Greek parliamentary election, 7 July 2019

[Keep Calm and ...]

Results:

ND-EPP: 39.85% (+11.75), 158 (+83) Sitze
SYRIZA-LEFT: 31.53% (-3.97), 86 (-59) (incl. OP-G/EFA: 0 (-2))
KINAL-S&D: 8.10% (+1.80), 22 (+5)
KKE-NI: 5.30% (-0.30), 15 (+-0)
EL-ECR: 3.70% (new), 10
MeRA25-LEFT: 3.44% (new), 9
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XA-NI: 2.93% (-4.07), 0 (-18)
PE-*: 1.46% (new)
EK-RE: 1.24% (-2.16), 0 (-9)
...

https://ekloges.ypes.gr/current/v/home/en/parties/

[Sir Mohamed]

Actually this is a solid election result compared to other Western countries. Right populists and nazis did very poorly.

[Ex-Assemblyman Steelers]

How is that, very nice?

[President Johnson]

I'm surprised that the Syriza vote held up so well. Would think that lots of disaffected Syriza voters from 2015 would have migrated to some of the other leftist parties.

If nothing else it shows how toxic PASOK remains to many, even after a "rebrand".

Interestingly, if KINAL and SYRIZA ran as one party and got the same votes as they did, they would have narrowly won the popular vote and with it a working majority of seats to form a government.


EDIT: According to the latest Wikipedia numbers, ND is at 39.85%, and the two left parties combined 39.63% (31.53+8.10)

[Ex-Assemblyman Steelers]

How is that, very nice?

It shows that he is committed to protecting the Greek orthodox faith and Greek culture.
And it needs protection in my opinion, when Turkey is making territorial claims against Greece, when Turkey is occupying half of Cyprus and drilling in its waters. We should, as European and Christian nations, stand with the oldest European civilisation in this regard.

I think that you overreact, I thougth that Greece is secular state.

[rob in cal]

  too lazy to do the full math, but I think parties of the left won a tiny majority of the vote, or at very least a plurality and more than ND, El and XA.

[urutzizu]

I think that you overreact, I thougth that Greece is secular state.

It is not. The State Religion of Greece is the Orthodox Christian faith.

[Velasco]

I think that you overreact, I thougth that Greece is secular state.

It is not. The State Religion of Greece is the Orthodox Christian faith.

The constitution says "prevailing religion". This is somewhat more ambiguous than "religion of state", but clearly states that Greece is not neutral on religious affairs
 
http://www.hri.org/docs/syntagma/artcl25.html

Article 3
1. The prevailing religion in Greece is that of the Eastern Orthodox Church of Christ. The Orthodox Church of Greece, acknowledging our Lord Jesus Christ as its head, is inseparably united in doctrine with the Great Church of Christ in Constantinople and with every other Church of Christ of the same doctrine, observing unwaveringly, as they do, the holy apostolic and syn- odal canons and sacred traditions. It is autocephalous and is administered by the Holy Synod of serving Bishops and the Permanent Holy Synod originating thereof and assembled as specified by the Statutory Charter of the Church in compliance with the provisions of the Patriarchal Tome of June 29, 1850 and the Synodal Act of September 4, 1928.
2. The ecclesiastical regime existing in certain districts of the State shall not be deemed contrary to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
3. The text of the Holy Scripture shall be maintained unaltered. Official translation of the text into any other form of language, without prior sanction by the Autocephalous Church of Greece and the Great Church of Christ in Constantinople, is prohibited.

Alexis Tsipras, who is not a religious person, advocated a constitutional reform in a secular direction defining the religious neutrality of the State.

[Landslide Lyndon]

A bit late but here is an excellent thread on why Tsipras is so despised and lost big this year's elections.

https://twitter.com/nchrysoloras/status/1147518758321348609

https://twitter.com/nchrysoloras/status/1147518764684103680

https://twitter.com/nchrysoloras/status/1147518768039546880

https://twitter.com/nchrysoloras/status/1147518773668265984

https://twitter.com/nchrysoloras/status/1147518781901721602

https://twitter.com/nchrysoloras/status/1147518784833544192

https://twitter.com/nchrysoloras/status/1147518787253616640

[Flyersfan232]

Actually this is a solid election result compared to other Western countries. Right populists and nazis did very poorly.

It’s not a solid results such the communist still won seats.

[President Johnson]

Actually this is a solid election result compared to other Western countries. Right populists and nazis did very poorly.

It’s not a solid results such the communist still won seats.

It very much is solid compared to Europe, especially considering that Greece has been struggling for a decade. The KKE has been around for a long time in Greece, always been in parliament for recent decades and remained stangnant in support. I hope SYRIZA will fade away now and gets replaced by Kinal as main party of the left side.