Candidates from all parties that managed to exceed 3% will comprise the Greek delegation in the next European Parliament following Sunday’s European elections.
According to the distribution of percentages at 100% of vote integration, ND (New Democracy) secures 7 seats, SYRIZA 4 seats, PASOK 3 seats, the Hellenic Solution 2 seats, and KKE 2 seats, while Niki, Course of Freedom, and Voice of Reason each get one seat.
The first position for New Democracy is Giorgos Avtias, who garnered 305,670 votes. He is followed by Evangelos Meimarakis with nearly 50,000 fewer votes (256,703), and Eliza Vozemberg in third place with 243,402 votes. In fourth place is Fredi Beleris (234.945), followed by Eleonora Meleti (170.830), Manolis Kefalogiannis (159.705), and Dimitris Tsiodras (155.129). Current MEPs Stelios Kympouropoulos and Maria Spyraki are to be out of the European Parliament.
Leading in votes for SYRIZA by a significant margin is Kostas Arvanitis, with 152,101 votes. He is followed by Nikos Farantouris with 134,563 votes. The quartet of seats that SYRIZA is entitled to is completed by Nikos Pappas (125,893) and Elena Kountoura (112,964). Sofia Bekatorou lags behind in 5th place with 93,294 votes.
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From PASOK, Nikos Papandreou leads (121,221), followed by former minister Yannis Maniatis (106,568) and the well-known meteorologist Sakis Arnautoglou (90,620). Former minister Filippos Sahinidis remains out, while Mr. Androulakis’s close associate and party secretary Andreas Spyropoulos was ranked 7th.
The Hellenic Solution elects two MEPs, Emmanuel Fragos and Galato Alexandraki.
The two KKE MEPs Lefteris Alavanos and Kostas Pagadakis are re-elected.
The seat of Niki is occupied by the actor Nikos Anadiotis, Maria Zacharaki of Course of Freedom and Aphrodite Latinopoulou of the Voice of Reason .