Previous leadership election After
Alexis Tsipras resigned as the President of Syriza, in June 2023 a
leadership election was called. On the first round of the elections, Stefanos Kasselakis and
Effie Achtsioglou made it to the second round, with 44.9% and 36.2% of the votes respectively,
Euclid Tsakalotos reached the third spot with 8.9%,
Nikos Pappas followed with 8.7%, and finally
Stefanos Tzoumakas got 1.3%. On the second round, Kasselakis won over Achtsioglou, 56% to 44%.
Internal party crisis After the election of Stefanos Kasselakis, the criticism and questioning of his political actions by party members and MPs intensified. Soon, the internal opposition groups "Umbrella" and "6+6" left the party, founding, some time later,
New Left. In February 2024, the 4th Congress of the party was held. Stefanos Kasselakis announced extraordinary party-wide (President, Central Committee, Prefectural Committees, Membership organizations) elections, with
Olga Gerovassili announcing her candidacy. In the end, the elections did not take place and tensions were averted in view of the upcoming
European elections. In the
European elections, Syriza maintained second place, but with a lower percentage (14.92%) and elected four MEPs. This, combined with sudden replacements of party individuals, changes to the party structure and the suspension of the daily edition of
I Avgi, exacerbated the discontent within the party. The questioning of Stefanos Kasselakis culminated in the meeting of the Central Committee of Syriza, on 7 September, during which 100 members submitted a motion of no confidence against the party president, which was adopted by 163 votes to 120, removing the president, Stefanos Kasselakis, and triggering a leadership election. On 11 September, the date of the election was effectively decided in a meeting of the political bureau of the party, with the final decision pending upon the meeting of the central committee. Before the elections, on 1-3 November, an extraordinary congress will take place, where all the candidacies will be presented. On 12 October, the Central Committee of the party decided that Kasselakis cannot be candidate. On 8 November, after the new rejection of his candidacy by party's conference, Kasselakis left Syriza and announced the foundation of a
new party. A day later, the party's Extraordinary Congress voted to confirm the candidacies of Polakis, Famellos, Farantouris and Gletsos. ==Candidates==