Thirty-six parties apply to contest elections
23. April 2012. | 10:36
Source: Athensnews.gr
The applications will now be considered by the Supreme Court (Areios Pagos), which is expected to rule on which parties will make the ballot by April 25. In 2009, five of the 29 applications from parties were rejected.
A total of 36 parties, coalitions and individual candidates have applied to contest the May 6 general election.
The applications will now be considered by the Supreme Court (Areios Pagos), which is expected to rule on which parties will make the ballot by April 25. In 2009, five of the 29 applications from parties were rejected.
The parties and their leaders are:
1.Panhellenic Socialist Movement (Pasok), Evangelos Venizelos
2.New Democracy (ND), Antonis Samaras
3.Communist Party of Greece (KKE), Aleka Papariga
4.Radical Left Coalition–Unitary Social Movement (Syriza), Alexis Tspiras
5.Popular Orthodox Rally (Laos), Yiorgos Karatzaferis
6.Democratic Alliance, Dora Bakoyannis
7.Social Pact, Louka Katseli
8.Independent Greeks, Panos Kammenos
9.Democratic Left, Fotis Kouvelis
10.Drasi [Action]–Liberal Alliance, Stefanos Manos and Grigoris Vallianatos
11.Ecologists–Greens (Ecogreens), six-member committee
12.Union of Centrists, Vassilis Leventis
13.Liberal Party, K. Kaligiannis
14.Popular Union–Golden Dawn (Chrysi Avyi), Nikolaos Michaloliakos
15.Dimosthenis Vergis–Greek Ecologists, Dimosthenis Vergis
16.Ochi [Democratic Revival and United Popular Front (Epam)], Stelios Papathemelis and 3-member ctte
17."Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay" Movement, Vasilis Papadopoulos
18.National Resistance Movement (KEAN), Ippokratis Savvouras
19.Communist Party of Greece (Marxist-Leninist)–Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Greece (KKE (m-l)–ML KKE), four-member ctte
20.Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow (Antarsya), 21-member ctte
21.Organisation of Communist Internationalists of Greece (OKDE), 3-member ctte
22.Workers Revolutionary Party (EEK Trokskyists), Sabetai Matsas
23.Organisation for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece (OAKKE), 3-member ctte
24.National Unity Association (SEE), N. Alikakos
25.National Hope, Yiorgos Papadopoulos (Yiannitsa)
26.PAME in GESEEP [Π.Α.Μ.Ε. στο Γ.Ε.Σ.Ε.ΕΠ.], Theodoros Kyroyiannis
27.Koinonia [Society: Political Party of the Successors of Kapodistria], Michail Iliadis
28.Pirate Party of Greece, I. Papagoupous
29.Friends of Man, K. Stamoulis
30.Recreate Greece, Glavkos Tzimeros
31.Panathinaikos Movement (Panki), Yiorgos Betsikas
32.Axioprepeia [Dignity] (alliance of independent candidates), Panayiotis Theodoropoulos
33.Renewing Independent Left, Renewing Right, Renewing Pasok, Renewing New Democracy, No to War, Party of Action I Give Away Land, I Give Away Debts, Save Lives, Panagrarian Labour Movement of Greece (Paeke) Miltiadis Tzalazidis
34.Citizens Assembly–(Direct) Democracy in Practice (Independent candidates list) Yiorgos Kokkas
35.Regional Urban Development (PAA), Nikos Kolitsis (sole candidate)
36.Tyrannicides, Athanasios Daskalopoulos (sole candidate)
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