Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 9 April 2000.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p830 The ruling PASOK of Prime Minister Costas Simitis was narrowly re-elected, defeating the conservative New Democracy party. Simitis formed his third cabinet.

The election was characterized by the large electoral increase in support for both PASOK, and New Democracy.

Opinion polls Polling firm/commissioner Fieldwork date PASOK ND KKE Syn DIKKI POLAN Fil Lead 2000 parliamentary election 9 Apr 2000 43.8 42.7 5.5 3.2 2.7 – – 1.1 Opinion/Mega exit poll 9 Apr 2000 41.5–44.0 42.5–44.5 5.5–6.0 3.0–4.0 2.0–3.0 – – 0.8 Metron Analysis/ANT1 exit poll 9 Apr 2000 41.7–44.1 41.6–44.0 4.4–5.6 3.3–4.5 2.1–3.1 – – 0.1 Kappa Research/Star exit poll 9 Apr 2000 42.4 43.2 5.3 3.7 2.8 – – 0.8 Alco/Alpha exit poll 9 Apr 2000 41.4–42.4 42.2–43.2 5.5–6.1 3.8–4.4 2.6–3.1 – – 0.8 Sofres/ERT exit poll 9 Apr 2000 43.2 42.9 5.3 3.7 2.8 – – 0.3 Alco/Alpha 16-22 Mar 2000 41.5 41.3 6.0 4.5 4.8 – – 0.2 Opinion/Mega 14-20 Mar 2000 40.6 40.1 5.7 4.5 4.7 – – 0.5 Alco/Alpha 6-15 Mar 2000 40.8 40.1 5.7 4.5 5.7 – – 0.7 MRB 7-13 Mar 2000 40.4 40.1 5.7 4.7 4.2 – – 0.3 Kappa Research/Star 9-11 Mar 2000 42.1 41.7 5.5 4.7 4.3 – – 0.4 Metron Analysis/ANT1 1-11 Mar 2000 41.9 40.8 4.9 4.4 4.6 – – 1.1 Metron Analysis/ANT1 22 Feb-6 Mar 2000 41.4 40.4 5.6 4.8 5.1 – 0.5 1.0 VPRC 14 Feb-5 Mar 2000 41.3 39.0 5.7 4.9 5.0 0.7 0.3 2.3 Data Research 7 Feb-3 Mar 2000 40.6 41.8 5.7 3.5 5.6 – – 1.2 MRB 15 Feb-1 Mar 2000 43.1 40.6 5.8 4.6 4.3 0.5 1.1 2.5 Alco/Alpha 15-25 Feb 2000 40.8 39.9 6.0 4.0 4.3 – 0.6 0.9 Opinion/Mega 8-16 Feb 2000 42.6 39.5 6.2 3.8 4.0 0.6 0.7 3.1 Alco/Alpha 25 Jan-3 Feb 2000 39.4 40.8 6.2 4.3 5.3 0.5 1.0 1.4 Kappa Research/Star 20 Jan-3 Feb 2000 41.2 40.3 5.5 4.0 3.8 1.4 0.8 0.9 Data Research 7-23 Jan 2000 38.9 40.6 6.6 4.8 7.2 0.2 0.5 1.7 VPRC 2-22 Dec 1999 38.4 40.6 6.4 4.4 5.3 0.6 0.6 2.2 MRB 24 Nov-9 Dec 1999 39.0 37.7 6.9 4.9 5.9 1.7 0.6 1.3 Metron Analysis/ANT1 2-16 Nov 1999 39.3 37.8 6.3 5.8 6.8 1.3 0.6 1.5 Alco/Alpha 29 Sep-12 Oct 1999 36.5 39.9 7.4 4.7 6.4 1.5 0.8 3.4 Opinion/Mega 16-30 Sep 1999 36.6 37.3 6.6 3.4 6.9 1.1 0.7 0.7 VPRC 17-29 Sep 1999 36.0 39.2 6.4 5.4 6.6 1.3 0.9 3.2 Metron Analysis/ANT1 14-24 Sep 1999 39.1 38.2 6.5 5.1 6.0 1.3 1.3 0.9 Metron Analysis 10-18 Jul 1999 37.3 38.2 7.3 5.4 6.1 1.2 1.2 0.9 1999 European election 13 Jun 1999 32.9 36.0 8.7 5.2 6.9 2.3 1.6 3.1 Metron Analysis 19 May-11 Jun 1999 35.1 37.2 7.6 6.4 7.2 2.4 1.6 2.1 Metron Analysis 29 May-8 Jun 1999 35.0 38.1 7.4 6.0 7.5 1.4 1.5 3.1 Metron Analysis 12-23 May 1999 36.3 38.8 6.8 6.2 5.8 2.7 1.2 2.5 Metron Analysis 22 Apr-3 May 1999 36.3 40.5 6.3 7.3 5.7 2.1 – 4.2 Metron Analysis 24 Mar-1 Apr 1999 36.9 38.8 6.8 7.4 6.2 2.5 – 1.9 Metron Analysis 25 Jan-3 Feb 1999 35.9 41.4 5.6 6.0 6.5 2.3 – 5.5 1996 parliamentary election 22 Sep 1996 41.5 38.1 5.6 5.1 4.4 2.9– 3.4

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