Greece

According to official results published on Sunday night, Kostas Bakoyannis has a clear lead in the race for Athens' mayoral office. With almost all votes counted, the New Democracy-backed candidate received 42.6 percent of the vote and is a clear...

The winners in Sunday's municipal elections pledged to work hard for the good of their respective cities and sent a message of unity and concerted action, saying that the citizen must reap the benefits of decisions of local authorities. In...

Cypriots go to the polls on Sunday to elect new local authorities for a five-year term. Polling stations will open at 0700 local time (0500 GMT) and close at 1800. There will be a break between 1200 and 1300. A total of...

A total of 12,762 repatriated Greeks and long-time legal immigrants (2,665 and 10,097, respectively), have registered nationwide to vote for the first time in the imminent municipal elections of November. Voter registration for participation in the Nov. 2 elections was...

The much awaited immigrants’ participation in municipal elections is a fact, following a new legislative amendment passed by the government. According to an interior ministry circular, all eligible immigrants can register untilAugust 31 2010– the previous deadline was June 30...

In what should be a tense duel, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ New Democracy Conservatives will go head-to-head with the major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) on May 25, after the government said municipal elections will be...

The history of elections in modern Greece began in 1833, with the first King of Greece, Otto of Bavaria, introducing the paper ballot. The occasion was the municipal elections for the Argolis-Corinth prefecture in July of 1834. The concept of...

The final, official results from Sunday's second round of local elections in the largest cities and regions in Greece were announced on Monday morning. Here is a breakdown of the winning parties and candidates in the major city and...

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras called for snap elections after his SYRIZA party was completely routed in the European and local elections held on Sunday. Tsipras said that he will request the Greek President to dissolve the Greek parliament immediately after...

The candidate from the center-left KINAL and To Potami parties, and current Mayor of Piraeus Giannis Moralis, won the first round of voting for the mayoral office of Attica's port city in the Sunday elections. With more than half of...

Millions of Greeks go the polling stations on Sunday to vote for the country's 21 representatives to the European Parliament. In parallel, they also vote for local, municipal and regional representatives. 9,922,294 voters (4,810,075 men, 5,122,219 women) are eligible to...

As Greece heads for the polls this coming Sunday to elect its representatives to the European Parliament, the question is not who will win, but by how much. The bellwether EU plebiscite is held in parallel with Greek municipal and...

One in two Greeks (52 percent) claim they hardly get by, while 62 percent say they want early elections, a new opinion poll says. In the survey conducted by KAPA Research on behalf of Ethnos newspaper, New Democracy has a...

Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis held on to his seat in the 2014 Greek municipal elections leaving behind SYRIZA’s candidate, Gavriil Sakellaridis. Sakellaridis congratulated Kaminis late Sunday night after the results put Kaminis at 51.6 percent compared to 48.4 percent for...

With an increase in voter turnout, the initial European Election results in Greece show the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) ahead of the Nea Dimokratia (ND) conservatives with an up to 4% margin. Browse the table below for real...