Eligibility Exception:
Persons entitled to vote: All Greek citizens are entitled to vote where: they are aged over 18, they are registered in an electoral roll of some municipality or community in Greece, they have not been deprived of their voting rights. Persons not entitled to vote: Persons who pursuant to the provisions of the Hellenic Civil Code have been fully deprived of their right to exercise their civil rights on their own, all those persons so deprived by virtue of an irrevocable criminal sentence for one of the crimes cited in the Penal and Military Penal Code for such time as that deprivation persists.
Right Vote Foreign Res:
Foreign residents right to vote for local elections or equivalent only
Registration Type:
Automatic registration
Registration Basis:
Residence requirement
Election Management & Enforcement
Nameof EMB:
Ministry of Interior
Independent EMB:
No
Who Runs Election:
Government/National Administration
Nameof Elect Enforcement Body:
Supreme Special Court
Candidacy & Campaign Rules
Restrictto Candidacy:
All those eligible to vote that have reached the age of 25 can run for office. However, the Constitution lists a number of professions and public positions that are incompatible with the right to stand as a candidate. These include salaried civil functionaries and servants, those serving in the armed forces and security forces, employees of local government authorities, mayors and community presidents, governors, assistant governors and chairpersons of boards of directors or executive directors of public corporations whose management team is appointed directly or indirectly by the state. These individuals cannot be candidates in any constituency in which they have served, or in any constituency falling within their local jurisdiction during the last 18 months of the parliamentary term.19 Subsequently, a person seeking office must resign before submitting his or her nomination. These restrictions on the right to stand are at odds with Greece’s OSCE commitments. In addition, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC), the ICCPR treaty monitoring body, has noted that “if there are reasonable grounds for regarding certain elective offices as incompatible with tenure of specific positions (e.g. the judiciary, high-ranking military office, public service), measures to avoid any conflicts of interest should not unduly limit the rights protected [in ICCPR, article 25]”.
Debate Average:
1
Debate Format:
2015: two candidates. At least one debate.
Campaign Length Minimum:
12
Opinion Polls Embargo:
Embargo for longer
Electoral System & Organisation
Elect System Main Election:
Mixed
Main Election Type:
Legislative
Main Election Cycle:
4
Numb Round Main Election:
One
Referenda_Law:
The result of the referendum regarding important social matters is binding when at least fifty percent (50%) of the registered voters participated in the voting procedure. Source: Constitution, art. 44; Law 4023/2011, art. 16 (4)
Referenda_Binding:
Wiki: The Constitution provides for two kinds of referendums: a referendum concerning a passed law a referendum concerning a matter of national interest.
Voting Machine:
None
Vote IDRequired:
ID check compulsory
Polling Card:
No polling card
National Holiday Elect Day:
Never
Dayof Election:
Sunday
Districting Source:
Parliament
Districting Flexibility:
The existing boundaries of the prefectures are used with the exception of the two major prefectures of the country (prefecture of Attica and prefecture of Thessaloniki) which are subdivided.
Polling Station
Average Voterby Polling Station:
484
Normal Opening Time Poll Station:
700
Normal Closing Time Poll Station:
1900
Polling Station Numbers:
20559
Listof Polling Station Buildings:
School, Education Centre, College, Masonic Lodge Hall, Salvation Army School, Community Centre
Accessibility Requirement:
Party to UNCRPD. the polling station (PS) chairperson is required to take necessary measures for a disabled person to exercise voting rights and to ensure the secrecy and integrity of the voting process. The circular leaves it to the discretion of the PS chairperson to find appropriate solutions to achieve these goals. Such measures may include delivery of voting materials (including ballot papers) to a PS area accessible to a disabled voter or just outside the polling station.
Ballot Box Transparency:
Transparent
Box Feeding System:
Voter
Vote Receipt:
No receipt
Count Locallyor Centrally:
locally
Manualor Automatic Count:
manual
Ballot Paper
Ballot Type:
Paper
Singleor Multi Paper Ballot:
Multiple
Max Numberof Votesper Ballot:
1
Ballot Paper Type Description:
Every Party or coalition has its own ballot paper. Voters choose one of them and can express a preference for a maximum of four candidates of that list.
Ballot Paper Type Photo Upload:
YES
Ballot Photos:
Freely Allowed
Ballot Logos:
Freely Allowed
Orderof Candidatesor Parties:
alphabetical
Remote Voting
Temporal Remote Voting:
No
Geographical Remote Voting:
No
Personal Remote Voting:
No
Mobile Polling Stations:
No
Special Needs
Provision Illiterate Voters:
Article 21, paragraph 6 states: People with disabilities have the right to benefit from measures ensuring their self-sufficiency, professional integration and participation in the social, economic and political life of the Country. BUT, inadequate physical infrastructure of public buildings and a lack of autonomous voting opportunities
Provision Linguistic Ethnic Minorites:
information available in other languages
Special Provision Female Voters:
Previously employed a system with separate polling stations for women and men.
Provision Blind Voters:
Article 21, paragraph 6 states: People with disabilities have the right to benefit from measures ensuring their self-sufficiency, professional integration and participation in the social, economic and political life of the Country. BUT, inadequate physical infrastructure of public buildings and a lack of autonomous voting opportunities
Provision Deaf Voters:
Article 21, paragraph 6 states: People with disabilities have the right to benefit from measures ensuring their self-sufficiency, professional integration and participation in the social, economic and political life of the Country. BUT, inadequate physical infrastructure of public buildings and a lack of autonomous voting opportunities
Provision Motor Handicap Voters:
Article 21, paragraph 6 states: People with disabilities have the right to benefit from measures ensuring their self-sufficiency, professional integration and participation in the social, economic and political life of the Country. BUT, inadequate physical infrastructure of public buildings and a lack of autonomous voting opportunities
Targeted Initiatives
Transparency Initiative:
Party observers were present in polling stations to observe the count, a measure which strengthened the transparency of the process.