# 2006 Greek local elections

The 2006 Greek local elections elected representatives to Greece's 3 super-prefectures, 54 prefectures, provinces, and approximately 1,033 communities and municipalities.
The elections took place on Sunday, 15 October 2006 from 7am to 7pm.
According to the New Code for Municipalities and Communities, a platform gains the absolute majority of the seats if it has more than 42% of the votes. If no platform achieves that, then there is a second round, one week later. The ballot in the second round includes the two platforms which garnered the most votes in the 1st week.
Traditionally, candidates at local elections do not run under the official name of the party they belong, but form electoral platforms with different names for the purpose.

## Elections
### Municipal mayoralties
#### Municipality of Athens

| Candidate | Supporting parties | Platform | 1st Round | % | Seats |
| Nikitas Kaklamanis | New Democracy/ Popular Orthodox Rally | | 126,877 | 46.05 | 27 |
| Kostas Skandalidis | Panhellenic Socialist Movement | | 79,463 | 28.84 | 11 |
| Alexis Tsipras | Coalition of the Radical Left / Communist Organization of Greece | | 28,964 | 10.51 | 4 |
| Spyros Halvatzis | Communist Party of Greece/ Democratic Social Movement/ Communist Renewal/ Intervention of Left Citizens | | 24,169 | 8.77 | 3 |
| Dimosthenis Vergis | Greek Ecologists | | 3,935 | 1.43 | 0 |
| Tasos Krommydas | Ecologist Greens | | 3,822 | 1.39 | 0 |
| Dimitrios Zaphiropoulos | Patriotic Alliance | | 3,705 | 1.34 | 0 |
| Aggelos Hagios | Radical Left Front/ Communist Party of Greece (Marxist-Leninist) | | 3,107 | 1.13 | 0 |
| Emmanouil Kalligiannis | Liberal Party | | 1,458 | 0.53 | 0 |
| No. of valid votes | No. of valid votes | No. of valid votes | 275,500 | 100.00 | 45 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 21,504 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | 297,004 (57.77%) | | |

#### Municipality of Piraeus

| Candidate | Supporting parties | Platform | 1st Round | % | Seats |
| Panagiotis Fasoulas | Panhellenic Socialist Movement | | 44,936 | 45.17 | 25 |
| Christos Agrapidis | New Democracy | | 32,562 | 32.02 | 10 |
| Thodoris Dritsas | Coalition of the Radical Left/ Ecologist Greens | | 6,540 | 6.43 | 2 |
| Elpida Pantelaki | Communist Party of Greece | | 6,231 | 6.13 | 2 |
| Panagiotis Melas | Popular Orthodox Rally | | 5,698 | 5.60 | 1 |
| Nikolaos Legakis | | | 3,478 | 3.42 | 1 |
| Antonis Tsiknas | Radical Left Front/ Communist Party of Greece (Marxist-Leninist) | | 1,246 | 1.23 | 0 |
| No. of valid votes | No. of valid votes | No. of valid votes | 101,691 | 100.00 | 41 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 6.936 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | 108.627 (64.20%) | | |

#### Municipality of Thessaloniki

| Candidate | Supporting parties | Platform | 1st Round | % | Seats | 2nd Round | % | Seats |
| Vassilios Papageorgopoulos | New Democracy | Thessaloniki Renewal | 68,319 | 41.43 | 9 | 72,696 | 52.62 | 16 (25) |
| Chrysa Arapoglou | Panhellenic Socialist Movement | | 35,623 | 21.60 | 5 | 65,455 | 47.38 | 4 (9) |
| Yannis Boutaris | Ecologist Greens | Initiative for Thessaloniki | 26,334 | 15.97 | 3 | | | |
| Georgios Karatzaferis | Popular Orthodox Rally | | 12,371 | 7.50 | 2 | | | |
| Agapios Sahinis | Communist Party of Greece | | 12,249 | 7.43 | 1 | | | |
| Tassos Kourakis | Coalition of the Radical Left | | 8,349 | 5.06 | 1 | | | |
| Thannasis Agapitos | Radical Left Front/ Communist Party of Greece (Marxist-Leninist) | | 1,657 | 1.00 | 0 | | | |
| No. of valid votes | No. of valid votes | No. of valid votes | 164,902 | 100.00 | 21 | 138,151 | 100.00 | 20 (41) |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 12,624 | | | 14,213 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | 177,526 (72.30%) | | | 152,364 (62.03%) | | |

### Super-Prefectural elections
#### Athens-Piraeus

| Candidate | Supporting parties | Platform | 1st Round | % | Seats |
| Fofi Gennimata | Panhellenic Socialist Movement | | 647,027 | 43.39 | 46 |
| Argyris Dinopoulos | New Democracy | | 504,104 | 33.81 | 18 |
| George Mavrikos | Communist Party of Greece/ Democratic Social Movement/ Communist Renewal/ Intervention of Left Citizens | | 157,633 | 10.57 | 6 |
| Yannis Panousis | Coalition of the Left of Movements and Ecology | | 85,162 | 5.71 | 2 |
| Evangelos Papadopoulos | Popular Orthodox Rally | | 57,299 | 3.84 | 2 |
| Thanasses Tsirigotis | M-L KKE | | 19,974 | 1.34 | 0 |
| Kostas Spanopoulos | Socialist Workers' Party | | 19,857 | 1.33 | 0 |
| No. of valid votes | No. of valid votes | No. of valid votes | 1,491,092 | 100.00 | 74 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 147,815 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | 1,638,907 (69.23%) | | |

#### Drama-Kavala-Xanthi

| Candidate | Supporting parties | Platform | 1st Round | % | Seats |
| Constantine Tatsis | New Democracy | | 141,142 | 56.31 | 45 |
| Gülbeyaz Karahasan | Panhellenic Socialist Movement | | 83,195 | 33.19 | 27 |
| Dimitris Fotiadis | Communist Party of Greece/ Democratic Social Movement/ Communist Renewal/ Intervention of Left Citizens | | 11,740 | 4.68 | 3 |
| Dimitris Kollatos | Popular Orthodox Rally | | 8,160 | 3.26 | 0 |
| Dimitris Proedrou | Coalition of the Left of Movements and Ecology | | 6,426 | 2.56 | 0 |
| No. of valid votes | No. of valid votes | No. of valid votes | 250,663 | 100.00 | 75 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 15,521 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | 266,184 (70.74%) | | |

#### Evros-Rhodope

| Candidate | Supporting parties | Platform | 1st Round | % | Seats |
| Georgios Minopoulos | Panhellenic Socialist Movement | | 90,004 | 49.97 | 30 |
| Stefanos Spasis | New Democracy | | 74,297 | 41.25 | 20 |
| Georgios Botrotsos | Communist Party of Greece | | 7,260 | 4.03 | 0 |
| Stavros Tsagkos | Coalition of the Left of Movements and Ecology | | 4,450 | 2.47 | 0 |
| Kiriakos Kozaris | Popular Orthodox Rally | | 4,097 | 2.27 | 0 |
| No. of valid votes | No. of valid votes | No. of valid votes | 180,108 | 100.00 | 50 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 10,417 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | 190,525 (67.30)%) | | |

### Prefectural elections
#### Athens Prefecture

| Candidate | Supporting parties |
| Yiannis Sgouros | Panhellenic Socialist Movement |
| Fotini Pipili | New Democracy |
| Spyros Likoudis | Coalition of the Left of Movements and Ecology |
| Adonis Georgiadis | Popular Orthodox Rally |
| Hristos Katsikas | M-L KKE |
| Niki Argiri | Socialist Workers' Party |
Note: There was no separate election for the position of prefect (nomarch); the nomarchs was appointed according to the results of the election in the super-prefecture.)

#### Piraeus Prefecture

| Candidate | Supporting parties |
| Yiannis Michas | Panhellenic Socialist Movement |
| Spiros Spyridon | New Democracy |
| Evi Karakosta | Coalition of the Left of Movements and Ecology |
| Panagiotis Theodorakidis | Popular Orthodox Rally |
| Antonis Fotiadis | M-L KKE |
| Yannis Sifakakis | Socialist Workers' Party |
Note: There was no separate election for the position of prefect (nomarch); the nomarchs was appointed according to the results of the election in the super-prefecture.)

#### Thessaloniki Prefecture

| Candidate | Supporting parties | Platform | 1st Round | % | Seats |
| Panagiotis Psomiadis | New Democracy | Power for the Prefecture | 269,349 | 48.20 | 23 |
| Voula Patoulidou | Panhellenic Socialist Movement | For Thessaloniki - Voula Patoulidou / Together for the Prefecture | 171,345 | 30.66 | 9 |
| Yiannis Ziogas | Communist Party of Greece | | 32,706 | 5.85 | 2 |
| Michalis Tremopoulos | Ecologist Greens/ Socialist Workers' Party | Ecology - Solidarity | 25,661 | 4.59 | 2 |
| Stratis Plomaritis | Coalition of the Left of Movements and Ecology | | 19,385 | 3.47 | 1 |
| Dimitrios Tsipidis | Popular Orthodox Rally | | 15,017 | 2.69 | 0 |
| Marianna Brekasi | Communist Organization of Greece | Left Perfectural Movement of Thessaloniki | 12,859 | 2.30 | 0 |
| Harilaos Papageorgiou | Independent | | 12,481 | 2.23 | 0 |
| No. of valid votes | No. of valid votes | No. of valid votes | 558,805 | 100.00 | 37 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 45,006 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | 603,811 (79.79%) | | |