2014–2015 Greek presidential election

2014–2015 Greek presidential election

17 December 2014 - 18 February 2015

300 members of the Hellenic Parliament
First round: 200 votes needed to win
Final round: 180 votes needed to win
 
Nominee Prokopis Pavlopoulos Nikos Alivizatos
Party ND Independent
Alliance Syriza, ND & ANEL The River & PASOK
First round - -
Final round 233 (77.6%) 30 (10.0%)

 
Nominee Stavros Dimas Present/Abstents
Party ND
Alliance ND & PASOK
First round 160 (53.3%) 140 (46.6%)
Final round - 37 (12.3%)

President before election

Karolos Papoulias
PASOK

President after election

Prokopis Pavlopoulos
ND

Indirect presidential elections were held in Greece in December 2014 and February 2015 for the succession to Karolos Papoulias as President of the Hellenic Republic. The candidate of the NDPASOK government, Stavros Dimas, failed to secure the required majority of MPs of the Hellenic Parliament in the first three rounds of voting in December. According to the provisions of the Constitution of Greece, a snap election was held on 25 January 2015, which was won by the left-wing Syriza party. Following the convening of the new Parliament, the presidential election resumed. On 18 February 2015, veteran ND politician Prokopis Pavlopoulos, backed by the Syriza-ANEL coalition government, was elected with 233 votes.