June 2023 Greek parliamentary election

New Democracy has been a proponent of majority bonuses since 1974. Soon after returning to power in the 2019 parliamentary election, they passed a new electoral law to reinstate the bonus that had been eliminated by the SYRIZA-ANEL coalition government's 2016 law (which established a purely proportional system with a 3% electoral threshold), albeit under a very different formula. The party list coming first with at least 25% of the votes would receive 20 extra seats, with one more seat for every half percentage point above 25%, to a maximum of 50 extra seats at 40% (or more) of the votes. Once this bonus has been attributed, the proper proportional distribution begins for the remaining seats, which can range from 250 if one party gathered at least 40%, to 300 if no party reached 25%. This 2020 law would take effect starting from the next Greek election after the May 2023 election. A 2019 law granted the right to vote for Greeks abroad who have lived for two years in Greece during the previous 35 years and who have submitted a tax return during the year of the election or the previous year. Voters from abroad choose the national-wide ballot of their desired party without choosing candidates, and their vote is counted equally in final results. Voting is theoretically compulsory, with voter registration being automatic, but the penalties and sanctions in place for those who do not vote are unenforced. ==Contesting parties, alliances and independents==

On 8 June 2023 the Supreme Court ruled that 26 political parties, 4 alliances and 2 independents had met the criteria to contest the election. Nineteen of these had also participated in the previous election. The names of the 32 entities are listed below in alphabetical order. • Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow • Assembly of Greeks • Athanasios Georgiou (Independent) • Breath of Democracy • Communist Party of Greece • Communist Party of Greece (Marxist–Leninist) • Course of Freedom • Digital Hellenism in the Whole • Ecologist Greens – Green Unity • Greek Ecologists • Greek Solution • Green & Purple • Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece • European Realistic Disobedience Front 25 • Movement of the Poor • National Front • New Democracy • Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece • Organisation of Internationalist Communists of Greece • Panathinaikos Movement • Panhellenic Socialist Movement – Movement for Change • Patriotic Coalition • Popular European Party • Republican Party of Greece – Technocratic Republican Reforming Front of Patriots • Spartans • Spentzas Polykarpos, Radio Operator of the Ship "Pothiti", 1978 – Bermuda Triangle – UFO – USO Extraterrestrials – Einstein – Santorinis Pavlos (Independent) • Syriza – Progressive Alliance • Union of Centrists • Democratic Patriotic Movement – Victory • Vision for the Greek Renaissance • Voice of Reason • Well – Movement Main Parties ==Opinion polls==

trend line of poll results from 21 May 2023 to the present day, with each line corresponding to a political party and a 7-day average compared to the May election ==Results==

New Democracy won 41% of the vote, which allowed it to gain 50 bonus seats. This led to New Democracy winning a majority of seats. Syriza won nearly 18% of the vote. The newly created Spartans party won 4.7% of the vote, which allowed it to enter Parliament. Overall, eight parties crossed the 3% threshold to enter Parliament. The turnout was at 54%, which was 7 pp lower than the turnout in the May election. Reacting to his party's victory, Mitsotakis said, "The people have given us a safe majority. Major reforms will go ahead quickly." According to political analyst Nick Malkoutzis, "Mitsotakis has been rewarded by voters as the leader who has led Greece out of a severe debt crisis and three international bailouts back into a growth path. Someone who has kept, at least some, of his pledges which is more than many in Greece had previously done." Largest and smallest percentages for each elected party Parties' performance By region By constituency ==See also==