# 2009 European Parliament election in Greece

European Parliament elections were held in Greece on 7 June 2009 to elect the 22 Greek members of the European Parliament. Members were elected by party-list proportional representation with a 3% electoral threshold. The number of seats allocated to Greece was reduced from 24 to 22, as a result of new member states joining the European Union (EU). Consistent with EU-wide rules, Greek citizens resident in another of the 26-member states were permitted to vote in the place where they currently reside.

## Participating parties

On 24 May, the Greek Court of Cassation, the country's supreme court, accepted the applications of 27 of the 33 parties which applied to contest the elections. It banned six parties from participating:
* Alternative Ecologists
* Party of Responsible Citizenship
* Dimokratiki
* Party of Uprising Pensioners of Greece
* Panagriarian Workers Movement
* Political Greek-European Animal-Loving Movement
* Animal-Loving Ecologists of Greece
In addition, the court ruled that the following parties could not participate as part of the Coalition of the Radical Left:
* Democratic Social Movement
* Movement of Active Citizens
* Movement for the United in Action Left
* Kokkino
* Ecosocialists of Greece
* ROZA
A judicial dispute ensued, when Drassi filed a petition before the Council of State to annul the ministerial decision, through which the time for political advertising spots on the radio and television would be allocated, since it disproportionately favoured established parties. A preliminary ruling sent the dispute to the Council of State's plenary session, which will hear the petition for annulment on 25 September 2009.

## Opinion polls

| Source | Date | PASOK | ND | Syriza | KKE | LAOS | EcoGreens | Undecided and others |
| RASS | 09-03-09 | 32.1 | 29.6 | 7.9 | 7.1 | 5.1 | 3.2 | – |
| VPRC | 09-04-00 | 37 | 34 | 8.5 | 8 | 4.5 | 5 | 3 |
| MATN | 09-05-04 | 36.4 | 33.6 | 7.9 | 9.1 | 5.4 | 6.3 | 1.3 |
| Focus | 09-05-10 | 31.7 | 29.6 | 6.4 | 7.5 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 3.3 |
| PulseRC | 09-05-10 | 31 | 28 | 5.6 | 6.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 2 |
| Marc | 09-05-10 | 31.8 | 28.6 | 6.2 | 8.1 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 2 |
| ALCO | 09-05-10 | 30.2 | 26.5 | 5.3 | 7.8 | 4 | 3.5 | 2.9 |
| Barometer | 09-05-10 | 28 | 23.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4 | 1 |
| Public Issue | 09-05-18 | 34 | 28 | 6 | 5.5 | 5 | 7 | – |
| Alco | 09-05-18 | 30.2 | 26.1 | 4.2 | 6.4 | 3.6 | 5.7 | – |
| VPRC | 09-05-20 | 37.5 | 32 | 6.5 | 8 | 5 | 7.5 | – |
| MRB/Eleftheros Typos | 09-05-24 | 29.2 | 26.4 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 4.6 | 6.2 | 5.1 |
| Kappa/Aggelioforos | 09-05-24 | 31.5 | 28.4 | 7.3 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 8.1 | 5.1 |
| GPO | 09-05-26 | 30 | 26.3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8.5 | |
| Metron | 09-05-26 | 27.3 | 23.5 | 7.2 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 7.9 | |
| Public Issue/Kathimerini | 09-05-27 | 33 | 28.5 | 5 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 8.5 | 15 |

## Results

| | PASOK | 1,879,229 | 36.65 | 8 | 0 |
| | New Democracy | 1,656,085 | 32.30 | 8 | –3 |
| | Communist Party of Greece | 428,151 | 8.35 | 2 | –1 |
| | Popular Orthodox Rally | 366,616 | 7.15 | 2 | +1 |
| | Syriza | 240,971 | 4.70 | 1 | 0 |
| | Ecologist Greens | 178,960 | 3.49 | 1 | +1 |
| | Panhellenic Macedonian Front | 65,141 | 1.27 | 0 | New |
| | Party of Greek Hunters | 64,824 | 1.26 | 0 | New |
| | Drassi | 38,908 | 0.76 | 0 | New |
| | Ecologists of Greece | 33,292 | 0.65 | 0 | New |
| | Greek Ecologists | 31,165 | 0.61 | 0 | 0 |
| | Golden Dawn | 23,609 | 0.46 | 0 | New |
| | Antarsya | 21,988 | 0.43 | 0 | 0 |
| | Union of Centrists | 19,686 | 0.38 | 0 | 0 |
| | Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece | 13,138 | 0.26 | 0 | 0 |
| | Popular Unions of Bipartisan Social Groups | 10,488 | 0.20 | 0 | New |
| | Society – Political Party of the Successors of Kapodistrias | 7,934 | 0.15 | 0 | New |
| | Hellenic Direct Democracy Movement | 7,928 | 0.15 | 0 | New |
| | Liberal Party–Libertas.eu | 6,489 | 0.13 | 0 | New |
| | Youth Party | 6,205 | 0.12 | 0 | New |
| | Workers Revolutionary Party | 6,042 | 0.12 | 0 | New |
| | Fighting Socialist Party of Greece | 5,618 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 |
| | European Free Alliance–Rainbow | 4,512 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 |
| | Liberal Alliance | 4,319 | 0.08 | 0 | New |
| | Greek Unity | 3,001 | 0.06 | 0 | New |
| | Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece | 2,797 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 |
| | Patriotic Humanitarian Movement | 800 | 0.02 | 0 | New |
| Total | Total | 5,127,896 | 100.00 | 22 | –2 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 5,127,896 | 97.46 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 133,853 | 2.54 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 5,261,749 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 10,014,795 | 52.54 | | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior ||||||