2004 The Greek Election

Indirect presidential elections were held in Greece in December 2014 and February 2015 for the succession to Karolos Papoulias. Stavros Dimas, the candidate of the ND-PASOK government failed to secure the required majority votes from the members of the parliament during the first three rounds of election in December 2014. Accodring to the Greek Constitution, a snap election is then help on January 2015. The far-left SYRIZA party won, and Prokopis Pavlopoulos was elected. 

According to Article 32 of the Greek Constitution, the President is elected for a five year term by the Hellenic Parliament at least one month before the incumbent’s term expires.
The previous president of Greece was Karolos Papoulias, from 2010 – 2015. He was part of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement. Since the government went into debt crisis, the PASOK couldn’t earn the people’s trust. Having on 5% of the people entrusting the PASOK government, 92% felt disappointed.

The new president, Pavlopoulos is a member of the Central Committee of New Democracy. He is also supported by the SYRIZA party. SYRIZA being a left wing political party, embraces the ideals of Anti-Capitalism.