2010 Greek local elections

The 2010 Greek local elections were held on 7 November 2010 (first round) and 14 November 2010 (second round) to elect representatives to Greece's restructured local authorities, comprising 13 regions and 325 municipalities.

Background Traditionally, candidates at local elections do not run under the official name of any party as the constitution only foresees the participation of electoral lists (or "combinations") and not parties. Despite this theoretical independence and distinction, for all practical purposes most candidates run as local front organisations for political parties."Making sense of the ballot ", Athens News, 5 November 2010, p. 8.

The election also comes at a time of increasing unrest in Greece following numerous bombs being sent to foreign embassies, as well protests against austerity measures forced by the EU and IMF in order for Greece to receive external financial support.

Issues With the economy being touted as the mandate sought in the election Prime Minister George Papandreou said he would dissolve the national parliament should the candidates of his Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) fail to win an unspecified threshold. "Citizens will decide in today's election if we will hold steady on the path of salvation... or if we will go back to decay and to the Greece of bankruptcy."

Election results

Major municipalities In the municipalities, as well as the regions, any candidate can participate in the first round. If the leading candidate doesn't have the required 50%+1 of the votes, then a second round is held between the two leading candidates of the first round.

Athens

Candidate Supporting Party 1st round % 2nd round % Seats Georgios Kaminis Panhellenic Socialist Movement - Ecologist Greens - Democratic Left- Portokali (Drasi & Liberal Alliance) 28.28 51.95 29 Nikitas Kaklamanis New Democracy - Popular Orthodox Rally 34.97 48.05 11 Nikolaos Sofianos Communist Party of Greece 13.74 3 Georgios Amyras Independent 7.37 2 Eleni Portaliou Coalition of Radical Left 5.8 2 Nikolaos Michaloliakos Golden Dawn 5.29 1 Petros Konstantinou Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow 2.87 1 Michail Iliadis Koinonia 1.68 –

Thessaloniki

Candidate Supporting Party 1st Round % 2nd Round % Seats Ioannis Boutaris Panhellenic Socialist Movement - Democratic Left- Drasi 33.58 50.16 29 New Democracy 37.91 49.84 13 Sotirios Zarianopoulos Communist Party of Greece 9.5 2 Stelios Papathemelis Independent 6.04 2 Triantafyllos Mitafidis Coalition of Radical Left 3.67 1 Armodios Stergiou Popular Orthodox Rally 3.58 1 Christos Matis Ecologist Greens 3.45 1 Zisis Klisiaris Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow 1.28 – Konstantinos Vasilikos Golden Dawn 1.0 –

Heraklion

Candidate Supporting Party 1st Round % 2nd Round % Seats Ioannis Kourakis Panhellenic Socialist Movement 71.82 35 Emmanouil Sintichakis Communist Party of Greece 12.13 6 Anastasios Iliadakis Independent 9.55 5 Konstantinos Kabitakis Coalition of Radical Left & Ecologist Greens 6.5 3

Patras

Candidate Supporting Party 1st Round % 2nd Round % Seats Coalition of Radical Left - Democratic Left 21.13 53.63 29 Dimitrios Katsikopoulos Panhellenic Socialist Movement 35.07 46.37 9 Konstantinos Christopoulos New Democracy 17.7 4 Konstantinos Peletidis Communist Party of Greece 16.52 4 Christos Patouchas Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow 4.48 1 Andreas Tzouramanis Independent 2.64 1 Dimitrios Aivalis Independent 2.46 1

Piraeus

Candidate Supporting Party 1st Round % 2nd Round % Seats Vasilios Michaloliakos New Democracy 23.08 51.76 29 Ioannis Michas Panhellenic Socialist Movement 29.61 48.24 8 Petros Mantouvalos Popular Orthodox Rally 18.73 5 Elpida Pantelaki Communist Party of Greece 14.77 4 List of candidates entitled "Alliance for Piraeus" Coalition of Radical Left - Democratic Left - Ecologist Greens 7.58 2 Antonios Kalogerogiannos Independent 3.44 1 Athanasios Diavolakis Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow 2.71 –

Peristeri

Candidate Supporting Party 1st Round % 2nd Round % Seats Andreas Pachatouridis Independent 49.76 65.62 27 Dimitrios Kelafas Democratic Left 14.54 34.38 9 Konstantinos Lalenis Panhellenic Socialist Movement 12.62 3 Grigoris Timplalexis Communist Party of Greece 12.54 3 Sofia Alexopoulou Coalition of Radical Left 3.85 1 Athanasios Vathiotis Independent 3.73 1 Antonia Athanasopoulou Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow 2.96 1

Regions Source: Hellenic Ministry of the Interior

Attica Candidate Supporting Party 1st Round % Seats 2nd Round % Seats Total seats Ioannis Sgouros Panhellenic Socialist Movement 342,555 24.05 12 522,838 52.87 49 61 Vasileios Kikilias New Democracy 292,113 20.44 11 466,134 47.13 1 12 Independent † 227,314 15.96 8 8 Thanasis Pafilis Communist Party of Greece 205,742 14.45 8 8 Adonis Georgiadis Popular Orthodox Rally 93,580 6.57 3 3 Alexios Mitropoulos Coalition of Radical Left § 88,703 6.28 3 3 Konstantinos Diakos Ecologist Greens 57,528 4.04 2 2 Grigoris Psarianos Democratic Left 54,248 3.81 2 2 Aggelos Hagios Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow 32,547 2.29 1 1 Alekos Alavanos Independent ‡ 30,816 2.16 1 1 Notes: † Ioannis Dimaras was elected a parliament member with Panhellenic Socialist Movement in the National Elections of 2009.

§ Alexios Mitropoulos is a member of the National Council of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement.

‡ Alekos Alavanos is a prominent member of the Coalition of Radical Left, and although his party didn't support him officially, some fractions such as KOE, DEA and KEDA did.

Central Greece Candidate Supporting Party 1st Round % Seats 2nd Round % Seats Total seats Klearchos Pergantas Panhellenic Socialist Movement 126,020 39.02 10 130,189 52.93 21 31 Athanasios Cheimaras New Democracy 116,399 35.2 9 115,766 47.07 4 13 Communist Party of Greece 35,954 10.87 3 3 Nikolaos Papandreou Popular Orthodox Rally 26,324 7.96 2 2 Nikolaos Stoupis Coalition of Radical Left 12,319 3.7 1 1 Despoina Spanoudi Ecologist Greens- Democratic Left 10,753 3.25 1 1

Central Macedonia Candidate Supporting Party 1st Round % Seats 2nd Round % Seats Total seats Panagiotis Psomiadis New Democracy 421,859 43.19 16 406,890 52.56 27 43 Markos Bolaris Panhellenic Socialist Movement 299,633 30.68 11 367,272 47.44 8 19 Theodosios Konstantinidis Communist Party of Greece 88,739 9.09 3 3 Kyriakos Velopoulos Popular Orthodox Rally 64,236 6.58 2 2 Anastasios Kourakis Coalition of Radical Left 35,536 3.64 1 1 Michael Tremopoulos Ecologist Greens 30,358 3.11 1 1 Asimina Xyrotyri-Asimaki Democratic Left 19,724 2.02 1 1 Ioannis Koutras Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow 16,644 1.70 1 1

Crete Candidate Supporting Party 1st Round % Seats Stavros Arnaoutakis Panhellenic Socialist Movement 165,726 50.3 31 Dimitrios Giannoulakis Independent † 57,735 17.52 7 Ioannis Plakiotakis New Democracy 49,025 14.88 6 Stylianos Orfanos Communist Party of Greece 22,863 6.93 3 Georgios Stathakis Coalition of Radical Left 16,224 4.92 2 Antonios Anipsitakis Ecologist Greens- Democratic Left 12,616 3.83 1 Serafeim Rizos Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow 5,302 1.61 1 Notes: † Dimitrios Giannoulakis was independent at the time of the elections, but was supported by Dora Bakoyannis and is closely related to her newly founded Democratic Alliance party

Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Candidate Supporting Party 1st Round % Seats 2nd Round % Seats Total seats Aris Giannakidis Panhellenic Socialist Movement 150,257 41.75 11 158,262 51.49 20 31 Giorgos Pavlidis New Democracy 147,845 41.08 11 149,101 48,51 5 16 Christos Trellis Communist Party of Greece 27,852 7.74 2 2 Dimitris Charitou Coalition of the Radical Left 16,609 4.62 1 1 Athanasios Makris Ecologist Greens 10,787 3.00 1 1 Georgios Botsidis Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow 6,523 1.81 – –

Epirus Candidate Supporting Party 1st Round % Seats 2nd Round % Seats Total seats Alexandros Kachrimanis New Democracy & Popular Orthodox Rally 100,465 44.76 12 97,667 55.04 19 31 Evangelos Argyris Panhellenic Socialist Movement 86,893 38.7 10 79,775 44.96 6 16 Konstantinos Konstantis Communist Party of Greece 18,766 8.36 2 2 Ioannis Papadimitriou Coalition of Radical Left 8,054 3.59 1 1 Nikolos Zikos Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow 5,915 2.63 1 1 Georgios Zapsas Ecologist Greens-Democratic Left 4,407 1.96 – –

Ionian Islands Candidate Supporting Party 1st Round % Seats 2nd Round % Seats Total seats Spyridon Spyrou New Democracy 34,302 30.4 6 43,330 50.80 19 25 Ilias Beriatos Panhellenic Socialist Movement 28,832 25.55 5 41,966 49.20 1 6 Giorgos Kaloudis Independent 22.290 19.76 4 4 Theodoros Goulis Communist Party of Greece 17,226 15.3 3 3 Theodoros Galatsiatos Coalition of Radical Left & Ecologist Greens 4,940 4.38 1 1 Sotirios Vlachos Democratic Left 2,691 2.39 1 1 Antonia Lachanioti Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow 2,509 2.22 1 1

North Aegean Candidate Supporting Party 1st round % Seats 2nd round % Seats Total seats Athanasios Giakalis Panhellenic Socialist Movement 38,952 36.32 8 43,151 50.77 17 25 Pavlos Vogiatzis New Democracy & Popular Orthodox Rally 41,054 38.28 8 41,842 49.23 3 11 Efstratios Korakas Communist Party of Greece 16,877 15.74 3 3 Vasileios Tentomas Coalition of Radical Left 4,517 4.21 1 1 Ilias Gianniris Ecologist Greens 3,453 3.22 1 1 Ignatios Tsirpelis Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow 2,393 2.23 – –

Peloponnese Candidate Supporting Party 1st Round % Seats 2nd Round % Seats Total seats Petros Tatoulis Panhellenic Socialist Movement & Popular Orthodox Rally 157,597 41.71 11 156,960 52.53 20 31 Dimitrios Drakos New Democracy 154,691 40.94 11 141,863 47.47 5 16 Nikolaos Gontikas Communist Party of Greece 25,669 6.79 2 2 Athanasios Petrakos Coalition of Radical Left 14,835 3.93 2 2 Lambros Bouklis Ecologist Greens 7,212 1.91 1 1 Panagiotis Katsaris Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow 6,443 1.71 – – Georgios Tsogas Democratic Left 5,920 1.57 – – Theodoros Sabaziotis Golden Dawn 5,468 1.45 – –

South Aegean Candidate Supporting Party 1st round % Seats Ioannis Machairidis Panhellenic Socialist Movement 86,735 50.9 31 Charalambos Kokkinos New Democracy 52,973 31.08 13 Efthalia Kafantari Communist Party of Greece 15,401 9.04 4 Nikolaos Syrmalenios Coalition of Radical Left 8,751 5.14 2 Nikolaos Chrysogelos Ecologist Greens 6,558 3.85 1

Thessaly Candidate Supporting Party 1st Round % Seats 2nd Round % Seats Total seats Konstantinos Agorastos New Democracy 170,323 38.59 10 174,134 50.56 21 31 Apostolos Papatolias Panhellenic Socialist Movement 153,821 34.85 9 170,273 49.44 4 13 Evangelos Boutas Communist Party of Greece 57,831 13.1 3 Asterios Rondoulis Popular Orthodox Rally 19,592 4.44 1 Konstantinos Poulakis Coalition of Radical Left 13,571 3.08 1 Dimitrios Kouretas Ecologist Greens 12,015 2.72 1 Theofanis Genikomsiou Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow 7,444 1.69 1 Athanasios Zacharopoulos Democratic Left 6,720 1.52 –

West Greece Candidate Supporting Party 1st Round % Seats 2nd Round % Seats Total seats Apostolos Katsifaras Panhellenic Socialist Movement 169,002 43.32 11 142,891 56.63 20 31 Georgios Papanastasiou New Democracy 104,148 26.7 7 109,418 43.37 5 12 Nikolaos Karathanasopoulos Communist Party of Greece 43,455 11.14 3 3 Konstantinos Papakonstantinou Ecologist Greens 15,969 4.09 1 1 Nikolaos Tsoukalis Democratic Left 15,077 3.86 1 1 Vasilis Chatzilambrou Coalition of Radical Left 14,415 3.7 1 1 Alexandros Chrysanthakopoulos Popular Orthodox Rally 11.842 3.04 1 1 Dimitrios Desyllas Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow 8,892 2.28 1 1 Christos Rigas Golden Dawn 7,318 1.88 – –

West Macedonia