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The Parliament of the Hellenes (Greek: Βουλή των Ελλήνων, romanized: Voulí ton Ellínon), commonly known as the Hellenic Parliament (Greek: Ελληνικό Κοινοβούλιο, romanized: Ellinikó Koinovoúlio), is the unicameral legislature of Greece, located in the Old Royal Palace, overlooking Syntagma Square in Athens.
This is a list of the 300 members who were elected to the Hellenic Parliament – for the 20th parliamentary term (Κ΄ in Greek numerals) – in the June 2023 legislative election, held on 25 June 2023. [1] The "20th parliamentary term" officially began on Monday 3 July 2023 swearing in the oath of members of the Parliament.
This is the list of the elected members of the 19th Plenary session of the Hellenic Parliament as it emerged after the results of the national elections held on 21 May 2023. [1] The resulting parliament held only two sittings, the first to swear in its members and the second to elect its president and vice-presidents.
According to the Constitution of Greece, in the event of a temporary absence of the president of the Hellenic Republic on account of illness, travel abroad or similar circumstances, the speaker of the parliament serves as acting president, and exercises the powers of the state president until the president resumes his functions, and in the event that the presidency falls vacant as a result of ...
This is a list of the 300 members who were elected to the Hellenic Parliament-for the 18th parliamentary term (ΙΗ΄ in Greek numerals) - in the 2019 legislative election, held on 7 July 2019. The parliament convened on 17 July 2019.
Snap parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 21 May 2023. [1] [2] [3] All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament were contested. They were the first elections since 1990 not to be held under a bonus seats system, due to amendments to the electoral law made in 2016. Instead, a purely proportional system was used. [4]
Snap parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 25 June 2023. [1] [2] [3] All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament were contested.Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called for the snap vote after the May 2023 elections did not result in any party gaining a majority, although his centre-right New Democracy made unanticipated gains and increased its share of the vote.
In 1926, the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), which would later define the left for years, entered the parliament. From 1950 to 1963, the predominant parties that won all elections in this period were the People’s Party (later Hellenic Rally) and the National Radical Union (ERE) (both from the right).