Greek presidential election, 2000

Greek presidential election, 2000
Greece
8 February 2000 (2000-02-08)
 
Nominee Konstantinos Stephanopoulos Leonidas Kyrkos
Party Independent (supported by PASOK and New Democracy) Synaspismos
President before election

Konstantinos Stephanopoulos
Independent

 President

Konstantinos Stephanopoulos
Independent

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An indirect election for the position of President of the Hellenic Republic was held by the Hellenic Parliament on 8 February 2000.

Incumbent President Konstantinos Stephanopoulos was elected on the first ballot with 269 votes out of 298, with the support of the two major parties, the ruling PASOK and New Democracy, against 10 votes for Synaspismos' candidate Leonidas Kyrkos. The 19 MPs of the Communist Party of Greece and DIKKI voted "present", and two were absent.[1] Stephanopoulos' re-election to the presidency marked the first time in the history of the Third Hellenic Republic that the ruling party and the main opposition party both supported the same candidate, as well as the first time that an incumbent President was re-elected.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Οι προεδρικές εκλογές από τον Στασινόπουλο στον Παπούλια" (in Greek). in.gr. 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2014.


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