Achaea (constituency)

Achaea
Constituency for the Hellenic Parliament
Region	West Greece
Electorate	278,236 (May 2012)[1]
Current constituency
Number of members	Eight

Achaea is a constituency of the Hellenic Parliament. It corresponds to Achaea Prefecture and elects eight members of parliament.^[2] The members of the prominent Papandreou politician family (Georgios Papandreou, Andreas Papandreou, George Papandreou) come from this constituency.

Election results

Legislative election

Achaea constituency results Election 1st party 2nd party 3rd party 4th party 5th party source 1996 PASOK 47.44% New Democracy 34.39% KKE 5.49% DIKKI 4.67% SYN 3.85% [3] 2000 PASOK 50.02% New Democracy 38.28% KKE 5.21% DIKKI 2.81% SYN 5.36% [4] 2004 PASOK 47.73% New Democracy 40.58% KKE 5.49% SYRIZA 2.77% DIKKI 1.66% [5] 2007 PASOK 45.97% New Democracy 36.86% KKE 7.16% SYRIZA 4.91% LAOS 2.47% [6] 2009 PASOK 52.65% New Democracy 28.99% KKE 6.60% SYRIZA 3.89% LAOS 3.64% [7] May 2012 SYRIZA 21.81% New Democracy 17.55% PASOK 14.11% ANEL 8.84% KKE 7.91% [8] June 2012 SYRIZA 32.17% New Democracy 25.66% PASOK 13.49% ANEL 6.73% DEMAR 6.37% [9] January 2015 SYRIZA 43.06% New Democracy 20.63% KIDISO 5.87% ANEL 5.85% KKE 5.49% [10] September 2015 SYRIZA 41.46% New Democracy 22.37% PASOK 7.63% KKE 5.82% XA 5.55% [11]

Members of Parliament

Current members

• Sia Anagnostopoulou (SYRIZA)
• Andreas Rizoulis (SYRIZA)
• Kostas Spartinos (SYRIZA)
• Andreas Katsaniotis (New Democracy)
• Fotini Gennimata (PASOK)
• Nikos Nikolopoulos (Independent Greeks)
• Nikolaos Karathanasopoulos (Communist Party of Greece)
• Iason Fotilas (The River)

members (Jan 2015-Sep 2015)

• Sia Anagnostopoulou (SYRIZA)
• Vasileios Chatzilamprou (SYRIZA)
• Maria Kanellopoulou (SYRIZA)
• Andreas Katsaniotis (New Democracy)
• Nikos Nikolopoulos (Independent Greeks)
• Nikolaos Karathanasopoulos (Communist Party of Greece)
• Iason Fotilas (The River)
• Michail Arvanitis-Avramis (Golden Dawn)

Notes and references

1. "Γραμμένοι" (electorate)
2. "Table". ypes.gr. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
3. "Results 1996". Ministry of Interior. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
4. "Results 2000". Ministry of Interior. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
5. "Results 2004". Ministry of Interior. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
6. "Results 2007". Ministry of Interior. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
7. "Results 2009". Ministry of Interior. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
8. "Results 2012 May". Ministry of Interior. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
9. "Results 2012 June". Ministry of Interior. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
10. "Results 2015". Ministry of Interior. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
11. "Election 2015 September". Ministry of Interior. Retrieved 26 September 2015.