The 2024 PASOK – Movement for Change leadership election took place on the 6th of October 2024, with a second round on the 13th of the same month, in order to elect the president of PASOK – Movement for Change.

It was triggered on June 30, following internal pressure on the incumbent President Nikos Androulakis, regarding the coalition's mediocre performance at the 2024 EU elections.

Six candidates stood: Nikos Androulakis, Pavlos Geroulanos, Nadia Giannakopoulou, Anna Diamantopoulou, Haris Doukas, and Michalis Katrinis.

Androulakis came first in the first round, and beat Doukas in the second round with almost 60% of the vote. As such, he was re-elected leader.

Background Previous leadership election Back in December 2021, leadership elections for KINAL took place in order to succeed Fofi Gennimata to the leadership of KINAL after her first term. She herself ran for a second term, but withdrew due to health issues and subsequently passed away on October 25th. The other candidates were Nikos Androulakis, George Papandreou, Andreas Loverdos, Pavlos Christidis, Pavlos Geroulanos, and Haris Kastanidis. The first two made it to the runoff, where Androulakis won with 139.492 votes and 67,17% of the vote, against 66.847 votes and 32,19% of the vote that Papandreou gathered.

2022-2023 In May 2022, in an internal referendum, it was decided to rename the coalition to “PASOK – Movement for Change” and ¬to bring back the green rising sun, the famous historic emblem of PASOK.«ΠΑΣΟΚ-Κίνημα Αλλαγής» το νέο όνομα – Πάνω από 170.000 η συμμετοχήΝίκος Ανδρουλάκης: «Προχωράμε με το ΠΑΣΟΚ-ΚΙΝΑΛ» – Έσπασε το «φράγμα» των 170.000 η συμμετοχήΠΑΣΟΚ-Κίνημα Αλλαγής: Αυτό είναι το νέο λογότυπο In the same month the 3rd Congress of the party was held.ΠΑΣΟΚ-Κίνημα Αλλαγής: Συνέδριο επανεκκίνησης στις 18:00 στο κλειστό του ΤΑΕ ΚΒΟ ΝΤΟ Changes were made to the statute, and its work was concluded with the election of the members of the Central Political Committee.Αυλαία στο συνέδριο ΠΑΣΟΚ – ΚΙΝΑΛ με εκλογή της νέας Κεντρικής Επιτροπής

In the May elections, PASOK – KINAL received 11,46% of the voted and elected 41 MPs.Υπουργείο Εσωτερικών: Εθνικές εκλογές - Μάιος 2023 As no party had reached an absolute majority, and there was no means to form a coalition government, as a Proportional Representation system was in place at the time, a caretaker government was formed, and fresh elections were called. In the June elections the party's percentage slightly rose to 11,84%, electing 32 MPs. As of this moment, it is the third largest parliamentary force.Υπουργείο Εσωτερικών: Εθνικές εκλογές - Ιούνιος 2023 A few days after the elections, Andreas Loverdos, a historical senior member of the party, and twice a candidate for the leadership, (2015, 2021), resigned from the party, citing political reasons.

2024 Before the European Parliament elections, Androulakis had set as a target for PASOK to become the second party with a percentage higher than the 2019 EU elections (7,72%) and the legislative ones in 2023 (11,46% and 11,84% in May and in June). After the EU elections, where PASOK reached third place with a percentage of 12,79%, electing 3 MEPs, MPs and senior members declared their disappointment towards the electoral result, criticizing Androulakis's policy, blaming him for the result and raising the issue of leadership.

Manolis Christodoulakis, who also raised the issue of leadership, and was a prominent person to jump into the race for the leadership, in the end backed Haris Doukas in a Video posted to his social media, along with an appropriate article.

Although Androulakis stated that he would not go into early leadership elections, waiting for the planned (according to the statute) elections in October 2025, on the meeting of the Central Political Committee of the party on June 30, proposed (and were later accepted by the CPC) elections on 6 October, with a runoff a week later, on 13 October.

The same day, in speeches to the meeting of the CPC, Haris Doukas, the Mayor of Athens, and former minister and MP for Athens A, Pavlos Geroulanos, both announced their candidacies.

The next day, MP for Athens B1, Milena Apostolaki, and MP for Elis, Michalis Katrinis, also announced their candidacies.

On July 3, MP for Athens B2 Nadia Giannakopoulou, and the journalist and war correspondent Yannis Kanellakis, also announced their candidacies.

On July 16, former European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Anna Diamantopoulou, declared her candidacy in a video post.

On July 24, Milena Apostolaki withdrew her candidacy.

On September 9, the required signatures of the candidates were submitted and the nominations of six candidates were formalised. Yannis Kanellakis was left out of the race, who noted in a letter that he had the 5,000 signatures of members, but did not submit them to the relevant committee to protect their personal information.

Candidates Candidate Political experience Announcement Nikos Androulakis(age ) President of PASOK – Movement for Change(2021–present) MP for Thessaloniki A(2023–present) 30 June 2024Endorsementsː Haris Doukas(age )Mayor of Athens(2024–present)30 June 2024Endorsementsː Pavlos Geroulanos(age )MP for Athens A(2023–present)30 June 2024Endorsementsː Michalis Katrinis(age )MP for Elis(2007–2012, 2019–present)Leader of PASOK–KINAL in the Hellenic Parliament(2021–2023)1 July 2024Endorsementsː Nadia Giannakopoulou(age ) MP for Athens B2(2019–present)MP for Messenia(2007–2012)3 July 2024Endorsementsː Anna Diamantopoulou(age ) European Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs(1999–2004)16 July 2024Endorsementsː

Withdrawn/Rejected Candidates Candidate Political experience Announcement Withdrawal/rejection Milena Apostolaki(age ) MP for Athens B1(2023–present)1 July 202424 July 2024 Yannis Kanellakis None3 July 20249 September 2024

Opinion polling The results of the polls are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first, using the date of publication. Polls show data collected by polling companies among PASOK - Movement for Change voters/supporters and the general population as well.

First round Fieldwork Date Polling firm Other Undecided Lead 4 Oct 2024Metron Analysis36.016.05.017.019.03.0 – – – 4.0 – 17.027.020.04.024.020.02.0 – – – 3.0 – 3.03 Oct 2024MRB27.317.92.516.925.73.4 – – – – 6.31.63 Oct 2024Interview29.419.22.712.629.63.7 – – – 2.8 – 0.230 Sep 2024Opinion Poll32.215.23.31530.72.7 – – – 0.8 – 1.526.515.84.618.125.85.2 – – – 3.70.30.726 Sep 2024Metron Analysis42.09.02.01623.02.0 – – – 2.0 – 1931.012.03.024.022.03.0 – – 1.0 – 4.07.025 Sep 2024Prorata26.015.03.021.022.04.0 – – – 9.04.0 Interview 28.1 15.8 4.1 15.1 28.9 5.5 – – – – 2.5 0.8 GPO 33.8 15.4 1.8 22.3 22.0 2.2 – – – 0.2 2.3 11.5 MRB 26.7 13.5 4.1 18.123.0 4.5 – – – –10.1 3.7 Alco 28.7 9.4 3.3 17.223.1 4.4 – – – – 13.7 5.6 rowspan="2" Metron Analysis 38.0 11.0 2.0 14.025.0 1.0 – – – 8.0 – 13.0 28.0 16.0 4.0 25.0 23.0 3.0 – – – 1.0 – 3.0 rowspan="2" RealPolls 28.5 17.4 3.8 16.324.9 3.9 0.4 – – 0.1 4.6 3.6 25.6 18.5 3.8 19.423.0 3.7 0.6 – – 0.1 5.4 2.6 Interview 21.1 16.5 2.2 18.627.6 11.0 1.0 – – – 2.0 6.5 Certification of the candidacies rowspan="2" Opinion Poll 29.2 14.8 3.3 15.4 26.4 3.3 1.9 – – 0.9 4.7 2.8 20.3 14.8 5.6 19.0 23.7 4.8 2.0 – – 3.0 6.9 3.4 MRB 25.5 12.6 4.9 17.5 21.9 3.3 0.9 – 8.8 – 12.7 3.6 Interview 22.7 17.4 3.3 18.4 26.3 8.5 0.5 – 8.8 – 2.9 3.6 Prorata 33.0 21.0 – – 21.0 3.0 – 5.0 11.0 6.0 – 12.0 GPO 39.4 19.9 – – 22.3 5.0 – 7.9 – – – 17.1 To The Point 41.7 20.5 – – 22.8 – – – 15.0 – – 18.9 Elections declared Interview 20.9 18.4 – – 21.5 – – – 23.6 3.7 11.9 0.6

Second round Androulakis vs. Doukas Fieldwork Date Polling firm Undecided rowspan=2 Metron Analysis58.035.0 - - -50.038.0 - - -rowspan=2 Opinion Poll46.343.04.36.4 -43.743.18.83.31.0rowspan=2 Metron Analysis60.033.0 - - -53.038.0 - - - Prorata45.039.0 -6.010.0 Interview 39.8 40.8 11.9 7.5 GPO 51.3 38.5 5.5 4.5 0.2 MRB 44.6 44.1 – 5.8 5.5 Alco 43.8 33.1 23.1 – – RealPolls 41.0 41.0 14.0 – 4.0 Interview 33.5 44.4 13.5 8.6 rowspan=2 Opinion Poll 42.9 45.7 9.2 5.6 2.0 39.0 44.3 5.7 4.8 1.0 MRB 41.5 39.5 – 12.7 6.4 GPO 49.9 36.5 8.0 4.9 0.7

Other scenarios

Androulakis vs. Diamantopoulou Fieldwork Date Polling firm Undecided Metron Analysis4 Oct56.034.0 - - -46.040.0 - - -Metron Analysis26 Sep62.029.0 - - -52.038.0 - - - Prorata 25 Sep44.038.0 -9.09.0 GPO 21 Sep 51.1 39.6 5.5 3.3 0.5 MRB 19 Sep 59.1 28.6 – 9.5 2.8 Alco 16 Sep 44.0 34.1 24.6 – – Interview 10 Sep 41.9 26.3 12.8 19.0Opinion Poll3 Sep 53.4 35.9 5.8 2.9 1.941.5 43.1 4.2 7.8 3.3 MRB 2 Sep 47.7 31.5 – 13.9 7.0

Androulakis vs. Geroulanos Fieldwork Date Polling firm Undecided Metron Analysis4 Oct54.037.0 - - -41.047.0 - - -Metron Analysis26 Sep62.028.0 - - -45.045.0 - - - Prorata 25 Sep48.037.0 -6.09.0 Interview 24 Sep 39.5 40.9 12.5 7.1 GPO 21 Sep 53.8 37.0 5.3 3.5 0.4 MRB 19 Sep 54.5 37.0 – 6.1 2.4 Alco 16 Sep 46.8 27.7 25.5 – – Interview 10 Sep 28.6 45.2 12.9 13.3 Opinion Poll 3 Sep 47.8 33.6 – 12.2 6.3 GPO 8 Jul 53.3 31.0 11.1 3.7 0.9

Diamantopoulou vs. Doukas Fieldwork Date Polling firm Undecided Metron Analysis4 Oct43.044.0 - - -44.043.0 - - -Metron Analysis26 Sep46.044.0 - - -41.045.0 - - -

Diamantopoulou vs. Geroulanos Fieldwork Date Polling firm Undecided Metron Analysis4 Oct38.043.0 - - -39.045.0 - - - Doukas vs. Geroulanos Fieldwork Date Polling firm Undecided Metron Analysis4 Oct39.042.0 - - -38.048.0 - - -Metron Analysis26 Sep47.041.0 - - -43.044.0 - - - GPO 8 Jul 39.2 35.0 13.8 9.9 2.1

Results + Summary of the results of the2024 PASOK – KINAL leadership election Candidate First round Second Round Votes % Votes % Nikos Androulakis Haris Doukas Pavlos Geroulanos Anna Diamantopoulou Michalis Katrinis Nadia Giannakopoulou Valid votes Blank / Invalid votes Total votes Source: PASOK – KINAL - First Round Results PASOK – KINAL - Second Round Results

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