2004 Greek legislative election

2004 Greek legislative election

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All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament 151 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Kostas Karamanlis George Papandreou Party ND PASOK Last election 42.73%, 125 seats 43.80%, 158 seats Seats won 165 117 Seat change 40 41 Popular vote 3,359,682 3,003,275 Percentage 45.36% 40.55% Swing 2.63pp 3.25pp   Third party Fourth party   Leader Aleka Papariga Nikos Konstantopoulos Party KKE Syriza Last election 5.52%, 11 seats 3.20%, 6 seats Seats won 12 6 Seat change 1 Popular vote 436,573 241,539 Percentage 5.90% 3.26% Swing 0.38pp 0.06pp
Map of electoral districts, showing the largest party by share of votes. Darker shades indicate stronger vote share.
Prime Minister before election Costas Simitis PASOK Prime Minister after election Kostas Karamanlis ND

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 7 March 2004.^[1] The New Democracy Party of Kostas Karamanlis won the elections, ending eleven years of rule by PASOK. PASOK was led into the elections by George Papandreou, who succeeded retiring Prime Minister Costas Simitis as party leader in February.