January 2015 Greek parliamentary election

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Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 25 January 2015 to elect all 300 members of the Hellenic Parliament in accordance with the constitution. The election was held earlier than scheduled due to the failure of the Greek parliament to elect a new president on 29 December 2014. Syriza won a parliamentary election for the first time, winning 36% of votes and 149 seats, just two short of an absolute majority. The centre-right New Democracy (ND), the outgoing party of government, saw only a small decline from 30% to 28%, but in falling to second place suffered its worst showing to date in terms of seats. Five other parties passed the 3% electoral threshold to gain representation, all winning 5–6% of votes: the far-right Golden Dawn (XA), the social-liberal To Potami, the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), the right-wing populist Independent Greeks (ANEL), and the centre-left PASOK. XA became the third largest party for the first time, while Potami debuted in fourth place. Formerly one...

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