municipal elections

The history of elections in modern Greece began in 1833, with the first King of Greece, Otto of Bavaria, introducing the paper ballot. The occasion was the municipal elections for the Argolis-Corinth prefecture in July of 1834. The concept of...

The final, official results from Sunday's second round of local elections in the largest cities and regions in Greece were announced on Monday morning. Here is a breakdown of the winning parties and candidates in the major city and...

You can follow all the updates of the official results for the second round of Greece's local elections, as provided by the country's Ministry of the Interior, below:

The candidate representing the New Democracy Party, Nikos Tahiaos, recorded a clear lead in the race for Thessaloniki's Mayoral office on Sunday election. With almost 60 percent of the votes counted, Tahiaos and his ''Thessaloniki Responsibly'' team have received 22.5 percent...

According to official results published on Sunday night, Kostas Bakoyannis has a clear lead in the race for Athens' mayoral office. With almost all votes counted, the New Democracy-backed candidate received 42.6 percent of the vote and is a clear...

The candidate from the center-left KINAL and To Potami parties, and current Mayor of Piraeus Giannis Moralis, won the first round of voting for the mayoral office of Attica's port city in the Sunday elections. With more than half of...

Thirteen candidates of Greek origin will run for councelors in the upcoming municipal elections in Toronto, to be held on October 27. The Greek candidates for councelors in various parties are the following: George Dedopoulos, Dinos Kaltsoudas, Theo Lagakos, Gus Koutroumanos, Andreas Marouchos,...

The municipal election system is changing and according to information, the changes will affect the coming elections in May 2014. According to media reports, following the government regulation there will no longer be multiple ballots, but only two for all...

Politics seem to come natural to Greeks no matter where they are. Almost 60 Greek-Australians are running in this year’s Victoria council elections which take place in October. In total, 2,004 candidates from all over the county are claiming a...

The newly elected mayors of the island’s main cities, responding to their electoral victory, have pledged to do all they can for their home towns, saying they would work very hard to meet the challenges ahead and respond to...