–2011) ⓘ
headOfStateDuringElection Karolos Papoulias ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
legislature Hellenic Parliament ⓘ
legislatureTermEnd 2012 ⓘ
legislatureTermStart 2009 ⓘ
location Greece ⓘ
mainOppositionPartyAfterElection New Democracy ⓘ
mainWinningParty Panhellenic Socialist Movement ⓘ
majoritySeats 151 ⓘ
nextElection Greek legislative election, May 2012 ⓘ
otherParliamentaryParty Coalition of the Radical Left ⓘ
Communist Party of Greece ⓘ
Ecologist Greens ⓘ
Popular Orthodox Rally ⓘ
partOf elections in Greece ⓘ
postElectionPrimeMinister George Papandreou ⓘ
linked to: Georgios Papandreou
preElectionPrimeMinister Kostas Karamanlis ⓘ
previousElection Greek legislative election, 2007 ⓘ
reasonForEarlyElection economic crisis concerns ⓘ
region European Union member state ⓘ
resultedIn PASOK majority government ⓘ
change of government ⓘ
seatsForElection 300 ⓘ
significance held at onset of Greek sovereign debt crisis ⓘ
marked PASOK return to power ⓘ
supervisingBody Ministry of the Interior of Greece ⓘ
triggeredBy early dissolution of parliament ⓘ
votingSystem reinforced proportional representation ⓘ
winningLeader George Papandreou ⓘ
linked to: Georgios Papandreou
year 2009 ⓘ

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

PASOK → wonElection → Greek legislative election, 2009 ⓘ
subject linked to: Greek PASOK
Panhellenic Socialist Movement → wonElection → Greek legislative election, 2009 ⓘ