Local Elections

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...

The campaign for Sunday's European and municipal elections closed on Friday with two major rallies in Athens and Thessaloniki. Speaking at Syntagma Square, PM Alexis Tsipras called on Greeks to cast their vote “for the Greece of the many,” and...

Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan suffered stunning setbacks in local elections as his ruling AK Party lost control of the capital Ankara for the first time since the party’s founding in 2001. His party also lost control of the ancient city...

Christos Doulkeridis is a 40-years-old politician who lives in the capital of Belgium, Brussels. Doulkeridis, the son of two Greek-Pontian migrants in Belgium, was the head of "Ecolos" political formation that came first in the municipality of Ixelles of Brussels. His...

Local elections in Messinia yielded a dead heat in the second round of mayoral elections, with the two candidates – Giorgos Tsonis and Stathis Anastasopoulos – each garnering 9,236 votes in an exact 50:50 split. Anastasopoulos won the first election round clearly with...

Foreign media outlets report on the outcome of Greece’s double elections, commenting on the first place secured by the country’s main opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) party and the increased approval ratings of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn...

International media continue to comment on the forthcoming European Parliament elections and the prospect of Greece’s main opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) party topping the vote, while also referring to the possibility of early national elections in...

The 2014 local elections across Greece are being contested by various Greek celebrities looking to secure the political spotlight. In many cases, their efforts have paid off with many celebrities being elected, or getting a second chance next Sunday. The most prominent victory is that...

Election analysts and political observers fear that the unpredictable outcome of the forthcoming two rounds of voting may further destabilize Greece's fragile political scene, with unprecedented levels of swing voters recorded just a week before the elections, as well as a record number...

Greece's Interior Ministry has counted 1,438 municipal ballots and 105 regional ballots that have been approved by Greece’s courts to stand in the forthcoming local elections, which are to take place across Greece on May 18 and 25. Voters will be able to choose between over...