Supreme Court approves the candidature of 32 parties for the May 6 elections but bans four

A total of 32 parties, coalitions and individual candidates will contest the May 6 general election, following their approval by the Supreme Court (Areios Pagos) on Thursday.

The court banned four parties from taking part: National Hope, PAME in GESEEP [Π.Α.Μ.Ε. στο Γ.Ε.Σ.Ε.ΕΠ.], the Friends of Man, and Citizens Assembly–(Direct) Democracy in Practice.

It is understood that National Hope was prohibited under the electoral law from participating as it is a monarchist party.

The court also banned the one-man party Tyrannicides from contesting the election under that name, on the grounds that the title "demonstrated criminal intent". The party's only candidate, Athanasios Daskalopoulos, may run, however.

The parties and their leaders (with links to the party's website or Wikipedia entry) that will contest the election 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.Koinonia [Society: Political Party of the Successors of Kapodistria], Michail Iliadis
26.Pirate Party of Greece, I. Papagoupous
27.Recreate Greece, Glavkos Tzimeros
28.Panathinaikos Movement (Panki), Yiorgos Betsikas
29.Axioprepeia [Dignity] (alliance of independent candidates), Panayiotis Theodoropoulos
30.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
31.Regional Urban Development (PAA), Nikos Kolitsis (sole candidate)
32.Athanasios Daskalopoulos (Independent)